[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16021-16022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05306]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information 
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-0361.

Proposed Project: Evaluation of the Projects for Assistance in 
Transition From Homelessness (PATH) Program (OMB No. 0930-0381)--
Reinstatement

    SAMHSA is conducting the federally mandated Evaluation of the PATH 
program. The PATH grant program, created as part of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990, is administered by 
SAMHSA's CMHS' Division of State and Community Systems Development. The 
PATH program is authorized under Section 521 et seq. of the Public 
Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. The SAMHSA PATH program funds 
each Fiscal Year the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
and four U.S. Territories (the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). The PATH 
grantees make grants to local, public and non-profit organizations to 
provide the PATH allowable services.
    The SAMHSA Administrator is required under Section 528 of the PHS 
Act to evaluate the expenditures of PATH grantees at least once every 
three years to ensure they are consistent with legislative requirements 
and to recommend changes to the program design or operations. The 
primary task of the PATH evaluation is to meet the mandates of Section 
528 of the PHS Act. The second task of the PATH evaluation is to 
conduct additional data collection and analysis to further investigate 
the sources of variation in key program output and outcome measures 
that are important for program management and policy development. The 
PATH evaluation builds on the previous evaluation which was finalized 
in 2016 and was conducted as part of the National Evaluation of SAMHSA 
Homeless Programs. Previously, the data collections activities also 
included PATH Intermediary Web Survey, a PATH Provider Web Survey, and 
a PATH Telephone Interview Guide. The current PATH evaluation will be 
limited to the PATH Contact (SPC) Web Survey and PATH Site Visit 
Discussion Guides to facilitate the collection of information regarding 
the structures and processes in place at the grantee and provider 
level. The current PATH evaluation will use web surveys and site visits 
to facilitate the collection of information regarding the structures 
and processes in place at the grantee and provider level. Data 
regarding the outputs and outcomes of the PATH program will be obtained 
from grantee applications, providers' intended use plans (IUPs) and 
from PATH annual report data, which is also required by Section 528 of 
the PHS Act and is approved under OMB No. 0930-0205.

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    Web Surveys will be conducted with all State PATH Contacts (SPCs). 
The Web Surveys will capture detailed and structured information in the 
following topics: selection, monitoring and oversight of PATH 
providers; populations served; the PATH services provided; provision of 
training and technical assistance; implementation of Evidence Based 
Practices (EBPs) and innovative practices including the SSI/SSDI 
Outreach, Access, and Recovery program; data reporting, use of data and 
the Homeless Management Information System; and collaboration, 
coordination and involvement with Continuums of Care and other 
organizations. The SPCs for all grantees (n=56) will be contacted to 
complete the web surveys. The Web Surveys will be administered once per 
triennial evaluation cycle.
    Site Visits will be conducted with a purposive sample of PATH 
grantees and providers to collect more nuanced information than will be 
possible with the web survey. Semi-structured discussions will take 
place with the SPCs, grantee staff, PATH provider staff including the 
Project Director and other key management staffs, outreach workers, 
case managers and other clinical treatment staff, and consumers. Five 
grantees will be selected for Site Visits and visited within each 
grantee will be one to two PATH providers. The Site Visits will be 
utilized to collect information on provider and state characteristics; 
practices and priorities; context within which the grantees and 
providers operate; and services available within the areas the 
providers operate. The successes, barriers, and strategies faced by 
PATH grantees and providers will also be discussed. Focus groups will 
be held with current or former consumers of the PATH program to obtain 
consumer perspectives regarding the impact of the programs. The Site 
Visits will be conducted once per triennial evaluation cycle.
    The estimated burden for the reporting requirements for the PATH 
evaluation is summarized in the table below.

                                               Annual Burden Table
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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per      Total hour
       Instrument/activity          respondents     respondent       responses       response         burden
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                                                   Web Surveys
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SPC Web Survey..................          \1\ 56               1              56               1              56
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                                              Site Visit Interviews
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Opening Session with State Staff          \2\ 25               1              25               2              50
SPC Session.....................           \3\ 5               1               5               2              10
State Stakeholder Session.......          \4\ 25               1              25             1.5            37.5
Provider Stakeholder Session....          \5\ 50               1              50             1.5              75
Opening Session with PATH                 \6\ 50               1              50               2             100
 Provider Staff.................
PATH Provider Project Director            \7\ 10               1              10               2              20
 Session........................
PATH Direct Care Provider                 \8\ 50               1              50               2             100
 Session........................
Consumer Focus Groups...........         \9\ 100               1             100             1.5             150
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    Total.......................             371  ..............             371  ..............           598.5
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\1\ 1 respondent * 56 SPCs = 56 respondents.
\2\ 5 respondents * 5 site visits = 25 respondents.
\3\ 1 respondent * 5 site visits = 5 respondents.
\4\ 5 respondents * 5 site visits = 25 respondents.
\5\ 5 respondents * 10 site visits (2 providers per state) = 50 respondents.
\6\ 5 respondents * 10 site visits (2 providers per state) = 50 respondents.
\7\ 1 respondent * 10 site visits (2 providers per state) = 10 respondents.
\8\ 5 respondents * 10 site visits (2 providers per state) = 50 respondents.
\9\ 10 respondents * 10 site visits (10 Consumers per provider (2 providers per state) = 100 respondents.

    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2023-05306 Filed 3-14-23; 8:45 am]
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