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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
Methamphetamine Use Prevention
Initiative—NEW
Prevention of Methamphetamine
Abuse grants are authorized under
section 519E of the Public Health
Service Act, as amended. This program
addresses the growing problem of
methamphetamine abuse and addiction
by assisting localities to expand
prevention interventions that are
effective and evidence-based and/or to
increase capacity through infrastructure
development. According to the 2005
National Survey on Drug Use and
Health, 10.4 million Americans age 12
and older had tried methamphetamine
at least once in their lifetime. In
addition, the number of
methamphetamine users who were
dependent on or abused some kind of
illicit drug rose significantly from
164,000 in 2002 to 257,000 in 2005. The
goal of the Methamphetamine Abuse
Prevention grants is to intervene
effectively to prevent, reduce, or delay
the use and/or spread of
methamphetamine abuse.
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Proposed Methamphetamine
Prevention and Abuse grants will focus
on conducting community-based
prevention programs targeting those
populations within the community that
are most at risk for methamphetamine
abuse and addiction. In addition, grants
may be used for assisting local
government entities to conduct
appropriate methamphetamine
prevention activities in rural and urban
areas that are experiencing increases in
methamphetamine abuse and addiction.
This can be documented by local and
specific epidemiological, health service
use, judicial and/or environmental data.
Activities may include: training and
educating state and local law
enforcement officials, prevention and
education officials, members of
community anti-drug coalitions, and
parents on the signs of
methamphetamine abuse and addiction
and the options for prevention;
planning, administration, and
educational activities related to the
prevention of methamphetamine abuse
and addiction; monitoring and
evaluating of methamphetamine
prevention activities, and reporting and
disseminating resulting information to
the public; or conducting and evaluating
targeted pilot programs.
The grantees will be collecting data
on Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) No. 0930–0230 approved
National Outcomes Measures (NOMs)
and program specific questions on
youth and adult methamphetamine use.
There are two questionnaire forms: one
for adults ages 18 and older and another
for youths under the age of 18. The
adult and youth questionnaires contain
40 and 42 questions, respectively, with
the first 12 questions covering the OMB
approved NOMs questions. The focus
areas for the adult questionnaires
comprise attitudes toward tobacco,
alcohol, and other substances; attitudes
and experiences; family relationships,
relationships with those around you;
future goals; thoughts, beliefs, and
experiences related to
methamphetamines; and thoughts on
possible effects of methamphetamine
use. The youth survey focus areas
include: general information; attitudes
toward tobacco, alcohol, and other
substances; attitudes and experiences;
family relationships; school
experiences; perceived probability to try
substances; where they receive
substance abuse information; thoughts,
beliefs, and experiences relating to
methamphetamine; effects of
methamphetamine use; and how
comfortable they were with answering
the survey questions. Additional non-
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methamphetamine-related questions are
included to identify risk and protective
factors for methamphetamine. These
questions identify demographic
information which will be useful in
categorizing results. Some program
specific questions were suggested and
agreed upon by the grantees in the
review of the questionnaire.
All applicants must describe their
evaluation plans in their applications,
and funded grantees are required to
conduct an evaluation of their projects.
The evaluation should be designed to
provide regular feedback in order to
facilitate project improvements. The
evaluation must include both process
and outcome components which must
measure change relating to project goals
and objectives over time compared to
baseline information. Control or
comparison groups are not required.
Applicants must consider their
evaluation plans when preparing the
project budget. The grantees will collect
data from program participants at three
time periods: baseline, exit, and 6month follow-up. Each
methamphetamine grantee will collect
program specific questions in addition
to NOM questions. Similar to the
submission process for the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA),
grantees will submit their NOM-Meth
data to their respective program Project
Officers as well as to the Center for
Substance Abuse Prevention’s (CSAP)
Data Coordination and Consolidation
Center (DCCC) two times per year. The
OMB approved NOMs incorporate the
GPRA measures for reporting and are
approved for all PRNS. DCCC will be
responsible for data collection and
analysis across grantee sites, while
individual grantees will be responsible
for their own analyses.
Number of
respondents
Description
The burden is greatly reduced by the
fact that the data collection process can
be conducted by submitting electronic
files. In many cases, some programs can
collect all data online. The SAMHSA
Prevention Platform has publicly
available online data collection and
reporting tools such as the database
builder, which can be used to meet
these reporting requirements. Other
tools are under development. CSAP is
currently developing a web-based data
entry tool that will assist grantees in
submitting their data electronically.
This data entry tool will reduce the
burden on those grantees that do not yet
have the capacity to submit large batch
files. The DCCC will use this data for
secondary analysis that will aid CSAP
in responding to GPRA, Office of
National Drug Control Policy as well as
other federal reporting requirements.
Responses per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total
Provider survey ................................................................................
Exiting survey ..................................................................................
6-month follow-up survey ................................................................
10,000
10,000
7,000
1
1
1
.36
.36
.36
3600
3600
2520
Total ..........................................................................................
