[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 176 (Monday, September 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55165-55166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20597]


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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.
    The National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute Registry and 
Annual Survey--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 Registry and Annual Survey 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

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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, 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.
    Once the data set is cleaned, a random sample of approximately ten 
percent of respondents will be selected to participate in a survey 
verification process. This verification will be conducted by telephone 
interview.
    The annual burden associated with this survey is summarized in the 
following table.

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                                                                                             Burden/     Total
                                                                   Number of    Responses/   response    burden
                                                                  respondents   respondent    (hrs.)     hours
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Annual Survey Questionnaire.....................................        7,500            1        1.0      7,500
Survey Verification.............................................          750            1        0.5        375
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    Total.......................................................        7,500  ...........  .........      7,875
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by October 13, 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: September 3, 2004.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 04-20597 Filed 9-10-04; 8:45 am]
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