[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34408-34409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14388]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

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Reduction Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on 
proposed collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration will publish periodic summaries of 
proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects 
or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the 
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of 
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions 
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.
    Proposed Project: Safe Schools/Healthy Students Sustainability 
Study--New--This study, a project of SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health 
Services (CMHS), involves a survey of project directors or other 
designated staff associated with the Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/
HS) Initiative. The SS/HS Initiative is a collaborative effort between 
the U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and 
Justice. Under this initiative, local education agencies (LEAs) were 
awarded grants in partnership with their local mental health agency and 
their local juvenile justice agency. Between September 1999 and 
September 2002, 143 communities received three-year awards under the 
SS/HS Initiative.
    As this Initiative was designed to facilitate sustainable change 
within communities, CMHS would like to determine the extent to which 
systems-level changes, programs, and services initiated as part of SS/
HS continue when the grant ends. A web-based survey of project 
directors will be conducted annually for three years. Respondents will 
be project directors or other designated staff responsible for 
continuing programs and services following the SS/HS grant.
    This information will be used by CMHS to improve the grant making 
process and the provision of technical assistance. The following table 
describes the response burden associated with this data collection.

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden
                      Year                          respondents     respondent       response          hours
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One.............................................              77               1              .5              39
Two.............................................              97               1              .5              49
Three...........................................             143               1              .5              72
Total...........................................             317  ..............  ..............             160
3-yr. Annual Average............................             106  ..............  ..............              53
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    Send comments to Nancy Pearce, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: June 2, 2003.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 03-14388 Filed 6-6-03; 8:45 am]
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