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survey. In order to adequately test the
proposed materials and procedures, a
stand-alone field test will be conducted
in the third quarter of 2009. This field
test will examine the impact of changing
a number of data collection procedures
upon costs and data quality.
The field test will feature an
experiment assessing the benefits of
offering a $5 incentive for the screening
interview versus conducting the
screening over the telephone. The
portion of the sample that will receive
the incentive will be notified of the cash
payment in the lead letter. For the
telephone screening sample, normal
procedures will be used for the first 8
weeks. During week 8, the remaining
households who have not been screened
will either be contacted using a reverse
look-up procedure and asked to
complete the screener, or mailed a letter
asking them to call a toll-free number to
be screened.
Other changes included in the field
test version of the survey are an
No. of responses
increased interview incentive and a
brief appeal for honesty at the beginning
of the questionnaire. New respondent
debriefing questions will be added to
the questionnaire while debriefing items
that the interviewer answers will be
modified. In addition, the hard copy pill
cards and reference date calendar used
during the administration of the
interview have been converted to an
electronic format.
The total burden estimate is shown
below:
Average burden
per response
(hr.)
Responses per
respondent
Total burden
(hrs.)
Household Screening ......................................................................
Interview ...........................................................................................
Screening Verification ......................................................................
Interview Verification ........................................................................
3,900
1,875
390
188
1
1
1
1
.083
1.0
.067
.067
323.7
1,875
26.1
12.6
Total ..........................................................................................
6,353
............................
............................
2,237
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: December 24, 2008.
Dennis O. Romero,
Acting Deputy Executive Officer.
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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) 276–1243.
Project: National Outcome Measures for
Substance Abuse Prevention (OMB No.
0930–0230)—Revision
The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration’s
(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention (CSAP) is requesting Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for CSAP’s data collection set
of National Outcome Measures (NOMs)
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identified for the field of prevention.
The current approval, under OMB No.
0930–0230, is expiring on December 31,
2008. All new grantees initially funded
at the end of FY08 and beyond (subject
to OMB approval) will be required to
use these measures as appropriate at the
State, substate, program and participant
levels. CSAP is requesting approval to
continue collecting data using measures
in the following domains: Abstinence
from Alcohol and Other Drugs,
Employment/Education, Crime and
Criminal Justice, Access/Service
Capacity, Retention, Social Support/
Social Connectedness, CostEffectiveness, and Use of EvidenceBased Practices. These NOMs relate to
youth ages 12 to 17 and to adults ages
18 and older.
CSAP is proposing to eliminate 22 of
the 49 measures that received OMB
clearance in 2005, to reduce reporting
burden for grantees. CSAP also requests
permission to make minor changes to
the question wording and response
categories for some of the remaining
measures. Since the National Survey of
Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) provides
an economical extant source of data for
NOMs measures at the State level, it is
important that the NOMs conform to
NSDUH question wording. CSAP
believes NOMs measures are necessary
to assess the performance of its
prevention programs. Based on their
long history working with States,
communities, and prevention providers;
the Data Analysis Coordination and
Consolidation Center (DACCC) and
outside expert panels believe consistent
prevention measures allow for valid
comparison evaluations. CSAP is
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requesting to modify the wording of 12
previously approved questions in order
to make them comparable to individual
NOMs items. For example, NSDUH
items on 30-day use ask respondents to
report the number of days on which
they used specific substances. Three
currently approved NOMs 30-day use
questions ask respondents for the
number of occasions on which they
used substances. CSAP would like to
change the wording of these questions
and their corresponding response
options to conform to NSDUH wording.
Second, response options for NSDUH
questions typically include a Don’t
Know response option. CSAP is
requesting modification of nine
currently approved NOMs questions to
include this response option.
CSAP intends to implement the
following approach in collecting NOMs
data:
Required NOMs Data for States. CSAP
pre-populates State level NOMs
measures for all but three domains using
data from the NSDUH. States supply the
data on the number of persons served,
cost efficiency, and evidence based
practices from their own administrative
data bases.
Required NOMs Data for
Discretionary Grantees. SAMHSA’s
CSAP has identified specific outcome
measures that are required of non-State
discretionary grant recipients. These
NOMs represent the domains noted
above and relate to youth ages 12 to 17
and to adults ages 18 and older.
Grantees providing services are required
to administer surveys to all participants
at program entry (baseline), program
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exit, and three to six months following
program exit.