27,000
3
1.08
9720
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SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7–1044, One Choke Cherry Road,
Rockville, MD 20857 AND e-mail her a
copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
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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 Methamphetamine Use Prevention Initiative--
NEW
Prevention of Methamphetamine Abuse grants are authorized under
section 519E of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. This program
addresses the growing problem of methamphetamine abuse and addiction by
assisting localities to expand prevention interventions that are
effective and evidence-based and/or to increase capacity through
infrastructure development. According to the 2005 National Survey on
Drug Use and Health, 10.4 million Americans age 12 and older had tried
methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime. In addition, the
number of methamphetamine users who were dependent on or abused some
kind of illicit drug rose significantly from 164,000 in 2002 to 257,000
in 2005. The goal of the Methamphetamine Abuse Prevention grants is to
intervene effectively to prevent, reduce, or delay the use and/or
spread of methamphetamine abuse.
Proposed Methamphetamine Prevention and Abuse grants will focus on
conducting community-based prevention programs targeting those
populations within the community that are most at risk for
methamphetamine abuse and addiction. In addition, grants may be used
for assisting local government entities to conduct appropriate
methamphetamine prevention activities in rural and urban areas that are
experiencing increases in methamphetamine abuse and addiction. This can
be documented by local and specific epidemiological, health service
use, judicial and/or environmental data. Activities may include:
training and educating state and local law enforcement officials,
prevention and education officials, members of community anti-drug
coalitions, and parents on the signs of methamphetamine abuse and
addiction and the options for prevention; planning, administration, and
educational activities related to the prevention of methamphetamine
abuse and addiction; monitoring and evaluating of methamphetamine
prevention activities, and reporting and disseminating resulting
information to the public; or conducting and evaluating targeted pilot
programs.
The grantees will be collecting data on Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) No. 0930-0230 approved National Outcomes Measures (NOMs)
and program specific questions on youth and adult methamphetamine use.
There are two questionnaire forms: one for adults ages 18 and older and
another for youths under the age of 18. The adult and youth
questionnaires contain 40 and 42 questions, respectively, with the
first 12 questions covering the OMB approved NOMs questions. The focus
areas for the adult questionnaires comprise attitudes toward tobacco,
alcohol, and other substances; attitudes and experiences; family
relationships, relationships with those around you; future goals;
thoughts, beliefs, and experiences related to methamphetamines; and
thoughts on possible effects of methamphetamine use. The youth survey
focus areas include: general information; attitudes toward tobacco,
alcohol, and other substances; attitudes and experiences; family
relationships; school experiences; perceived probability to try
substances; where they receive substance abuse information; thoughts,
beliefs, and experiences relating to methamphetamine; effects of
methamphetamine use; and how comfortable they were with answering the
survey questions. Additional non-
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methamphetamine-related questions are included to identify risk and
protective factors for methamphetamine. These questions identify
demographic information which will be useful in categorizing results.
Some program specific questions were suggested and agreed upon by the
grantees in the review of the questionnaire.
All applicants must describe their evaluation plans in their
applications, and funded grantees are required to conduct an evaluation
of their projects. The evaluation should be designed to provide regular
feedback in order to facilitate project improvements. The evaluation
must include both process and outcome components which must measure
change relating to project goals and objectives over time compared to
baseline information. Control or comparison groups are not required.
Applicants must consider their evaluation plans when preparing the
project budget. The grantees will collect data from program
participants at three time periods: baseline, exit, and 6-month follow-
up. Each methamphetamine grantee will collect program specific
questions in addition to NOM questions. Similar to the submission
process for the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), grantees
will submit their NOM-Meth data to their respective program Project
Officers as well as to the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention's
(CSAP) Data Coordination and Consolidation Center (DCCC) two times per
year. The OMB approved NOMs incorporate the GPRA measures for reporting
and are approved for all PRNS. DCCC will be responsible for data
collection and analysis across grantee sites, while individual grantees
will be responsible for their own analyses.
The burden is greatly reduced by the fact that the data collection
process can be conducted by submitting electronic files. In many cases,
some programs can collect all data online. The SAMHSA Prevention
Platform has publicly available online data collection and reporting
tools such as the database builder, which can be used to meet these
reporting requirements. Other tools are under development. CSAP is
currently developing a web-based data entry tool that will assist
grantees in submitting their data electronically. This data entry tool
will reduce the burden on those grantees that do not yet have the
capacity to submit large batch files. The DCCC will use this data for
secondary analysis that will aid CSAP in responding to GPRA, Office of
National Drug Control Policy as well as other federal reporting
requirements.
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Number of Responses per Hours per
Description respondents respondent response Total
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Provider survey......................... 10,000 1 .36 3600
Exiting survey.......................... 10,000 1 .36 3600
6-month follow-up survey................ 7,000 1 .36 2520
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Total............................... 27,000 3 1.08 9720
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 AND e-mail her
a copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. Written comments should be
received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: August 14, 2007.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
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