[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 183 (Monday, September 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55058-55059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24072]


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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 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: National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute 
Annual Coalition Survey and Database--New--The Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance 
Abuse Prevention has established the National Community Anti-Drug 
Coalition Institute through a grant to the Community Anti-Drug 
Coalitions of America (CADCA). The purpose of the Annual Coalition 
Survey and Database project is to collect and report on data which 
identify and describe the types of community coalitions across our 
nation, and the activities in which they are involved. This information 
will help SAMHSA encourage and assist in the development of effective 
community coalitions and strategies designed to prevent illicit drug 
and underage alcohol and tobacco use. These data will also permit 
SAMHSA to address its responsibilities and measure performance as 
delineated in the HP2010 objective 26-23: to increase the number of 
communities using partnerships or coalition models to conduct 
comprehensive substance abuse prevention efforts.
    To track progress in achieving this objective, SAMHSA will use 
these data to develop a national inventory of anti-drug coalitions and 
partnerships that can be updated annually in order to determine the 
number of community anti-drug coalitions in operation. Based on the 
coalition literature and input from the field, the inventory will 
include information on important characteristics, such as operational 
status, organizational type, target population served, funding sources, 
geographic location, and major community sector involvement, including 
faith, business, school,

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service, and law sectors. The ``snowball'' method will be employed to 
obtain lists of local anti-drug coalitions who will be asked to 
complete the web based survey. The proposed project will yield an 
electronic directory, developed by experts, to describe the range of 
operational definitions of ``community anti-drug coalitions.'' The 
inventory will be based on a variety of typologies of coalitions and 
partnerships (including the coalitions who receive grants from the Drug 
Free Communities Support Program that will encompass the breadth of 
coalition activities. It is anticipated that the resulting electronic 
directory will be made available to the field through a web-based 
database that will be managed, maintained, and updated by the 
Institute.
    The annual burden associated with this survey is summarized in the 
following table.

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    Number of          Responses/      Burden/response    Total burden
   respondents         respondent          (hrs.)             hours
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          4,000                  1                .75             3,000
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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: September 15, 2003.
Anna Marsh,
Acting Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-24072 Filed 9-18-03; 12:01 pm]
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