[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77769-77771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-22119]


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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.

Proposed Project: Cross-site Evaluation of the Garrett Lee Smith 
Memorial Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Programs--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 Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Suicide 
Prevention and Early Intervention State/Tribal Programs and the Garrett 
Lee Smith Memorial Suicide Prevention Campus Programs. The data 
collected through the cross-site evaluation will address four stages of 
program activity: (1) The context stage will assess the existing 
databases and availability of data sources, (2) the product stage will 
describe the products and services that are developed and utilized by 
these programs, (3) the process stage will assess the progress on key 
activities and milestones related to implementation of program plans, 
and (4) the impact stage will assess the impact of program activities 
on youth/students, gatekeepers, faculty/staff, and program partners 
within States/Tribal sites and campus sites. In addition, enhanced 
evaluation efforts are planned for the Tennessee Lives Count Suicide 
Prevention Program. The purpose of the enhanced evaluation is to expand 
upon self-evaluation and cross-site evaluation efforts to evaluate 
medium- and long-term outcomes associate with suicide prevention 
program activities.
    There are 36 State/Tribal programs and 55 Campus programs 
participating in the cross-site evaluation. Data will be collected from 
suicide prevention program staff (project directors, evaluators), key 
program stakeholders (state/local officials, child-serving agency 
directors, gatekeepers, mental health providers, campus 
administrators), training participants, college students, and campus 
faculty/staff. Data collection for the cross-site evaluation will be 
conducted over a three-year period that spans FY2007 through FY2009. 
Because the State/Tribal grantees differ from the campus grantees in 
programmatic approaches, specific data collection activities also vary 
by type of program. The following describes the specific data 
collection activities and the sixteen data collection instruments to be 
used, followed by a summary table of number of respondents and 
respondent burden:
     Existing Database Inventory (2 versions). The Existing 
Database Inventory includes two versions to be administered to one 
respondent from (1) The 36 State/Tribal grantees and (2) the 55 Campus 
grantees. The Existing Database Inventory will be completed once in 
year one and once in year three of the cross-site evaluation by program 
staff. The questions included assess the availability of existing data, 
the integration of data systems, and the data elements that may or may 
not be collected in each system. The Existing Database Inventory will 
take approximately 30 minutes to complete and the number of existing 
databases within each grantee site will determine the number of items 
to complete. Questions on the Existing Database Inventory are open-
ended and multiple choice.
     Product and Services Inventory-State/Tribal (2 versions). 
The Product and Services Inventory for State/Tribal grantees includes 2 
versions. The State/Tribal grantees will complete the State/Tribal 
Product and Services Inventory-Baseline version once in year one of the 
cross-site evaluation and the State/Tribal Product and Services 
Inventory-Follow-up version quarterly thereafter in years two and 
three. The baseline version assesses the development and utilization of 
products and services during the first year of grant funding, and the 
follow-up version updates the development of products and services on a 
quarterly basis. These products and services may include awareness 
campaign products and materials; risk identification training materials 
and workshops; and enhanced services, including early intervention, 
family support, and postsuicide intervention services, as well as 
evidence-based programs. Both versions of the State/Tribal Product and 
Services Inventory will take approximately 45 minutes and the number of 
products and services developed and utilized within each grantee site 
will determine the number of items to complete. Questions on both 
versions of the State/Tribal Product and Services Inventory are open-
ended and multiple choice.
     Product and Services Inventory-Campus (2 versions). The 
Product and Services Inventory for Campus grantees includes 2 versions. 
The Campus grantees will complete the Campus Product and Services 
Inventory-Baseline version once in year one of the cross-site 
evaluation and will complete the Campus Product and Services Inventory-
Follow-up version quarterly thereafter in years two and three. The 
baseline version assesses the development and utilization of products 
and services during the first year of grant funding, and the follow-up 
version updates the development of products and services on a quarterly 
basis. These products and services may include awareness campaign 
products and materials; risk identification training materials and 
workshops; and enhanced services, including early intervention, family 
support, and postsuicide intervention services, as well as evidence-
based programs. Both versions of the Campus Product and Services 
Inventory will take approximately 45 minutes and the number of products 
and services developed and utilized within each grantee site will 
determine the number of items to complete. Questions on both versions 
of the State/Tribal Product and Services Inventory are open-ended and 
multiple choice.
     Referral Network Survey (1 version). The Referral Network 
Survey will be administered to representatives of organizations and/or 
agencies involved in the referral networks that support the 36 State/
Tribal suicide prevention programs. The 14 State/Tribal grantees funded 
in October 2005 will receive two administrations of the Referral 
Network Survey and the 22 State/Tribal grantees funded in June and 
October 2006 will receive 3 administrations. It is estimated that for 
each of the 36 State/Tribal referral networks, there are approximately 
20 agencies/organizations involved. Therefore, assuming 2 appropriate 
respondents per agency/organizations and an 80% response rate, we 
estimated that 3,008 respondents would complete the Referral Network 
Survey, or 1,003 annually. The questions included on the Referral 
Network Survey will describe the referral networks, the agencies and 
organizations involved and at what level and the types of agency 
agreements and protocols are in place to support youth who are 
identified at risk for suicide. Questions on the Referral Network