CSAP believes that the NOMs
measures are necessary to assess the
performance of its prevention programs;
based on its long history working with
States, communities, and prevention
providers, and on input from its Data
Analysis Coordination and
Consolidation Center (DACCC) and from
outside expert panels who made
recommendations based on a review of
existing measures using standard
criteria. Additionally, we believe that
these measures can be collected at the
National, State, substate, and/or
program level as appropriate, providing
the consistency of measurement towards
which we strive. NOMs epidemiologic
measures are already collected by other
agencies and no burden will be imposed
on SAMHSA/CSAP grantees. The NOMs
measures will be used as follows:
National/State: Outcome trend
measures are used to identify need and
monitor global effectiveness at the
population level, for the purpose of
informing Federal resource allocation
decisions.
Community: Outcome trend measures
are used to (1) Determine need and
target resources to communities at
greatest risk and (2) track performance
of universal programs and
environmental strategies. The data will
inform allocation of community
resources.
Program: Outcome pre/post measures
are used to assess program performance
of direct service programs at the
individual program participant level.
BURDEN ESTIMATE
Number
of grantees
SAMHSA/CSAP program
Number
of respondents
Responses
per
respondent
Hours/
response
Total
hours
FY 09
Science/Services:
Fetal Alcohol .........................................................................................................
Workplace .............................................................................................................
Capacity:
HIV/Targeted Capacity .........................................................................................
SPF SIG ................................................................................................................
SPF SIG/Community Level * ................................................................................
SPF SIG/Program Level * ....................................................................................
Methamphetamine ................................................................................................
23
13
4,800
6,000
3
3
0.75
0.75
10,800
13,500
135
42
................
................
12
35,300
................
480
12,000
3,000
3
................
1
3
3
0.75
................
0.75
0.25
0.75
79,425
................
360
9,000
6,750
FY 9 Subtotal .................................................................................................
................
61,580
................
................
119,835
FY 10
Science/Services:
Fetal Alcohol .........................................................................................................
Workplace .............................................................................................................
Capacity:
HIV/Targeted Capacity .........................................................................................
SPF SIG ................................................................................................................
SPF SIG/Community Level * ................................................................................
SPF SIG/Program Level * ....................................................................................
Methamphetamine ................................................................................................
23
13
4,800
6,000
3
3
0.75
0.75
10,800
13,500
135
42
................
................
12
35,300
3
0.75
79,425
480
12,000
3,000
1
3
3
0.75
0.25
0.75
360
9,000
6,750
FY 10 Subtotal ...............................................................................................
................
61,580
................
................
119,835
FY 11
Science/Services:
Fetal Alcohol .........................................................................................................
Workplace .............................................................................................................
Capacity:
HIV/Targeted Capacity .........................................................................................
SPF SIG ................................................................................................................
SPF SIG/Community Level * ................................................................................
SPF SIG/Program Level * ....................................................................................
Methamphetamine ................................................................................................
23
13
4,800
6,000
3
3
0.75
0.75
10,800
13,500
135
42
................
................
12
35,300
3
0.75
79,425
480
1,200
3,000
1
3
3
0.75
0.25
0.75
360
900
6,750
FY 11 Subtotal ...............................................................................................
................
50,780
................
................
111,735
Total of 3 Years .............................................................................................
................
173,940
................
................
351,405
Annual Average .............................................................................................
................
57,980
................
................
117,135
* The Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) has a three level evaluation: The Grantee, Community and Program
Level. The Grantee level data will be pre-populated by SAMHSA. The use of the Community Level instrument is optional as they relate to targeted interventions implemented during the reporting period. At the program level, items will be selected to direct services implemented.
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Written comments and
recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
be sent by February 4, 2009 to:
SAMHSA Desk Officer, Human
Resources and Housing Branch, Office
of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503; due to potential
delays in OMB’s receipt and processing
of mail sent through the U.S. Postal
Service, respondents are encouraged to
submit comments by fax to: 202–395–
6974.
Dated: December 24, 2008.
Dennis O. Romero,
Acting Deputy Executive Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[FEMA–3298–EM]
Maine; Emergency and Related
Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This is a notice of the
Presidential declaration of an
emergency for the State of Maine
(FEMA–3298–EM), dated December 15,
2008, and related determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: December 15,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that, in a letter dated
December 15, 2008, the President
declared an emergency declaration
under the authority of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207
(the Stafford Act), as follows:
I have determined that the emergency
conditions in certain areas of the State of
Maine resulting from a severe winter storm
beginning on December 11, 2008, and
continuing, are of sufficient severity and
magnitude to warrant an emergency
declaration under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207 (the Stafford Act).
Therefore, I declare that such an emergency
exists in the State of Maine.
