[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 173 (Thursday, September 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52810-52811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14812]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information 
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.

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 services in Clark County................             110                1              110             1.25            137.5
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by October 10, 2006 to: SAMHSA 
Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503; due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing of mail 
sent through the U.S. Postal Service, respondents are encouraged to 
submit comments by fax to: 202-395-6974.

    Dated: August 28, 2006.
Anna Marsh,
Director, Office of Program Services.
 [FR Doc. E6-14812 Filed 9-6-06; 8:45 am]
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