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Survey include multiple-choice, Likert-scale, and open-ended. The 
Referral Network Survey includes 37 items and will take approximately 
40 minutes to complete.
     Training Exit Survey (1 version). The Training Exit Survey 
will be administered to participants in suicide prevention training 
activities held in the 36 State/Tribal sites following their 
participation in training activities. It is estimated that 
approximately 1,000 per State/Tribal site will be trained in suicide 
prevention. As such, data will be collected from approximately 36,000 
training participants, or 12,000 per year, one time immediately 
following their training experience in each year of the cross-site 
evaluation. The questions on the Training Exit Survey obtain 
information to assess the content of the training, the participants' 
intended use of the skills and knowledge learned, and satisfaction with 
the training experience. Questions on the Training Exit Survey include 
multiple-choice, Likert-scale, and open-ended. The Training Exit Survey 
includes 29 items and will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.
     Training Utilization and Penetration (TUP) Key Informant 
Interview (1 version). The TUP Key Informant Interview is a qualitative 
follow-up interview administered to individuals who participated in 
training activities as part of the State/Tribal suicide prevention 
programs. One training activity will be identified per year in each of 
the 36 State/Tribal sites and ten key informants who completed the 
selected training will be randomly selected for participation, for a 
total of 360 respondents per year. The TUP will be administered within 
two months of the training experience to assess whether the suicide 
prevention knowledge, skills and/or techniques learned through training 
were utilized and had an impact on youth. The interviews will include 
close-ended background questions, with the remaining questions being 
open-ended and semi-structured. The TUP includes 23 items and will take 
approximately 40 minutes to complete.
     Suicide Prevention Exposure, Awareness and Knowledge 
Survey (SPEAKS)--Student Version (1 version). The SPEAKS-Student 
version assesses the exposure, awareness and knowledge of suicide 
prevention activities among the student population on campus as result 
of the suicide prevention program. Questions include whether students 
have been exposed to suicide prevention materials, their agreement with 
myths and facts about suicide, and the availability of resources to 
provide assistance to those at risk for suicide. The 21 Campus grantees 
funded in FY 2006 will receive two administrations of the SPEAKS-
Student Version (one in each remaining year of their grant funding) and 
the 34 Campus grantees funded in FY 2007 will receive three 
administrations (one in each year of grant funding). The SPEAKS-Student 
Version will be administered to 28,800 respondents, or 9,600, per year. 
A random sample of students will be drawn without replacement in each 
year of administration. The SPEAKS-Student Version is web-based and 
includes multiple-choice, Likert-scale and true/false questions. The 
SPEAKS-Student Version includes 54 items and will take approximately 15 
minutes to complete.
     Suicide Prevention Exposure, Awareness and Knowledge 
Survey (SPEAKS)-Faculty/Staff Version (1 version). The SPEAKS-Faculty/
Staff version assesses the exposure, awareness and knowledge of suicide 
prevention activities among faculty/staff on campus as result of the 
suicide prevention program. Questions include whether faculty/staff 
have been exposed to suicide prevention materials, their agreement with 
myths and facts about suicide, and the availability of resources to 
provide assistance to those at risk for suicide. The 21 Campus grantees 
funded in FY 2006 will be administered the survey twice (in each of the 
remaining years of grant funding) and the 34 Campus grantees funded in 
FY 2007 will receive three administrations (one in each remaining year 
of grant funding). A sampling plan to obtain 50 faculty/staff 
respondents in each of the 55 Campus grantee sites for a total of 7,200 
total respondents, or 2,400 per year, will be developed by the cross-
site evaluation team. A random sample of faculty/staff will be drawn 
without replacement in each year of administration. The SPEAKS-Faculty/
Staff Version is web-based and includes multiple-choice, Likert-scale 
and true/false questions. The SPEAKS-Faculty/Staff Version includes 52 
items and will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
     Campus Infrastructure Interviews (4 versions). The Campus 
Infrastructure Interviews include 4 versions of the qualitative 
interviews to be administered to five different respondent types; (1) 
Administrator, (2) Student Group Leader, (3) Counseling Center Staff, 
(4) Faculty/Staff-human services department, and (5) Faculty/Staff-non-
human service department. Five individuals from each of the 55 Campus 
sites will be selected as key informants to participate in the Campus 
Infrastructure Interview either in year two or in year three of the 
cross-site evaluation, for a total of 260 respondents. Questions on the 
Campus Infrastructure Interview include whether respondents are aware 
of suicide prevention activities, what the campus culture is related to 
suicide prevention, and what specific efforts are in place to prevent 
suicide among the campus population. Questions will include close-ended 
background questions, with the remaining questions being open-ended and 
semi-structured. The Campus Infrastructure Interviews include 29 items 
and will take approximately 60 minutes to complete.
     Tennessee Lives Count Six-Month Follow-up Survey (1 
version). The six-month follow-up survey is administered as part of the 
enhanced evaluation. A random sample of training participants involved 
in the Tennessee Lives Count Suicide Prevention program will be 
contacted six months post training to complete the survey. Based on the 
sampling scheme, the six-month follow-up survey will be administered to 
466 individuals per year for a total of 1,398 total respondents. The 
survey requests information on proximal outcomes, such as knowledge, 
skills, and attitudes of professionals working with at-risk youth as a 
result of their training experiences. The survey includes multiple-
choice, likert scale, and open-ended. There are 59 items and it will 
take approximately 15 minutes for completion.
    In addition to the above described data collection activities, data 
from existing sources (i.e., management information systems (MIS), 
administrative records, case files, etc.) will be analyzed across 
grantee sites to support the impact stage of the cross-site evaluation. 
Specifically, for the cross-site evaluation of the State/Tribal 
Programs, existing program information related to the number of youth 
identified at risk as a result of screening or early identification 
activities, the youth who are referred for services, and the youth who 
present for services will be analyzed by the cross-site evaluation team 
to determine the impact of suicide prevention program activities. For 
the cross-site evaluation of the Campus programs, existing program data 
related to the number of students who are at risk for suicide, the 
number who seek services, and the type of services received will be 
analyzed to determine the impact of Campus program activities on the 
student and campus populations. Because this information is obtained 
through existing sources, data collection instruments were not 
developed as part of the cross-site evaluation and no identifiable 
respondents exist; therefore

