[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1036-1037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00059]


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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.

Proposed Project: Grantee Data Technical Assistance (GDTA) Training 
Needs Assessment Survey for SAMHSA Grantees--NEW

    In 2014, the Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality 
(CBHSQ) funded the GDTA contract to provide training and technical 
assistance to all grantees receiving funding from the Center for 
Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), the Center for Mental Health Services 
(CMHS), and some grantees receiving funding from the Center for 
Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) that fall under the GDTA contract. 
This currently only includes discretionary grants but is expected to 
include block grants in future years. Training and technical assistance 
from the GDTA contract will focus on helping grantees use their 
Government and Performance Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) data for 
performance management and monitoring, and services improvement. The 
information being collected in this needs assessment will inform CBHSQ 
regarding the types of activities SAMHSA's grants use their funding for 
and what types of training activities they would like to receive in the 
future.
    Description of Forms: Forms will include two questions. The first 
question asks about the services provided under the grant. Answer 
options include activities such as behavioral health care services, 
screening, prevention activities, and services to specific populations. 
The second question asks respondents to

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identify topics for training and technical assistance they would like 
to receive from a pre-populated list. Answer options include items such 
as data collection, data entry, and using data in creative ways. Both 
questions have an option for respondents to write-in an answer that is 
not included in the list.
    Description of Respondents: The respondent universe for this data 
collection effort is one Project Director from each SAMHSA-funded 
grants being served by the GDTA contract. This currently only includes 
discretionary grants but is expected to include block grants in future 
years. There are currently 2,670 SAMHSA-funded discretionary grants 
served by the GDTA contract, therefore this is the number of 
respondents expected for this data collection effort.

                                         Table 1--Annual Burden Estimate
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                                                      Annual
            Form name                Number of     responses per   Total annual      Hours per     Total annual
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response       hour burden
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Grantee needs assessment........           2,670               1           2,670             0.1             267
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 2-
1057, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email her a copy at 
[email protected]. Written comments should be received by 
March 9, 2015.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2015-00059 Filed 1-7-15; 8:45 am]
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