[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63775-63776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18266]


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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 Assessment of the Residential Treatment 
for Pregnant and Postpartum Women (PPW) and Their Children Program--
(OMB No. 0930-0269)--Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), is funding 
additional Services Grants for Residential Treatment for Pregnant and 
Postpartum Women (PPW). The purpose of the PPW is to expand the 
availability of comprehensive, high quality residential treatment 
services for pregnant and postpartum women who suffer from alcohol and 
other drug use problems, and for their infants and children impacted by 
the perinatal and environmental effects of maternal substance use and 
abuse.
    Section 508 [290bb-1] of the Public Health Service Act mandates the 
evaluation and dissemination of findings of residential treatment 
programs for pregnant and postpartum women. This cross-site 
accountability assessment will assess project activities implemented 
for these services.
    The grantees were brought to consensus surrounding an evaluation 
design and methods of data collection with accompanying instruments, 
via the work of the project officer and consultant experts in the 
field. The data collection instruments will be used for program and 
treatment planning, local evaluations, and for this cross-site 
accountability evaluation. For mothers, administration of data 
collection instruments will occur at intake, 6 months post-intake, 
discharge, and 4 months post-discharge.\1\ The following four different 
interview instruments will be used for mothers:
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    \1\ The 4 month post-discharge administration replaces the 12-
month post-admission administration approved by OMB for the pilot 
study. This modification was made because it is believed that post-
discharge followup information will be more informative and will 
have more cases than 12 months post-admission.
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    1. Child Data Collection Tool, Part 1 (child's personal background) 
and Part 2 (child's medical background);
    2. Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index(copyright) Generic 
Version--III;
    3. BASIS-24[supreg] (pilot study used BASIS-32[supreg])--behavioral 
health assessment; and
    4. Allen Barriers to Treatment Instrument.
    For all children under 18 years, program staff will collect 
information from observation, interview, and records review. For 
infants and children, data collection will occur at a time within 30 
days of the mother's intake or the child's birth, 3 months post-intake/
birth, 6 months post-intake/birth, discharge, and 4 months post-
discharge.\1\ Children's data collection tools include the following:
    1. Child Well-Being Scales (staff observation and records review 
for all children);
    2. Denver Developmental Screening Inventory II (ages 0 to 6 years, 
0 days);
    3. Middle Childhood Developmental Assessment Guide (ages 6 to 10);
    4. Adolescent Childhood Development Assessment Guide (ages 11 to 
17); and
    5. CRAFFT substance abuse screening instrument (ages 11-17).
    In addition, records review will be conducted by program staff on 
all program participants. First, at each data collection period except 
for 4 months post-discharge, staff will complete the Women's Medical 
Record Audit and the Child's Medical Record Audit (or the Newborn's 
Medical Record Audit at delivery.) Second, staff will complete the 
Women's Discharge Tool and the Children's Discharge Tool at discharge.

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    All data will be collected using a combination of observation, 
records review, self-administered paper-and-pencil questionnaires, and 
personal interviews. CSAT will use this data for this evaluation to 
inform public policy, research, and programming as they relate to the 
provision of women's services. Data produced by this study will provide 
direction to the type of technical assistance that will be required by 
service providers of women's programming. In addition, the data will be 
used by individual grantees to support progress report efforts.
    The following table shows the estimated annual response burden for 
this collection.

                                            Estimates of Burden Hours
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      Form name/type of        Number of                                      Total      Hours per    Total hour
       administration         respondents     Responses per respondent      responses     response      burden
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                                                Women Interviews
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Child Data Collection Tool            963   4                                    3,852         0.75        2,889
 (Personal Interview).
Allen Barriers to Treatment           963   4                                    3,852         0.28        1,091
 Instrument (Self-
 administered paper &
 pencil).
Quality of Life Inventory             963   4                                    3,852         0.25          963
 (Self-administered paper &
 pencil).
BASIS-24 (Personal                    963   4                                    3,852         0.17          642
 Interview).
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    Total for Women.........          963  ..............................       15,408  ...........        5,585
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                                          Child Interviews/Observations
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Denver Developmental                1,926  5                                     9,630         0.50        4,815
 Screening Inventory II
 (ages 0m to 6y, 0m)
 (Personal Interview &
 Observation).
CRAFFT (ages 11-17)                 1,225  5                                     6,125         0.17        1,021
 (Personal Interview).
Middle Childhood                      657  5                                     3,285         0.33        1,095
 Developmental Guide (ages 6
 to 10) (Personal Interview).
Adolescent Development Guide        1,225  5                                     6,125         0.33        2,042
 (ages 11 to 17) (Personal
 Interview).
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    Total for Children......        3,852  ..............................       25,165  ...........        8,973
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                               Observation/Records Review by Staff at 8 Facilities
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Child Well-Being Scales (age            8  3,852 X 5                            19,260         0.33        6,420
 0-17) (Observation &
 Records Review).
Women's Medical Record Audit            8  963 X 3                               2,889         0.25          722
 (Records Review).
Children's Medical Record               8  2,812 X 1 (intake)                   14,368         0.25        3,592
 Audit (Records Review).                   3,852 X 3 (follow-up)
Newborns' Medical Record                8  1,040 X 1                             1,040         0.08           87
 Audit (Records Review).
Women's Discharge Tool                  8  963 X 1                                 963         0.58          562
 (Records Review).
Children's Discharge Tool               8  3,852 X 1                             3,852         0.58        2,247
 (Records Review).
    Total for Staff:........            8  ..............................       42,372         2.08       13,630
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        3-Year Total........        4,823  ..............................       82,945  ...........       28,188
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        Average Annual......        1,608  ..............................       27,648  ...........        9,396
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    Note: For mothers, administration of data collection instruments 
will occur at: (1) Intake, (2) 6 months post-intake, (3) discharge, 
and (4) 4 months post-discharge. For the Child Data Collection Tool, 
each mother will respond for each of her estimated 4 children at 
intake only. For infants and children, data collection will occur 
at: (1) a time within 30 days of the mother's intake or the child's 
birth, (2) 3 months post-intake/birth, (3) 6 months post-intake/
birth, (4) discharge, and (5) 4 months post-discharge. It is 
estimated that 27 percent (1,040) of the children (3,852) will be 
delivered while the woman is in the treatment facility. For these 
infants, the Newborn's Medical Record Audit will be completed at 
delivery, and the Children's Medical Record Audit will be completed 
at 3 months post-admission, 6 months post-admission, and at 
discharge.

    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 January 2, 2007.

    Dated: October 4, 2006.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
 [FR Doc. E6-18266 Filed 10-30-06; 8:45 am]
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