[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4369-4371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-965]


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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: National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Community 
Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program: Phase 
V--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), Center of Mental Health is responsible for the national 
evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for 
Children and Their Families Program that will collect data on child 
mental health outcomes, family life, and service system development and 
performance. Data will be collected on 25 service systems, and roughly 
7310 children and families.
    The data collection for this evaluation will be conducted over a 
five-year period. The core of service system data will be collected 
every 18 to 24 months throughout the 5-year evaluation period, with a 
sustainability survey conducted in selected years. Service delivery and 
system variables of interest include the following: maturity of system 
of care development, adherence to the system of care program model, and 
client service experience. The length of time that individual families 
will participate in the study ranges from 18 to 36 months depending on 
when they enter the evaluation. Child and family outcomes of interest 
will be collected at intake and during subsequent follow-up interviews 
at six-month intervals. Client service experience information is 
collected at these follow-up interviews. Measures included in an 
outcome interview are determined by the type of assessment (intake or 
follow up), child's age, and whether the respondent is the caregiver or 
a youth.
    The outcome measures include the following: Child symptomatology 
and functioning, family functioning, material resources, and caregiver 
strain. The caregiver interview package includes the Caregiver 
Information Questionnaire, Child Behavior Checklist, Behavioral and 
Emotional Rating Scale (BERS), Education Questionnaire, Columbia 
Impairment Questionnaire, Living Situations Questionnaire, Family Life 
Questionnaire, and Caregiver Strain Questionnaire (caregivers of 
children under age 6 complete the Vineland Screener to assess 
development, and do not complete the BERS) at intake, and also complete 
the Multi-service Sector Contacts Form, Culturally Competence and 
Service Provision Questionnaire and the Youth Services Survey (a 
national outcome measurement tool). The Youth Interview package 
includes the Youth Information Questionnaire, Revised Children's 
Manifest Anxiety Scale, Reynolds Depression Scale, BERS (youth 
version), Delinquency Survey, Substance Use Survey, GAIN-Quick: 
Substance Dependence Scale, and Youth Services Survey (youth version).
    In addition the evaluation will include two special studies: (1) An 
evidence-based practices study will examine provider use of evidence-
based practices, community readiness and implementation of evidence-
based practices, and consumer experience with these practices; (2) A 
cultural and linguistic competence study will examine the extent to 
which the cultural and linguistic characteristics of communities 
influence program implementation and provider adaptation of evidence-
based treatments, and provider service delivery decisions based on 
provider culture and language. The national evaluation measures address 
the national outcome measures for mental health programs as currently 
established by SAMHSA.
    Internet-based technology will be used for data entry and 
management, and for collecting data using Web-based surveys. The 
average annual respondent burden with detail provided about burden 
contributed by specific measures is estimated below. The estimate 
reflects the average number of respondents in each respondent category, 
the average number of responses per respondent per year, the average 
length time it will take for each response, and the total average 
annual burden for each category of respondent, and for all categories 
of respondents combined.

                                                              Estimate of Respondent Burden
                                                [Note: Total burden is annualized over a 5-year period.]
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                                                                                           Total average
                                                                             Number of       number of       Hours per     Total burden       5 year
                Instrument                           Respondent             respondents    responses per     response          hours      average annual
                                                                                            respondent                                     burden hours
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System-of-care Assessment:
    Interview Guides and Data Collection    Key site informants.........             525               3           1.00            1,575             315
     Forms.
    Interagency Collaboration Scale (IACS)  Key site informants.........             525               3           0.13              210              42
Cross-sectional Descriptive Study:

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    Caregiver Information Questionnaire     Caregiver...................           7,310               1           0.283           2,069             414
     (CIQ-IC).
    Caregiver Information Questionnaire     Caregiver...................           7,310               5           0.200           7,310           1,462
     Followup (CIQ-FC).
Child and Family Outcome Study:
    Caregiver Strain Questionnaire (CGSQ).  Caregiver...................           7,310               6           0.167           7,325           1,465
    Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)/Child   Caregiver...................           7,310               6           0.333          14,605           2,921
     Behavior Checklist 1\1/2\-5 (CBCL 1\1/
     2\-5).
    Education Questionnaire (EQ)..........  Caregiver...................           7,310               6           0.333          14,605           2,921
    Living Situations Questionnaire (LSQ).  Caregiver...................           7,310               6           0.083           3,640             728
    The Family Life Questionnaire (FLQ)...  Caregiver...................           7,310               6           0.050           2,193             439
    Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale   Caregiver...................           6,945               6           0.167           6,958           1,392
     (BERS).
    Columbia Impairment Scale (CIS).......  Caregiver...................           6,945               6           0.083           3,472             694
    The Vineland Screener (VS)............  Caregiver...................             283               5           0.250             456              91
    Delinquency Survey (DS)...............  Youth.......................           4,386               6           0.167           4,394             879
    Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale-- Youth.......................           4,386               6           0.167           4,395             879
     Second Edition, Youth Rating Scale
     (BERS-2).
    Gain-quick Substance Related Issues     Youth.......................           4,386               6           0.083           2,184             437
     (Gain SRI).
    Substance Use Scale (SUS).............  Youth.......................           4,386               6           0.100           2,632             526
    Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety     Youth.......................           4,386               6           0.050           1,316             263
     Scales (RCMAS).
    Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale--  Youth.......................           4,386               6           0.050           1,315             263
     Second Edition (RADS-2).
    Youth Information Questionnaire (YIQ-   Youth.......................           4,386               1           0.167             732             146
     I).
    Youth Information Questionnaire (YIQ-   Youth.......................           4,386               5           0.167           3,662             732
     F).
Service Experience Study:
    Multi-Sector Service Contacts (MSSC)..  Caregiver...................           7,310               5           0.250           9,137           1,828
    Evidence-Based Practice Measure         Caregiver...................           7,310               5           0.167           6,092           1,218
     (EBPEM).
    Cultural Competence and Service         Caregiver...................           7,310               5           0.167           6,092           1,218
     Provision Questionnaire (CCSP).
    Youth Services Survey--Family (YSS-F).  Caregiver...................           7,310               5           0.117           4,276             855
    Youth Services Survey (YSS)...........  Youth.......................           4,386               5           0.083           1,820             364
Evidence Based Practices Study:
    Evidence Based Treatment Survey (EBT).  Provider....................           1,125               3           0.333           1,124             224
    Evidence-Based Provider Attitudes       Provider....................           1,125               3           0.083             280              56
     Survey (EBPAS).
    Organizational Readiness for Change     Provider....................           1,125               3           0.417           1,407             281
     Scale (ORC-S).
    Organizational Readiness for Change     Administrators/Managers.....              75               3           0.417              94              19
     Scale (ORC-D).
Sustainability Study:
    Sustainability Survey--Caregiver......  Caregiver...................              25               3           0.500              38               8
    Sustainability Survey--Provider.......  Provider/Administrator......              75               3           0.500             112              23
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total average
                                                     distinct      response per      response      annual burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        (hours)         (hours)
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                               Summary of Annualized Burden Estimates for 5 Years
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Caregivers......................................           7,310               1            2.31          17,654
Youth...........................................           4,386               1            0.71           3,247
Provider/Administrators.........................           1,725               1            0.93             961
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    Total Summary...............................          13,421             133  ..............         109,308
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        Total Annual Average Summary............           2,684              27  ..............          21,861
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 71-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written 
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: January 20, 2006.
Anna Marsh,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E6-965 Filed 1-25-06; 8:45 am]
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