[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57029-57033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23207]


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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 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.

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Proposed Project: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant 
(SPF SIG) Program (OMB No. 0930-0279)--Revision

    SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is 
responsible for the evaluation instruments of the Strategic Prevention 
Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) Program. The program is a 
major initiative designed to: (1) Prevent the onset and reduce the 
progression of substance abuse, including childhood and underage 
drinking; (2) reduce substance abuse related problems; and, (3) build 
prevention capacity and infrastructure at the State-, territorial-, 
tribal- and community-levels.
    Five steps comprise the SPF:
    Step 1: Profile population needs, resources, and readiness to 
address the problems and gaps in service delivery.
    Step 2: Mobilize and/or build capacity to address needs.
    Step 3: Develop a comprehensive strategic plan.
    Step 4: Implement evidence-based prevention programs, policies, and 
practices and infrastructure development activities.
    Step 5: Monitor process, evaluate effectiveness, sustain effective 
programs/activities, and improve or replace those that fail.
    An evaluation team is currently implementing a multi-method, quasi-
experimental evaluation of the first two Strategic Prevention Framework 
State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) cohorts receiving grants in FY 2004 and 
FY 2005. This notice invites comments for revision to the protocol for 
the ongoing cross-site evaluation for the Strategic Prevention 
Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) (OMB No. 0930-0279) which 
expires on 11/30/12. This revision includes two parts:
    (1) Continuation of the use of the previously approved two-part 
Community Level Instrument (CLI Parts I and II) for Cohorts I and II 
and the use of an instrument to assess the sustainability of grantee 
implementation and infrastructure accomplishments which is a 
modification of an instrument used in an earlier phase of the 
evaluation.
    (2) The use of three additional instruments to support the SPF SIG 
Cohorts III and IV Cross-site Evaluation. All three instruments are 
modified versions of data collection protocols used by Cohorts I and 
II. The three instruments are:
    a. A Grantee-Level SPF Implementation Instrument,
    b. A Grantee-Level Infrastructure Instrument, and
    c. A two-part Community-Level SPF Implementation Instrument.
    An additional Cohort III and IV evaluation component (i.e., 
participant-level NOMs outcomes) is also included in this submission as 
part of the comprehensive evaluation, however, no associated burden 
from this evaluation activity is being imposed and therefore clearance 
to conduct the activities is not being requested. Specifically, Cohort 
III and IV SPF SIG grantees have been included in the currently OMB 
approved umbrella NOMs application (OMB No. 0930-0230) covering the 
collection of participant-level NOMs outcomes by all SAMHSA/CSAP 
grantees.
    Every attempt has been made to make the evaluation for Cohorts III 
and IV comparable to Cohorts I and II. However, resource constraints 
for the Cohorts III and IV evaluation have necessitated some 
streamlining of the original evaluation design. Since the ultimate goal 
is to fund all eligible jurisdictions, there are no control groups at 
the grantee level for Cohorts III and IV. The primary evaluation 
objective is to determine the impact of SPF SIG on the reduction of 
substance abuse related problems, on building state prevention capacity 
and infrastructure, and preventing the onset and reducing the 
progression of substance abuse, as measured by the SAMHSA National 
Outcomes Measures (NOMs). Data collected at the grantee, community, and 
participant levels will provide information about process and system 
outcomes at the grantee and community levels as well as context for 
analyzing participant-level NOMS outcomes. The Grantee-Level 
Infrastructure and Implementation Instruments (Cohorts III and IV) and 
the Community-Level Part I and Part II (Cohorts I, II, III, and IV) 
Instruments are included in an OMB review package and are the main 
focus of this announcement.

Grantee-Level Data Collection

Cohort I and II Continuation

    The Sustainability Interview will be conducted during Phase II of 
the evaluation in 2011 (Cohort I) and 2012 (Cohort II). The interview 
guide is adapted from the Phase I instruments (OMB No. 0930-0279) and 
focuses on state-level prevention capacity and infrastructure in 
relation to the five steps of the SPF process: Needs assessment, 
capacity building, strategic planning, implementation of evidence-based 
programs, policies, and practices (EBPPPs), and evaluation/monitoring. 
The interviews will be aimed at understanding the status of the 
prevention infrastructure at the time of the interview, whether the 
status has changed since the previous rounds of interviews (conducted 
in 2007 and 2009), and whether the SPF SIG had any influence on changes 
that might have occurred.

