[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 90 (Thursday, May 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20357-20358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09553]


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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Office of National Drug Control Policy


Paperwork Reduction Act; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of National Drug Control Policy.

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments. Revisions of Currently 
Approved Collection: Drug-Free Communities Support Program National 
Evaluation.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) announces it will submit 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) an information collection request.

DATES: ONDCP encourages and will accept public comments on or before 60 
days after the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments in writing within 60 days to Helen 
Hernandez. Email is the most reliable means of communication. Ms. 
Hernandez's email address is [email protected]. Mailing address 
is: Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control 
Policy, Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program, 1800 G Street NW, 
Suite 9110, Washington, DC 20006. Copies of documents submitted to OMB 
and other information is available from Ms. Hernandez who may be 
contacted at 202-395-6665.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Abstract: ONDCP administers the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support 
Program and Community-Based Coalition Enhancement Grants to Address 
Local Drug Crisis (CARA Local Drug Crisis) Programs. The DFC Program 
has two primary goals: To reduce youth substance abuse, and to support 
community anti-drug coalitions by establishing, strengthening, and 
fostering collaboration among public and private agencies. The CARA 
Local Drug Crisis grant program funds current or former DFC grant award 
recipients to focus on preventing and reducing the abuse of opioids or 
methamphetamines and the abuse of prescription medications among youth 
ages 12-18 in communities throughout the United States.
    Congress mandates an evaluation of the DFC program to determine its 
effectiveness in meeting objectives (see 21 U.S.C. 1521 et al.). Under 
the CARA Local Drug Crisis program statute, CARA Local Drug Crisis data 
collection is authorized and required by Public Law 114-198 Sec 103, 
``a grant under this section shall be subject to the same evaluation 
requirements and procedures as the evaluation requirements and 
procedures imposed on the recipients of a grant under the Drug-Free 
Communities Act of 1997, and may also include an evaluation of the 
effectiveness at reducing abuse of opioids or methamphetamines''. ONDCP 
awarded a contract for a DFC grant oversight system at the end of 2014, 
following a competitive request for proposals process. The DFC

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Management and Evaluation (DFC Me) system was launched in 2016 and 
continues to be used (www.dfcme.ondcp.eop.gov). The development and 
implementation of the new DFC Me system provided an improved platform 
for DFC recipients to meet data reporting requirements of the grant, 
introduced a DFC Learning Center where resources and success stories 
can be shared, and strengthened ONDCP's continued oversight of the DFC 
program. The data collected through this system is more user friendly 
and validates data during entry, therefore reducing the burden on grant 
award recipients.
    ONDCP's Drug-Free Communities office will continue to utilize the 
case study protocols previously approved by OMB to document coalition 
practices, successes and challenges. Approximately nine DFC grant award 
recipients are selected each year to highlight in the case studies. The 
information from the case studies will be used to illustrate not only 
what works to reduce drug use in a community setting, but also how and 
why it works.
    The CARA Local Drug Crisis program evaluation will make use of the 
monitoring and tracking questionnaire to serve as a semi-annual report 
for grant award recipients and will provide information to ONDCP and 
the Administration's effort to address the opioid crisis.
    Title of Information Collection: Web-based data collection, surveys 
and interviews of DFC and CARA Local Drug Crisis grant award 
recipients.
    Title: Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program National 
Evaluation.
    Frequency: Semi-annual Progress Reports by DFC Program Directors 
via DFC Me, and annually for DFC Program Directors and selected 
coalition members via the Coalition Classification Tool (CCT). Core 
measures are collected and submitted every two years in Progress 
Reports. Case study interviews and electronic surveys of Program 
Directors and electronic surveys of selected coalition members will be 
accomplished once a year.
    Affected Public: DFC current grant award recipients and CARA Local 
Drug Crisis grant award recipients (includes both current and former 
DFC grant award recipients).
    Estimated Burden: ONDCP expects that the time required to complete 
each semi-annual report via DFC Me will be approximately six hours, and 
each CCT report will take approximately one hour to complete. Face to 
face interviews will take 1-2 hours. The estimated total amount of time 
required by all respondents over one year, including Program Directors 
and recipients to complete DFC Me, CCT, surveys, and interviews, is 
9,833 hours.
    Goals: ONDCP intends to use the data of the DFC National Evaluation 
to assess the DFC Program's effectiveness in preventing and reducing 
youth substance use. Two primary objectives of the evaluation are to: 
(1) Regularly monitor, measure and analyze data in order to report on 
the progress of the DFC program and its recipients on program goals, 
and (2) providing technical assistance support to DFC grant award 
recipients in effectively collecting and submitting data and in 
understanding the role of data in driving local coalition efforts. 
ONDCP intends to use the data of the DFC National Evaluation to assess 
CARA Local Drug Crisis grant award recipients effectiveness and inform 
ONDCP and the Administration's efforts to address the opioid crisis.
    Comment Request: ONDCP especially invites comments on: Whether the 
proposed data are proper for the functions of the agency; whether the 
information will have practical utility; the accuracy of ONDCP's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and, ways to ease the burden on proposed respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology. Comments will be accepted for sixty days.

    Dated: May 6, 2019.
Michael Passante,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2019-09553 Filed 5-8-19; 8:45 am]
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