[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 66 (Thursday, April 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17712-17713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6908]


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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;

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(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: Targeted Capacity Expansion Grants for Jail Diversion 
Program Evaluation--In Use Without Approval

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) has implemented the 
Targeted Capacity Expansion Grants for Jail Diversion Programs. CMHS 
has developed a set of client outcome measures that will be collected 
over the length of the program.
    Each jail diversion program participant has been approached to 
request their consent for participation. The main components of the 
baseline, 6- and 12-month interviews are Government Performance and 
Results Act (GPRA) measures. In addition to GPRA measures, the 
interviews include the following measures:
     DC Trauma Collaboration Study Violence and Trauma 
Screening to gauge traumatic events in the past year and lifetime 
(Baseline only)
     Colorado Symptom Index 1991 to gauge symptoms of mental 
illness (All interviews)
     Perceived Coercion Scale (from MacArthur Mandated 
Community Treatment Survey) to enter jail diversion programs (Baseline 
only)
     Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program quality of 
life measures (6 and 12 months only)
     Service use (6 and 12 months only)
    In addition to data collected through interviews, grantees will 
collect the following information and will report it to the Technical 
Assistance and Policy Analysis (TAPA) Center:
     Events Tracking: This program captures the volume of 
activities (``events'') that jail diversion programs engage in to 
determine whom the program will serve.
     Person Tracking: This program is designed to record basic 
information on all individuals who are diverted and served with grant 
funds. It also helps grantees keep track of interview dates for those 
program participants who agree to take part in the evaluation.
     Service Use: Grantees collect self-reported data on 
services provided or information from official sources, such as 
statewide/agency management information systems or other agency records 
about the types of services received following diversion. This data 
must be provided to the TAPA Center.
     Arrest and Jail Days Data: Grantees report arrest and jail 
days data collected from official sources, such as a statewide criminal 
justice database, or that have been tracked for themselves for one year 
prior and one year following diversion.
    As mentioned above, grantees collect this data from official 
sources or self-report data from their programs and submit it to the 
TAPA Center. This data is reported to the technical assistance provider 
through an electronic database system or through paper copies. 
Resulting compiled data is used to provide information of interest to 
policy makers, researchers, and communities engaged in developing jail 
diversion programs.
    The following table summarizes the burden for the data collection:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per   Average hours    Annual hour
            Data collection activity                respondents     respondent     per response       burden
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Client Interviews:
    Baseline Interview..........................             360               1            .75              270
    6-month Interview...........................             306               1            .75              230
    12-month Interview..........................             306               1            .75              230
Record Management:
    Events Tracking.............................           4,500               2            .017             153
    Person Tracking.............................             400               1            .025              10
    Service Use Data............................             306               1            .133              41
    Arrest and Jail Days Data...................             306               1            .133              41
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        Total:..................................           4,500  ..............  ..............             975
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
OAS, Room 7-1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written 
comments should be received by June 6, 2005.

    Dated: April 1, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 05-6908 Filed 4-6-05; 8:45 am]
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