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Proposed Project: Cross-Site Evaluation
of the National Child Traumatic Stress
Initiative (NCTSI)—(OMB No. 0930–
0276)—Revision
The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration’s
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health
Services (CMHS) will conduct the
Cross-Site Evaluation of the National
Child Traumatic Stress Initiative
(NCTSI). The data collected will
describe the children and families
served by the National Child Traumatic
Stress Network (NCTSN) and their
outcomes, assess the development and
dissemination of effective treatments
and services, evaluate intra-network
collaboration, and assess the Network’s
impact beyond the NCTSN.
Data will be collected from caregivers,
youth, NCTSN staff (e.g., project
directors, researchers, and providers),
mental health providers outside of the
NCTSN, and non-mental health service
providers who provide services to
children outside of the NCTSN. Data
collection will take place in all
Community Treatment and Services
Programs (CTS) and Treatment and
Service Adaptation Centers (TSA) active
during the three-year approval period,
and 2 National Centers for Child
Traumatic Stress (NCCTS). Currently,
there are 37 CTS centers and 13 TSA
centers active, though this number
could drop to 18 CTS centers and 5 TSA
centers in 2009 depending on the
number of new centers funded in that
year. Throughout, burden estimates are
calculated for an average of 44 centers
in each year.
The Cross-site Evaluation is
composed of eight distinct study
components, seven of which involve
data collection and are described below.
Descriptive and Clinical Outcomes
In order to describe the children
served, their trauma histories and their
clinical and functional outcomes, five
instruments will be used to collect data
from youth ages 7–18 who are receiving
services in the NCTSN, and from
caregivers of all children who are
receiving NCTSN services. Data will be
collected when the child/youth enters
services and during subsequent followup sessions at three-month intervals
over the course of one year. This study
relies upon the use of data already being
collected as a part of the Network’s Core
Data Set, and includes the following five
instruments:
• The Core Clinical Characteristics
Form, which collects demographic,
psychosocial and clinical information
about the child being served including
information about the child’s domestic
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environment and insurance status,
indicators of the severity of the child’s
problems, behaviors and symptoms, and
use of non-Network services;
• The Trauma Information/Detail
Form, which collects information on the
history of trauma(s) experienced by the
child being served in the NCTSN
including the type of trauma
experienced, the age at which the
trauma was experienced, type of
exposure, whether or not the trauma is
chronic, and the setting and
perpetrator(s) associated with the
traumatic experience;
• The Child Behavior Checklist
(CBCL) 1.5–5 and 6–18, which measure
symptoms in such domains such as
emotionally reactive, anxious/
depressed, somatic complaints,
withdrawn, attention problems,
aggressive behavior, sleep problems,
rule-breaking behavior, social problems,
thought problems, and withdrawn/
depressed;
• The UCLA PTSD Short Form,
which screens for exposure to traumatic
events and for all DSM–IV PTSD
symptoms in children who report
traumatic stress experiences; and the
• Trauma Symptoms Checklist for
Children, which evaluates acute and
chronic posttraumatic stress symptoms
in children’s responses to unspecified
traumatic events across several
symptom domains.
Approximately 2,500 youth and 3,300
caregivers will participate in the
descriptive and clinical outcomes study,
with caregivers responding to four
instruments, and youth responding to
one.
Consumer Satisfaction
In order to assess the level of
satisfaction with services received by
NCTSN centers, caregivers participating
in the descriptive and clinical outcomes
study are also given the opportunity to
report satisfaction using the Youth
Services Survey for Families (YSS–F)
instrument. Caregivers complete this
survey, via mail or phone, once upon
completion of services, or after six
months of services, whichever comes
first. The survey assesses perceptions of
service across five domains: Access,
participation in treatment, cultural
sensitivity, satisfaction, and outcomes.
Approximately 3,300 caregivers will
participate in the consumer satisfaction
study. This study utilizes a single
instrument, the YSS–F.
Adoption of Methods and Practices
This study is designed to evaluate the
extent to which trauma-related
practices, knowledge, methods, and
products, particularly products created
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or disseminated by the NCTSN, are
being adopted by Network centers and
non-Network partners, and involves
data collection using two distinct
instruments. The General Adoption and
Assessment Survey (GAAS) is used to
ascertain the degree to which the
various products and practices
developed by network members are
being adopted by each of the grantee
sites. Question areas include the
experience and role of the respondent;
which products are being adopted; the
stage of adoption process; the fidelity of
the adoption implementation; the
methods employed to bring the product
into use; the facilitators of the adoption
process; and the barriers to adoption.
The GAAS will be administered to
approximately 17,550 service providers,
44 project directors, and 44 researchers/
evaluators once per year throughout the
course of the evaluation. The Adoption
and Implementation Factors Interview
(AIFI) is a follow-up interview on
product adoption that will be conducted
with 150 network providers, 45 project
directors/principal investigators, and 30
researchers/evaluators. The AIFI obtains
information leading to an assessment of
successful adoption and
implementation processes and an
understanding of the characteristics of
the centers that result in adoption of
network supported methods and
practices. This study utilizes two
instruments, the GAAS and the AIFI.
Network Collaboration
The network collaboration study also
utilizes two separate data collection
activities. The Network Survey utilizes
network analysis techniques to measure
the extent to which each NCTSN center
interacts with every other center on
selected key Network activities
(governance/decisionmaking,
information sharing, coordination of
activities, product development,
product dissemination and adoption,
and training and technical assistance).
