[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 130 (Thursday, July 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41271-41272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15506]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information 
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). To request a copy of these 
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.
    Proposed Project: Protocols for the Cross-Site Evaluation of the 
State Incentive Grant (SIG) Program (OMB No. 0930-0226, Revision)--
SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is charged with 
evaluating the State Incentive Cooperative Agreements for Community-
Based Action, or State Incentive Grant (SIG) Program. States receiving 
SIG funds are to: (1) Coordinate, leverage and/or redirect, as 
appropriate, all substance abuse prevention resources within the State 
that are directed at communities, families, schools, and workplaces, 
and (2) develop a revitalized, comprehensive State-wide prevention 
strategy aimed at reducing drug use by youth. The ultimate aim of the 
SIG Program is to prevent substance abuse among youths, ages 12 to 17, 
and also young adults, age 18-25. The 41 States, along with the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, that have 
received SIG grants are required to implement at the community level a 
range of substance abuse, community-based prevention programs and 
strategies, at least half of which meet the specifications of sound 
scientific research findings, such as the National Registry of 
Effective Programs. CSAP awarded about $3 million per year for three 
years to each of five States in FY 1997 (Cohort I), fourteen States in 
FY 1998 (Cohort II), one State and the District of Columbia in FY 1999 
(Cohort III), seven states in FY 2000 (Cohort IV), eight states and 
Puerto Rico in FY 2001 (Cohort V), four states in FY 2002 (Cohort VI) 
and two states and the Virgin Islands in FY 2003 (Cohort VII).
    CSAP is conducting a national, cross-site evaluation of the SIG 
Program, consisting of a process and an outcome evaluation. The outcome 
evaluation will address two questions: (1) ``Has the SIG Program had an 
impact on youth substance abuse?'' and (2) ``How do SIG States differ 
in their impact on youth

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substance abuse?'' These questions will be addressed primarily using 
the CSAP core measures, a data collection activity already approved by 
the Office or Management and Budget (OMB) under control number 0930-
0230. In addition to the core measures, data already being collected by 
SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH; OMB No. 0930-
0110) will be examined.
    The process evaluation will focus on three questions: (1) ``Did 
States attain the SIG Program's two main goals of coordinated funding 
streams and revitalized comprehensive prevention strategies and how 
were these goals attained?'' (2) ``What other substance abuse 
prevention programming has the State implemented?'' and (3) ``Did SIGs 
meet the criterion of supporting science-based programs fifty percent 
of the time, and what array of prevention activities were supported?''
    Four instruments are needed to collect process information about 
SIG activities at the State, community, and program levels: (1) Semi-
Annual Report; (2) a Final Report; (3) Site Visits; and (4) Telephone 
Interviews.
    The Semi-Annual Report has three components. The first component, 
the SIG Semi-Annual Report Narrative Protocol will provide a structured 
report of SIG activities accomplished during the previous six months. 
The second component, the SIG Management Information Form (SMIF) will 
be a web-based, structured form. Following the first submission, 
selected items (less likely to change over time) will be pre-filled for 
subsequent reporting periods. The third component, the Sub-recipient 
Checklist (SCRL) will be a web-based form that contains two sections. 
The first section relates to the sub-recipient, the organization that 
actually has a fiduciary relationship with the state to engage in SIG 
activities at the local level. This section will gather information on 
the characteristics of that organization. The second section will focus 
on the actual prevention intervention(s) delivered by that 
organization.
    At the conclusion of the grant, SIG awardees will be required to 
submit a Final Report which is designed to be a synthesis of findings 
from the grantee, addressing what changes occurred at the state and 
community levels as a result of SIG.
    The community site visits will be conducted in randomly selected 
sample of sub-recipient communities in Cohorts I-III that have 
submitted pre-post matched outcome data that includes comparison data. 
The SIG Community Site Visit Protocol will collect data at the sub-
recipient and program levels on the following topics: degree of 
monitoring by the State, selection processes of interventions, 
evaluation strategies, technical assistance provided by the State, 
level of guidance by the State in program selection, and evaluation.
    The sampling frame for the telephone interviews will include all 
active sub-recipients in Cohorts I-V that are collecting outcome data 
at the intervention level. Sub-recipient communities selected for site 
visits will be excluded from the sampling frame. The SIG Community 
Telephone Interview Protocol will collect data on the processes for 
selection and implementation of interventions and the approach to 
evaluation of these interventions.
    OMB approval has been received for the process evaluation in the 
first four cohorts (N = 28 states) and for states to submit previously 
collected outcome data for secondary analysis. This request will add 
the more recently funded SIG jurisdictions (Cohorts V-VII) to the 
process evaluation (N = 16 states) and address the burden on states 
(Cohorts VI-VII) to submit previously collected outcome data (N = 23 
states). Included in this request are revised burden estimates based on 
actual experience, and a request for an extension of the period of OMB 
approval for the SIG cross-site evaluation by three years.
    Estimated annual burden is as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Annual burden
                   Instrument                       respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Semi-annual Report:
    Narrative...................................              23               2              30           1,380
    SMIF........................................              23               2             1.5              69
    SRCL........................................              23              50               4           4,600
Final Report....................................              23               1              80           1,840
Site Visits:
    State contacts..............................              10               1               1              10
    Subrecipient contacts.......................              10               1               1              10
    Site visit interviews (10 per site).........              80               1             1.5             120
Telephone Interviews............................              81               1             1.5             122
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        Total...................................             273  ..............  ..............           8,151
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by August 9, 2004, to: SAMHSA 
Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503; due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing of mail 
sent through the U.S. Postal Service, respondents are encouraged to 
submit comments by fax to: 202-395-6974.

    Dated: June 30, 2004.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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