You are authorized to provide appropriate
assistance for required emergency measures,
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authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act,
to save lives and to protect property and
public health and safety, and to lessen or
avert the threat of a catastrophe in the
designated areas. Specifically, you are
authorized to provide assistance for
emergency protective measures (Category B),
limited to direct Federal assistance, under
the Public Assistance program. This
assistance excludes regular time costs for
subgrantees’ regular employees. In addition,
you are authorized to provide such other
forms of assistance under Title V of the
Stafford Act as you may deem appropriate.
Consistent with the requirement that
Federal assistance be supplemental, any
Federal funds provided under the Stafford
Act for Public Assistance will be limited to
75 percent of the total eligible costs. In order
to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby
authorized to allocate from funds available
for these purposes such amounts as you find
necessary for Federal emergency assistance
and administrative expenses.
Further, you are authorized to make
changes to this declaration to the extent
allowable under the Stafford Act.
The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, Department of Homeland
Security, under Executive Order 12148,
as amended, James N. Russo, of FEMA
is appointed to act as the Federal
Coordinating Officer for this declared
emergency.
The following areas of the State of
Maine have been designated as
adversely affected by this declared
emergency:
Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc,
Waldo, and York Counties for emergency
protective measures (Category B), including
direct Federal assistance, under the Public
Assistance program.
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.)
R. David Paulison,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[FEMA–3296–EM]
Massachusetts; Emergency and
Related Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This is a notice of the
Presidential declaration of an
emergency for the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts (FEMA–3296–EM), dated
December 13, 2008, and related
determinations.
DATES:
Effective Date: December 13,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that, in a letter dated
December 13, 2008, the President
declared an emergency declaration
under the authority of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207
(the Stafford Act), as follows:
I have determined that the emergency
conditions in certain areas of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts resulting
from a severe winter storm beginning on
December 11, 2008, and continuing, are of
sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant
an emergency declaration under the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207 (the
Stafford Act). Therefore, I declare that such
an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
You are authorized to provide appropriate
assistance for required emergency measures,
authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act,
to save lives and to protect property and
public health and safety, and to lessen or
avert the threat of a catastrophe in the
designated areas. Specifically, you are
authorized to provide assistance for
emergency protective measures (Category B),
limited to direct Federal assistance, under
the Public Assistance program. This
assistance excludes regular time costs for
subgrantees’ regular employees. In addition,
you are authorized to provide such other
forms of assistance under Title V of the
Stafford Act as you may deem appropriate.
Consistent with the requirement that
Federal assistance be supplemental, any
Federal funds provided under the Stafford
Act for Public Assistance will be limited to
75 percent of the total eligible costs.
In order to provide Federal assistance, you
are hereby authorized to allocate from funds
available for these purposes such amounts as
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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) 276-1243.
Project: National Outcome Measures for Substance Abuse Prevention (OMB
No. 0930-0230)--Revision
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's
(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is requesting
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for CSAP's data
collection set of National Outcome Measures (NOMs) identified for the
field of prevention. The current approval, under OMB No. 0930-0230, is
expiring on December 31, 2008. All new grantees initially funded at the
end of FY08 and beyond (subject to OMB approval) will be required to
use these measures as appropriate at the State, substate, program and
participant levels. CSAP is requesting approval to continue collecting
data using measures in the following domains: Abstinence from Alcohol
and Other Drugs, Employment/Education, Crime and Criminal Justice,
Access/Service Capacity, Retention, Social Support/Social
Connectedness, Cost-Effectiveness, and Use of Evidence-Based Practices.
These NOMs relate to youth ages 12 to 17 and to adults ages 18 and
older.
CSAP is proposing to eliminate 22 of the 49 measures that received
OMB clearance in 2005, to reduce reporting burden for grantees. CSAP
also requests permission to make minor changes to the question wording
and response categories for some of the remaining measures. Since the
National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) provides an economical
extant source of data for NOMs measures at the State level, it is
important that the NOMs conform to NSDUH question wording. CSAP
believes NOMs measures are necessary to assess the performance of its
prevention programs. Based on their long history working with States,
communities, and prevention providers; the Data Analysis Coordination
and Consolidation Center (DACCC) and outside expert panels believe
consistent prevention measures allow for valid comparison evaluations.
CSAP is requesting to modify the wording of 12 previously approved
questions in order to make them comparable to individual NOMs items.
For example, NSDUH items on 30-day use ask respondents to report the
number of days on which they used specific substances. Three currently
approved NOMs 30-day use questions ask respondents for the number of
occasions on which they used substances. CSAP would like to change the
wording of these questions and their corresponding response options to
conform to NSDUH wording. Second, response options for NSDUH questions
typically include a Don't Know response option. CSAP is requesting
modification of nine currently approved NOMs questions to include this
response option.