Cohort III and IV Revision

    Two Grantee-level Instruments (GLI) were developed to gather 
information about the infrastructure of the grantee's overall 
prevention system and collect data regarding the grantee's efforts and 
progress in implementing the Strategic Prevention Framework 5-step 
process. Both instruments are modified versions of the grantee-level 
interview protocols used in the SPF SIG Cohort I and II Cross-Site 
Evaluation (OMB No. 0930-0279). The total burden imposed by the 
original interview protocols has been reduced by restructuring the 
format of the original protocol, deleting several questions and 
replacing the majority of open-ended questions with multiple-choice-
response questions. The Infrastructure Instrument will capture data to 
assess infrastructure change and to test the relationship of this 
change to outcomes. The Strategic Prevention Framework Implementation 
Instrument will be used to assess the relationship between SPF 
implementation and change in the NOMs. Information for both surveys 
will be gathered by the grantees' evaluators twice over the life of the 
SPF SIG award.
    Based on the current 16 grantees funded in Cohort III and an 
estimated 20 to be funded in Cohort IV the estimated annual burden for 
grantee-level data collection is displayed below in Table 1. The burden 
estimates for the GLIs are based on the experience in the Cohort I and 
II SPF SIG evaluation as reported in the original OMB submission (OMB 
No. 0930-0279), less the considerable reduction in length of these 
instruments implemented by the Cohort III and IV evaluation team.

Community-Level Data Collection (Continuation and Revision)

Cohort I and II Continuation

    The Community-level Instrument (CLI) is a two part, web-based 
survey for capturing information about SPF SIG implementation at the 
community level (originally submitted as an addendum to OMB No. 0930-
0279). Part I of this instrument was developed to assess the progress 
of communities as they implement the Strategic Prevention Framework 
(SPF), and Part II was developed to gather descriptive information 
about the specific

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interventions being implemented at the community level and the 
populations being served including the gender, age, race, ethnicity, 
and number of individuals in target populations. Each SPF SIG funded 
community will complete a separate Part II form for each intervention 
they implement.
    The CLI (Parts I and II) was designed to be administered two times 
a year (every six months) over the course of the SPF SIG Cohort I and 
II initiative. Four rounds of data were collected under the current OMB 
approval period and the Cohorts I and II cross-site evaluation team 
plans to collect additional rounds once this request for a revision is 
approved. Data from this instrument will allow CSAP to assess the 
progress of the communities in their implementation of both the SPF and 
prevention-related interventions funded under the initiative. The data 
may also be used to assess obstacles to the implementation of the SPF 
and prevention-related interventions and facilitate mid-course 
corrections for communities experiencing implementation difficulties.
    The estimated annual burden for community-level data collection is 
displayed below in Table 1. Note that the total burden reflects the 443 
communities that have received SPF funds from their respective Cohort I 
and Cohort 2 States. Burden estimates are based on pilot respondents' 
feedback as well as the experience of the survey developers reported in 
the original OMB submission (OMB No. 0930-0279). Additionally, an 
individual community's burden may be lower than the burden displayed in 
Table 1 because all sections of the Community-level Instrument (parts I 
and II) may not apply for each reporting period as community partners 
work through the SPF steps and only report on the step-related 
activities addressed. Note also that some questions will be addressed 
only once and the responses will be used to pre-fill subsequent 
surveys.

Cohort III and IV (Revision)

    The Community-Level Instrument to be completed by Cohort III and IV 
funded subrecipient communities is a modified version of the one in use 
in the SPF SIG Cohorts I and II Cross-Site Evaluation (OMB No. 0930-
0279). The total burden imposed by the original instrument was reduced 
by reorganizing the format of the original instrument, optimizing the 
use of skip patterns, and replacing the majority of open-ended 
questions with multiple-choice-response questions.
    Part I of the instrument will gather information on the 
communities' progress implementing the five SPF SIG steps and efforts 
taken to ensure cultural competency throughout the SPF SIG process. 
Subrecipient communities receiving SPF SIG awards will be required to 
complete Part I of the instrument annually. Part 2 will capture data on 
the specific prevention intervention(s) implemented at the community 
level. A single prevention intervention may be comprised of a single 
strategy or a set of multiple strategies. A Part II instrument will be 
completed for each prevention intervention strategy implemented during 
the specified reporting period. Specific questions will be tailored to 
match the type of prevention intervention strategy implemented (e.g., 
Prevention Education, Community-based Processes, and Environmental). 
Information collected on each strategy will include date of 
implementation, numbers of groups and participants served, frequency of 
activities, and gender, age, race, and ethnicity of population served/
affected. Subrecipient communities' partners receiving SPF SIG awards 
will be required to update Part II of the instrument a minimum of every 
six months.
    The estimated annual burden for specific segments of the community-
level data collection is displayed in Table 1. The burden estimates for 
the CLIs are based on the experience in the Cohort I and II SPF SIG 
evaluation as reported in the original OMB submission (OMB No. 0930-
0279), less the considerable reduction in length of these instruments 
implemented by the Cohort III and IV evaluation team. The total burden 
assumes an average of 15 community-level subrecipients per grantee 
(n=36 Grantees) for a total of 540 community respondents, annual 
completion of the CLI Part I, a minimum of two instrument updates per 
year for the CLI Part II, and an average of three distinct prevention 
intervention strategies implemented by each community during a 6-month 
period. Additionally, some questions will be addressed only once and 
the responses will be used to pre-fill subsequent updates.

