[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 12894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5142]


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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 (240) 276-1243.
    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: The Workplace Prevention and Early Intervention 
Transitioning Youth Into the Workplace (YIW) Cross-Site Evaluation--New

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) plans to conduct 
a cross-site evaluation of the effectiveness of workplace-based 
substance abuse prevention and early intervention programs for young 
adults (ages 16-24). These programs will be implemented by 9-10 CSAP-
funded grantees and their partnering worksites. The primary purpose of 
the evaluation will be to study the effectiveness of modified model and 
effective drug-free workplace prevention and early intervention 
programs and interventions for incoming populations of young employees. 
This will provide the Nation's public and private employers with 
empirical information about effective strategies to utilize for these 
incoming employees in preventing and intervening early with substance 
abuse. A web-based survey will be used to collect data from employees 
at the participating grantee worksites at baseline and at 1- and 2-year 
follow-up points. The survey is composed of OMB approved CSAP's 
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) outcome measures such as 
prevalence of drug and alcohol use, perceptions of risk, and attitudes 
and beliefs and a set of supplementary questions capturing workplace 
outcomes such as productivity, absenteeism and accidents.

                             Total Burden Hours for the Cross-Site Web-Based Survey
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                                                        Number of
        Instrument/Activity             Number of    responses  per    Average burden hours per    Total burden
                                       respondents      respondent            respondent               hours
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Baseline Data Collection...........           6,500               1  35 mins....................           3,792
1-year Follow-up Data Collection              5,200               1  35 mins....................           3,033
 (80% of baseline).
2-year Follow-up Data Collection              4,160               1  35 mins....................           2,427
 (80% of 1-year follow-up).
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    Total..........................          15,860  ..............  ...........................           9,252
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Annualized Burden (over 3 years)...           5,287  ..............  ...........................           3,084
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 71-1045, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written 
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: March 9, 2005.
Patricia S. Bransford,
Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 05-5142 Filed 3-15-05; 8:45 am]
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