[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 28 (Friday, February 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7287-7288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2669]


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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 (240) 276-1243.

Understanding the Establishment and Maintenance of Pioneering 
Transition Programs--New

    SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services will collect information 
about the establishment and maintenance of programs funded in part by 
state child mental health agencies that prepare youth from these 
agencies for adult functioning, and can provide these services 
continuously beyond the upper age limit of state child mental health 
eligibility. Many of the youth served in state child mental health 
systems cannot access state adult mental health services; thus, the 
ability to provide continuing transition support services to this 
population throughout the period of transition, roughly to the age of 
25, is critical to the likelihood of adult success.
    The small number of pioneering programs in the country that have 
successfully negotiated the system to achieve this status have much to 
teach those trying to develop better transition support systems. In 
particular, the history of how the program was established, what it 
takes to maintain the program, the challenges the programs have faced 
in providing transition supports and their solutions to these problems 
can help others, and prevent needless duplication of trial and error.
    This project will begin the development of guidelines for others 
attempting to bridge this important service gap through discovering 
shared and unique approaches to establishing and maintaining pioneering 
transition programs, and the challenges that they face in providing 
services to this grossly underserved population.
    Nine such programs have been identified. Another four programs, 
that have not been maintained, will also be identified, yielding a 
total of 13 programs that will be examined. Examination will occur 
primarily through telephone interview of multiple stakeholders per 
program. Program information will also be requested electronically. 
Stakeholders from each program will consist of the following: 2 State-
level child mental health administrators, 2 program-level 
administrators/staff, and up to an additional 3 key stakeholders that 
are identified during the process of interviewing the first 4 
stakeholders. Stakeholders will be asked about 3 issues: (1) How the 
program was established; (2) efforts to keep the program open and 
funded; and (3) factors that facilitated or inhibited its opening or 
maintenance. Sufficient detail will be sought to determine the unique 
efforts needed for these kinds of programs, as opposed to common 
efforts made to establish any new program. Two questionnaires will be 
used to obtain this information, one for program administrators or 
staff and the other for other stakeholders.
    The following table summarizes the estimated response burden for 
this project.

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                                                                   Number of       Responses per                         Hours per         Total hour
                        Questionnaire                             respondents       respondent     Total  responses       response           burden
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Staff........................................................                52                 1  ................                1                  52
Non-Staff....................................................                26                 1  ................                1.5                39
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    Total....................................................                78  ................                78  .................                91
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by March 14, 2005, 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.


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    Dated: January 27, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 05-2669 Filed 2-10-05; 8:45 am]
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