Participant-Level Data Collection (Cohort III and IV--Continuation)

    Participant-level change will be measured using the CSAP NOMs Adult 
and Youth Programs Survey Forms already approved by OMB (OMB No. 0930-
0230). Subrecipient communities will have the opportunity to select 
relevant measures from the CSAP NOMs Adult and Youth Programs Survey 
Forms based on site-specific targeted program outcomes and may 
voluntarily select additional outcome measures that are relevant to 
their own initiatives. Cohort III and IV SPF SIG grantees have been 
included in the currently OMB approved umbrella NOMs application (OMB 
No. 0930-0230) covering all SAMHSA/CSAP grantees, therefore no 
additional burden for this evaluation activity is being imposed and 
clearance to conduct the activities is not being requested.

Total Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden

    Estimates of total and annualized reporting burden for respondents 
by evaluation cohort are displayed below in Table 1. Overall summaries 
appear in Table 2. The estimated average annual burden of 5,642.9 hours 
is based on the completion of the Community Level-Instrument (CLI Parts 
I and II) and Sustainability Interview for Cohorts I and II, and the 
Grantee-level Instruments (GLI) and the Community-Level Instrument 
(CLI) for Cohorts III and IV.

                                               Table 1--Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden to Respondents
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                                                                                             Number of
                                                                                           responses per   Total number     Burden per
                       Instrument                           Respondent       Number of      respondent     of responses      response      Total burden
                                                                            respondents     (over four      (over four        (hrs.)          (hrs.)
                                                                                              years)          years)
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                                                          Cohorts 1 and 2--Grantee Level Burden
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CLI grantee input.......................................         Grantee              26               2              52               1            52.0
Sustainability Interview................................         Grantee              26               1              26             1.5            39.0
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    Total Burden........................................         Grantee              26               3              78             2.5            91.0
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        Average Annual Burden Over 4 Reporting years....         Grantee              26  ..............  ..............  ..............            22.8
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                                                         Cohorts 1 and 2--Community Level Burden
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 CLI Part 1.............................................       Community             443               2             886            2.17         1,922.6
CLI Part 2..............................................       Community             443               8           3,544            2.17         7,690.5
Review of Past Responses................................       Community             443               2             886            2.50         2,215.0
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    Total Burden........................................       Community             443              12           5,316            6.84        11,828.1
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        Average Annual Burden Over 4 Reporting years....       Community             443  ..............  ..............  ..............         2,957.0
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                                                          Cohorts 3 and 4--Grantee Level Burden
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 GLI Infrastructure & Implementation Instruments                 Grantee              36               2              72            4.75           342.0
 (Reporting Years 1-4)..................................
CLI Part I, 1-20: Community Contact Information                  Grantee              36               1              36             1.5            54.0
 (Reporting Year 1).....................................
CLI Part I, 1-20: Community Contact Information                  Grantee              36               3             108            0.25            27.0
 (Reporting Years 2-4)..................................
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    Total Burden Over 4 Reporting Years.................         Grantee              36               6             216             6.5           423.0
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        Average Annual Burden...........................         Grantee               9  ..............  ..............  ..............           105.8
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                                                         Cohorts 3 and 4--Community Level Burden
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 CLI Part I, 21-172: Community SPF Activities (Reporting       Community             540               1             540               3         1,620.0
 Year 1)................................................
CLI Part II (Reporting Year 1)..........................       Community             540               6           3,240            0.75         2,430.0
CLI Part I, 21-172: Community SPF Activities (Reporting        Community             540               3           1,620            0.75         1,215.0
 Years 2-4).............................................
CLI Part II (Reporting Years 2-4).......................       Community             540              18           9,270             0.5         4,860.0
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    Total Burden Over 4 Years...........................       Community             540              28          15,120               5        10,125.0
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        Average Annual Burden...........................       Community             540  ..............  ..............  ..............         2,531.3
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                                        Table 2--Annualized Summary Table
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                                                                                                       Total
                   Respondents                       Number of      Responses/         Total        annualized
                                                    respondents     respondent       responses      hour burden
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                                            All Cohorts--Total Burden
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Cohort 1 and 2:
    Grantees....................................              26               3              78            48.8
    Community...................................             443              12           5,316         2,957.0
Cohort 3 and 4:
    Grantees....................................              36               6             216           105.8
    Community...................................             540              28          15,120         2,531.3
        Sub-total Grantees......................              62  ..............  ..............           128.6
        Sub-total Community.....................             983  ..............  ..............         5,488.3
            Total...............................            1045  ..............          20,730         5,616.9
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 and e-mail a 
copy to [email protected]. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: September 10, 2010.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Management, Technology and Operations.
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