[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2953-2955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00844]


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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: National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Community 
Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program: Phase 
VI (OMB No. 0930-0307)--Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), Center of Mental Health Services is responsible for the 
national evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health 
Services for Children and Their Families Program (Children's Mental 
Health Initiative--CMHI) that will collect data on child mental health 
outcomes, family life, and service system development. Data will be 
collected on nine (9) service systems, and approximately 2,106 children 
and families and providers/administrators, using 26 instruments. Data 
collection will be decreased by 26,960 hours due to program changes 
resulting from the closing of 19 communities funded in FY 2009 that no 
longer require data collection and data collection for the Sector and 
Comparison Study.
    Data collection for this evaluation will be conducted over the next 
3-year period. Child and family outcomes of interest will be collected 
at intake and at 6-month follow-up. The individual families will 
participate in the study for the remaining 12 months. The outcome 
measures include the following: Child symptomatology and functioning, 
family functioning, satisfaction, and caregiver strain. The service 
system data will be collected every 6 months during the remaining 3 
years of the evaluation. Service utilization and cost data will be 
tracked and submitted to the national evaluation every 6 months using 
two tools--the Flex Fund Tool and the Services and Costs Data Tool--to 
estimate average cost of treatment per child, distribution of costs, 
and allocation of costs across service categories. Service delivery and 
system variables of interest include the following: Maturity of system 
of care development in funded system of care communities, adherence to 
the system of care program model, and client service experience. 
Internet-based technology such as data entry and management tools will 
be used in this evaluation. The measures of the national evaluation 
address annual Congressional reporting requirements of the program's 
authorizing legislation, and the national outcome measures for mental 
health programs as currently established by SAMHSA.
    Changes:
    The previously approved Phase VI evaluation is composed of six core 
study components: (1) The System of Care Assessment that documents the 
development of systems of care through site visits conducted every 12-
18 months; (2) the Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study that collects 
descriptive data on all children and families who enter the CMHS-funded 
systems of care throughout the funding period; (3) the Child and Family 
Outcome Study that collects data longitudinally on child clinical and 
functional status, and family outcomes; (4) the Service Experience 
Study that collects data on family experience and satisfaction with 
services from a sample of children and families; (5) the Services and 
Costs Study that assesses the costs and cost-effectiveness of system of 
care services; and (6) the Sustainability Study, as well as and three 
special studies: the Alumni Networking Study, the Continuous Quality 
Improvement (CQI) Initiative Evaluation, and the Sector and Comparison 
Study. Earlier revisions eliminated one of the core studies, the 
Sustainability Study, and two of the special studies: the Alumni 
Networking Study and the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) 
Initiative Evaluation.
    This revision requests the elimination of the Sector and Comparison 
Study. The eliminated studies have provided data to the program and are 
no longer needed. The Sector and Comparison Study was conducted with a 
subsample of the FY 2008-funded CA awardees, which are not included in 
this revision.
    The average annual respondent burden is estimated below. The 
estimate reflects the average number of respondents in each respondent 
category, the average number of responses per respondent per year, the 
average length of time it will take to complete each response, and the 
total average annual burden for each category of respondent, and for 
all categories of respondents combined.

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                                     Table 1--Estimate of Respondent Burden
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                                                                   Total average
                                                     Number of       number of       Hours per     Total burden
          Instrument               Respondent       respondents    responses per     response          hours
                                                                    respondent
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                                            System of Care Assessment
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Interview Guides A-I, L-S.....  Key site                     207               1            1.00             207
                                 informants.
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                                         Child and Family Outcome Study
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Caregiver Information           Caregiver.......           1,099               1            0.37             407
 Questionnaire, Revised--
 Intake (CIQ-R-I).
Caregiver Information           Caregiver.......           1,099               1            0.28             308
 Questionnaire, Revised--
 Follow-Up (CIQ-R-F).
Caregiver Strain Questionnaire  Caregiver.......           1,099               2            0.17             374
 (CGSQ).
Child Behavior Checklist        Caregiver.......           1,099               2            0.33             725
 (CBCL)/Child Behavior
 Checklist 1\1/2\-5/6-18.
Education Questionnaire,        Caregiver.......           1,099               2            0.33             725
 Revision 2 (EQ-R2).
Living Situations               Caregiver.......           1,099               2            0.08             176
 Questionnaire (LSQ).
Behavioral and Emotional        Caregiver.......           1,781               2            0.17             606
 Rating Scale--Second Edition,
 Parent Rating Scale (BERS-2C).
Columbia Impairment Scale       Caregiver.......           1,989               2            0.08             318
 (CIS).
Parenting Stress Index (PSI)..  Caregiver.......             536               2            0.08              86
Deveraux Early Childhood        Caregiver.......             504               2            0.08              81
 Assessment (DECA).
Preschool Behavioral and        Caregiver.......             504               2            0.10             101
 Emotional Rating Scale--
 Second Edition, Parent Rating
 Scale (PreBERS).
Delinquency Survey--Revised     Youth...........           1,504               2            0.13             391
 (DS-R).
Behavioral and Emotional        Youth...........           1,504               2            0.17             511
 Rating Scale--Second Edition,
 Youth Rating Scale (BERS-2Y).
GAIN Quick--R: Substance        Youth...........           1,504               2            0.08             241
 Problem Scale.
Substance Use Survey, Revised   Youth...........           1,504               2            0.10             301
 (SUS-R).
Revised Children's Manifest     Youth...........           1,504               2            0.07             211
 Anxiety Scales, Second
 Edition (RCMAS-2).
Reynolds Adolescent Depression  Youth...........           1,504               2            0.05             150
 Scale, Second Edition (RADS-
 2).
Youth Information               Youth...........           1,504  ..............            0.25             376
 Questionnaire, Revised--
 Baseline (YIQ-R-I).
Youth Information               Youth...........           1,504  ..............            0.25             376
 Questionnaire, Revised--
 Follow-Up (YIQ-R-F).
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                                            Service Experience Study
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Multi-Sector Service Contacts,  Caregiver.......           2,257               1            0.25             564
 Revised--Intake (MSSC-R-I).
Multi-Sector Service Contacts,  Caregiver.......           2,257               2            0.25           1,129
 Revised--Follow-Up (MSSC-R-F).
Cultural Competence and         Caregiver.......           2,257               1            0.13             293
 Service Provision
 Questionnaire, Revised (CCSP-
 R).
Youth Services Survey--Family   Caregiver.......           2,257               1            0.12             271
 (YSS-F).
Youth Services Survey (YSS)...  Youth...........           1,504               1            0.08             120
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                                            Services and Costs Study
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Flex Funds Data Dictionary/     Local                        275               3            0.03              25
 Tool.                           programming
                                 staff compiling/
                                 entering
                                 administrative
                                 data on
                                 children/youth.
Services and Costs Data         Local evaluator,           2,257              20            0.05           2,257
 Dictionary/Data Entry           staff at
 Application.                    partner
                                 agencies, and
                                 programming
                                 staff compiling/
                                 entering
                                 service and
                                 cost records on
                                 children/youth.
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                                Summary of Annualized Burden Estimates for 1 Year
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                                                                     Number of       Number of
                                                                     distinct      responses per   Total annual
                                                                    respondents     respondent    burden (hours)
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Caregivers......................................................           2,257             1.5           9,059

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Youth...........................................................           1,504             1.6           2,682
Providers/Administrators........................................             275            24.0           1,333
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    Total Summary...............................................           4,036              27          13,074
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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 23, 2015.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2015-00844 Filed 1-20-15; 8:45 am]
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