[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 94 (Monday, May 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28238-28239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11896]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

Proposed Project: The Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Initiative 
National Evaluation (OMB No. 0930-0297)--Revision

    SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) will conduct a 
study to evaluate the relationships between different grantee 
characteristics and implementation strategies to outcomes at the 
project, school, and student level. Data collected by this study will 
facilitate an examination of contextual factors and inform those who 
hope to improve the effectiveness of partnerships and implementation 
efforts under the grant and lead to improved outcomes for communities, 
schools, and students. The three agencies sponsoring

[[Page 28239]]

the SS/HS Initiative (the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 
the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Justice) 
may also choose to incorporate aggregate results from collected data in 
journal articles, scholarly presentations, and congressional testimony 
referring to the outcomes of the SS/HS grant program.
    Data collection activities involve the administration of four 
separate surveys (a Baseline Assessment Survey, a Project-Level Survey, 
a School-Level Survey, and a Staff School Climate Survey) and a Site 
Visit Protocol for individuals involved with the SS/HS Initiative at 
the local grantee level. Respondents will submit their responses for 
all surveys via Qualtrics, a third-party, online Web-based survey 
platform, except for the Site Visit Protocol, which will be 
administered on site with grantees.
    The estimated burden for data collection is 5,732 hours across a 
total of 28,125 participants. Using median hourly wage estimates 
reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2009 National 
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, and a loading rate of 25%, 
the estimated total cost to respondents is $207,343. A breakdown of 
these estimates is presented in the following table:

                          Elements of Annualized Hour-Cost Burden of Data Collection *
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Anticipated
             Instrument description                  number of     Responses per   Average hours   Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response     hour burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Site Visit Protocol.............................             100               1               9             900
Baseline Assessment Survey......................              25               1             .67              17
Partnership Inventory...........................             400               1            0.25             100
Project-Level Survey............................             100               1            0.42              42
School-Level Survey.............................           2,300               1            0.45           1,725
Staff School Climate Survey.....................          25,200               1           0.117           2,948
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.......................................          28,125  ..............  ..............           5,732
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Number of respondents based on an estimated annual average of 100 grantees. Baseline Assessment Survey
  administered only to grantees in the 2011-2013 cohorts. School-Level Survey estimates based on an average of
  23 schools per grant. Staff School Climate Survey estimates based on 252 respondents per grantee. Average
  hours per response based on previous evaluation and pilot tests.

    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 8-1099, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 or e-mail a 
copy to [email protected]. Written comments must be received 
on or before July 15, 2011.

    Dated: May 10, 2011.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Management, Technology and Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-11896 Filed 5-13-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4162-20-P