CSAP intends to implement the following approach in collecting NOMs
data:
Required NOMs Data for States. CSAP pre-populates State level NOMs
measures for all but three domains using data from the NSDUH. States
supply the data on the number of persons served, cost efficiency, and
evidence based practices from their own administrative data bases.
Required NOMs Data for Discretionary Grantees. SAMHSA's CSAP has
identified specific outcome measures that are required of non-State
discretionary grant recipients. These NOMs represent the domains noted
above and relate to youth ages 12 to 17 and to adults ages 18 and
older. Grantees providing services are required to administer surveys
to all participants at program entry (baseline), program
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exit, and three to six months following program exit.
CSAP believes that the NOMs measures are necessary to assess the
performance of its prevention programs; based on its long history
working with States, communities, and prevention providers, and on
input from its Data Analysis Coordination and Consolidation Center
(DACCC) and from outside expert panels who made recommendations based
on a review of existing measures using standard criteria. Additionally,
we believe that these measures can be collected at the National, State,
substate, and/or program level as appropriate, providing the
consistency of measurement towards which we strive. NOMs epidemiologic
measures are already collected by other agencies and no burden will be
imposed on SAMHSA/CSAP grantees. The NOMs measures will be used as
follows:
National/State: Outcome trend measures are used to identify need
and monitor global effectiveness at the population level, for the
purpose of informing Federal resource allocation decisions.
Community: Outcome trend measures are used to (1) Determine need
and target resources to communities at greatest risk and (2) track
performance of universal programs and environmental strategies. The
data will inform allocation of community resources.
Program: Outcome pre/post measures are used to assess program
performance of direct service programs at the individual program
participant level.
Burden Estimate
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Responses
SAMHSA/CSAP program Number of Number of per Hours/ Total
grantees respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FY 09
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Science/Services:
Fetal Alcohol..................................... 23 4,800 3 0.75 10,800
Workplace......................................... 13 6,000 3 0.75 13,500
Capacity:
HIV/Targeted Capacity............................. 135 35,300 3 0.75 79,425
SPF SIG........................................... 42 ........... .......... ......... .........
SPF SIG/Community Level *......................... ......... 480 1 0.75 360
SPF SIG/Program Level *........................... ......... 12,000 3 0.25 9,000
Methamphetamine................................... 12 3,000 3 0.75 6,750
---------------------------------------------------------
FY 9 Subtotal................................. ......... 61,580 .......... ......... 119,835
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FY 10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Science/Services:
Fetal Alcohol..................................... 23 4,800 3 0.75 10,800
Workplace......................................... 13 6,000 3 0.75 13,500
Capacity:
HIV/Targeted Capacity............................. 135 35,300 3 0.75 79,425
SPF SIG........................................... 42
SPF SIG/Community Level *......................... ......... 480 1 0.75 360
SPF SIG/Program Level *........................... ......... 12,000 3 0.25 9,000
Methamphetamine................................... 12 3,000 3 0.75 6,750
---------------------------------------------------------
FY 10 Subtotal................................ ......... 61,580 .......... ......... 119,835
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FY 11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Science/Services:
Fetal Alcohol..................................... 23 4,800 3 0.75 10,800
Workplace......................................... 13 6,000 3 0.75 13,500
Capacity:
HIV/Targeted Capacity............................. 135 35,300 3 0.75 79,425
SPF SIG........................................... 42
SPF SIG/Community Level *......................... ......... 480 1 0.75 360
SPF SIG/Program Level *........................... ......... 1,200 3 0.25 900
Methamphetamine................................... 12 3,000 3 0.75 6,750
---------------------------------------------------------
FY 11 Subtotal................................ ......... 50,780 .......... ......... 111,735
---------------------------------------------------------
Total of 3 Years.............................. ......... 173,940 .......... ......... 351,405
---------------------------------------------------------
Annual Average................................ ......... 57,980 .......... ......... 117,135
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* The Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) has a three level evaluation: The Grantee,
Community and Program Level. The Grantee level data will be pre-populated by SAMHSA. The use of the Community
Level instrument is optional as they relate to targeted interventions implemented during the reporting period.
At the program level, items will be selected to direct services implemented.
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by February 4, 2009 to: SAMHSA
Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503; due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing of mail
sent through the U.S. Postal Service, respondents are encouraged to
submit comments by fax to: 202-395-6974.
Dated: December 24, 2008.
Dennis O. Romero,
Acting Deputy Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-31301 Filed 1-2-09; 8:45 am]
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