[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6081-6082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1561]


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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 (SAMHSA) 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

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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: Social Network Analysis of a Service System for 
Transition Aged Youth--New

    SAMHSA's, Center for Mental Health Services will seek information 
about the change in the network of social services in one community, 
Clark County Washington, as a result of a Center for Mental Health 
Services funded grant initiative, the Options Program. The Options 
program was one of 5 funded sites across the country. Each site 
received four years of funding to build comprehensive supports that 
help adolescents with serious emotional disturbance and their families 
make the difficult transition from adolescent to adult functioning 
through the age of 25. This grant program, called the Partnerships for 
Youth Transition, aims to remediate some of the most difficult system 
barriers that interfere with transition system building by providing 
community leaders and advocates funding for direct services and 
infrastructure building, technical assistance to help shape the vision, 
and time to establish programs and interagency relationships. Since no 
single site in the country has ever successfully built a transition 
support system we do not know whether combining the resources of this 
grant, with the resources of the community are sufficient to make 
significant strides in transition system building. It is imperative to 
answer this question systematically and rigorously in order to guide 
future efforts.
    There have been 110 agencies identified in Clark County that could 
potentially serve youth or young adults with serious mental, emotional 
and behavioral disorders. This study will conduct network analysis by 
interviewing one key informant from each of these programs about their 
organization's professional relationship with other social services. 
The Social Network Questionnaire was previously developed for use in 
several studies in mental health and homeless services. Questions focus 
on aspects of professional relationship such as how often clients are 
referred to another agency and how often staff meet for client planning 
purposes with staff from another agency, as well as some background 
information about the agency and the quality of services offered. An 
additional 10 items focus on whether the program is following 
guidelines for exemplary practice with transition aged youth. Findings 
will be compared to data collected prior to program initiation.
    The following table summarizes the estimated response burden for 
this project.

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                                     Number of      Responses/         Total         Hours per      Total hour
           Respondent               respondents     respondent       responses       response         burden
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Key informants from social                   110               1             110            1.25           137.5
 services in Clark County.......
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written 
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

     Dated: January 27, 2006.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. E6-1561 Filed 2-3-06; 8:45 am]
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