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no respondent burden has been estimated.
    Internet-based technology will be used for collecting data via Web-
based surveys, and for data entry and management. The average annual 
respondent burden is estimated below. The estimate reflects the total 
respondents across project years, the average annual number of 
respondents, the average annual number of responses, the time it will 
take for each response, and the average annual burden.

                           Total and Annual Averages: Respondents, Responses and Hours
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                                                                                    No. of
                            Measure name                                No. of    responses/   Hours/   Response
                                                                     respondents  respondent  response   burden*
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Existing Database Inventory-State version..........................         36            1        0.5        18
Existing Database Inventory-Campus version.........................         55            1        0.5        28
Product and Services Inventory-State version-baseline..............         36            1       0.75        27
Product and Services Inventory-State version-follow-up.............         36            2       0.75        54
Product and Services Inventory-Campus version-baseline.............         55            1       0.75        41
Product and Services Inventory-Campus version-follow-up............         55            2       0.75        41
Training Exit Survey...............................................     12,000            1       0.17      2040
Training Utilization and Penetration (TUP) Key Informant Interview.        360            1       0.67       241
Referral Network Survey............................................      1,003            1       0.67       672
Suicide Prevention Exposure, Awareness and Knowledge Survey-Student      9,600            1       0.25      2400
 Version (SPEAKS-S)................................................
Suicide Prevention Exposure, Awareness and Knowledge Survey-Faculty/     2,400            1       0.25       600
 Staff (SPEAKS-FS).................................................
Campus Infrastructure Interview-Student Leader Version.............         18            1          1        18
Campus Infrastructure Interview-Faculty/Staff Version..............         37            1          1        37
Campus Infrastructure Interview-Administrator Version..............         18            1          1        18
Campus Infrastructure Interview-Counseling Center Staff Version....         18            1          1        18
Tennessee Lives Count 6-month Interview............................        466            1       0.25       117
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    Total..........................................................     26,193    ..........  ........     6,370
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by January 26, 2007 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: December 18, 2006.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E6-22119 Filed 12-26-06; 8:45 am]
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