[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 77 (Friday, April 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20920-20922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7988]


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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: Cross-Site Evaluation of the National Child Traumatic 
Stress Initiative (NCTSI)--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) will conduct the 
Cross-Site Evaluation of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative 
(NCTSI). The data collected will describe the children and families 
served by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and their 
outcomes, assess the development and dissemination of effective 
treatments and services, evaluate intra-network collaboration, and 
assess the Network's impact beyond the NCTSN.
    Data will be collected from caregivers, NCTSN staff (e.g., project 
directors, researchers, and providers), mental health providers outside 
of the NCTSN, and non-mental health service providers who provide 
services to children outside of the NCTSN. Data collection will take 
place in 31 Community Treatment and Services Programs (CTS), 13 
Treatment and Service Adaptation Centers (TSA), and 2 National Centers 
for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS). Data collection for this evaluation 
will be conducted over a four-year period.
    In order to describe the children served, their outcomes, and 
satisfaction with services, data will be collected from youth ages 7-18 
who are receiving services in the NCTSN, and from caregivers for all 
children who are receiving NCTSN services. Data will be collected when 
the child/youth enters services and during subsequent follow-up 
sessions at three-month intervals over the course of one year.

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Approximately 2,121 youth and 3,000 caregivers will participate in the 
evaluation.
    Data will be collected for use in the development of evaluation 
measures that will assess the development, dissemination and adoption 
of trauma-informed services. These data will be collected from a total 
of approximately 110 NCTSN service providers, project directors and 
NCCTS staff. Data will be collected one time from these respondents.
    Measures that collect data on development, dissemination, and 
adoption of trauma-informed services and other NCTSN products will be 
administered to approximately 1,100 service providers, 44 project 
directors, and 44 researchers/evaluators. These measures will be 
administered once per year in each of the four years of the evaluation.
    To assess collaboration across the network, data will be collected 
from approximately 450 NCTSI staff and 44 project directors/principal 
investigators. The surveys associated with this data collection will be 
administered at varying intervals, with either one or two data 
collection points per respondent over the four years of the evaluation.
    Product development and dissemination will be evaluated with data 
that will be collected from 44 project directors/principal 
investigators. These data will be collected annually.
    To assess the national impact of the NCTSN, data will be collected 
from 1,600 mental health and 1,600 non-mental health service providers 
from outside the NCTSN. These data will be collected every second year 
over the four years of the evaluation (i.e., two data collection points 
per respondent).
    The average annual respondent burden is estimated below.

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                                                                   Annual number
                   Instrument                        Number of    of  responses/     Hours per     Total annual
                                                    respondents      respondent      response          hours
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Caregivers:
    Child Behavior Checklist 1.5-5/6-18.........           3,000               2            0.33            1980
    Service Summary Form........................           3,000               2            0.22            1320
    Baseline/Renewal Assessment.................           3,000               2            0.22            1320
    Core Clinical Characteristics Form..........           3,000               2            0.22            1320
    Youth Services Survey for Families..........           2,185               1            0.08             175
    Case Study Interviews.......................              10               1            1.50              15
Youth:
    Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children-                2,121               2            0.33            1400
     Abbreviated................................
    UCLA-PTSD short form........................           2,121               2            0.17             721
Network Service Provider:
    Key Informant Interviews....................              18               1            0.50               9
    Focus Groups................................              54               1            1.00              54
    Trauma-informed Service Provider Survey.....           1,100               1            0.50             550
    General Adoption Assessment Survey..........           1,100               1            0.50             550
    Adoption and Implementation Factors                       50               1            0.50              25
     Interview..................................
Project Director/Principal Investigator:
    Key Informant Interviews....................              18               1            0.50               9
    Focus Groups................................              18               1            1.00              18
    Trauma-informed Service Provider Survey.....              44               1            0.50              22
    Product/Innovations Development and                       44               1            1.50              66
     Dissemination Survey.......................
    General Adoption Assessment Survey..........              44               1            0.50              22
    Adoption and Implementation Factors                       10               1            0.50               5
     Interview..................................
    Network Survey..............................              44               1            1.00              44
Other Network Staff:
    Key Informant Interviews....................               4               1            0.50               2
    Trauma-informed Service Provider Survey.....              44               1            0.50              22
    Telephone Interviews........................              35               1            1.50              53
    Case study interviews.......................              20               1            2.00              40
    General Adoption Assessment Survey..........              44               1            0.50              22
    Adoption and Implementation Factors                       30               1            0.50              15
     Interview..................................
    Network Survey..............................              44               1            1.00              44
    Partner Participatory Assessment Tool.......             400               1            0.75             300
Non-Network Mental Health Professionals:
    National Impact Survey......................           1,600               1            0.50             800
Non-Network Non-Mental Health Professionals:
    National Impact Survey......................           1,600               1            0.50             800
Non-Network product developers:
    Case Study Interviews.......................              20               1            1.50              30
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        Total...................................           8,564  ..............  ..............          11,753
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 7-1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20850. Written comments 
should be received by June 21, 2005.

    Dated: April 14, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 05-7988 Filed 4-21-05; 8:45 am]
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