The survey is administered to 80 current
or former project directors/principal
investigators, and to 80 other NCTSN
staff members. The Child Trauma
Partnership Tool assesses the activities
and impact of the NCTSN collaboration
structures (Work Groups, Committees,
Consortia) in terms of membership
activities, vision, formalization,
leadership, management,
communication, decisionmaking,
resource allocation, understanding/
valuing, and accomplishments. It is
administered approximately 200
NCTSN staff members who make up the
formal Network workgroups. The two
surveys associated with this data
collection, the Network Survey and the
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Child Trauma Partnership Tool, will be
administered in alternating years of the
evaluation.
Provider Knowledge and Use of TraumaInformed Services
This study assesses the extent to
which funded Network centers enhance
the trauma-informed service knowledge
base and use among service providers
affiliated with the Network through
training and outreach activities. The
Trauma-Informed Services (TIS) Survey,
which collects data on respondent
characteristics, knowledge acquisition,
predicted knowledge utilization, and
overall training satisfaction, is
administered to providers following
Network center-sponsored training
events. TIS Survey data will be
collected from approximately 58,500
providers over the next three years of
the evaluation. This study utilizes a
single instrument, the TIS Survey.
Product Development and
Dissemination
This study identifies and describes
the products developed and
disseminated to Network and nonNetwork partners. Three methods of
data collection are used in this study:
The Product/Innovation Development
and Dissemination Survey (PDDS),
telephone interviews with existing
NCTSN collaborative workgroup leaders
(chairpersons), and case studies. The
PDDS is included and completed as part
of centers’ quarterly progress reports,
and is gathered quarterly from 44
project directors/principal investigators.
More detailed information on product
development and dissemination will be
collected as a part of 10 case studies (5
in each alternating year) to be
conducted in the next three years of the
evaluation (with 10 caregivers, 20
researchers/evaluators from the
network, and 20 non-network product
developers). These case studies each
focus on the development and
dissemination of specific Network
products/innovations, and include as
respondents key informants who are
knowledgeable about the development
and dissemination of each of these
products. In addition, interviews will be
conducted with approximately 15
workgroup leaders. The workgroup
leader telephone interviews examine the
role and impact of the Network’s
collaborative workgroups in the
development and dissemination of
products and innovations, and occur in
alternating years, opposite the case
studies. This study utilizes the three
instruments discussed above: The
PDDS, the case study interview guide,
and the workgroup leader interview
guide.
National Impact
This study examines the extent to
which the existence of the NCTSN has
impacted trauma-informed services
information, knowledge, policy, and
practices among mental health and nonmental health child-serving agencies
external to the Network. The National
Impact Survey collects data about these
agencies’ knowledge and awareness of
childhood trauma and practices, about
their knowledge and connections to the
NCTSN centers, and about their
policies, practices, and programs
targeted to children and adolescents
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Total avg.
number of
responses per
respondent
who have been exposed to traumatic
experiences. The survey is administered
to 1,600 mental health and 1,600 nonmental health service providers from
outside the NCTSN. These mental
health agency and non-mental health
agency data will be collected in
alternating years over the course of the
evaluation. This study includes a single
instrument, the National Impact Survey.
This revision to the currently
approved information collection
activities includes the extension of
Cross-site Evaluation information
collection activities for an additional
three years beyond the initial three-year
approval period. This revision also
addresses the following programmatic
changes:
• The Trauma-Informed Services
Survey was shortened to reduce burden
in response to NCTSN center feedback,
removing four pages from the original
11-page survey. The dropped items
focused primarily on the overall content
of the training, including types of
trauma addressed in the training and
specific topics covered in the training.
• The Product Development and
Dissemination Survey data is now
gathered from an existing quarterly
report rather than from a stand-alone
instrument,
• GAAS provider respondents are
now recruited from the pool of TIS
Survey respondents who indicate a
willingness to participate in future
surveys. In the past, these respondents
were recruited using a stand-alone
invitation distributed at training events.
The average annual respondent
burden is estimated below.
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
3 yr. avg.
annual burden
hours
Caregivers
Child Behavior Checklist 1.5–5⁄6–18 (CBCL 1.5–5⁄6–18) .....
Trauma Information/Detail Form ..........................................
Core Clinical Characteristics Form ......................................
Youth Services Survey for Families (YSS–F) .....................
UCLA–PTSD Short Form (UCLA–PTSD) ............................
Case Study Interviews .........................................................
3,300
3,300
3,300
3,300
3,300
10
5
5
5
1
5
1
0.3
0.2
0.4
0.1
0.2
1.5
5,445
3,630
6,600
264
2,805
15
1,815
1,210
2,200
88
935
5
5
0.3
4,138
1,379.33
58,500
17,550
1
1
0.2
0.5
11,700
8,775
3,900
2,925
150
1
1.0
150
50
Youth
Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children-Abbreviated
(TSCC–A) .........................................................................
2,508
Service Providers
Provider Trauma-Informed Service Survey (TIS) ................
General Adoption Assessment Survey (GAAS) Providers ..
Adoption and Implementation Factors Interview (AIFI) Provider Assessment & Clinical Components .......................
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Number of
respondents
Instrument
Total avg.
number of
responses per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
3 yr. avg.
annual burden
hours
Project Directors/Principal Investigators
Product/Innovations Development and Dissemination Survey (PDDS) ......................................................................
General Adoption Assessment Survey (GAAS) Administrators ....................................................................................
Adoption and Implementation Factors Interview (AIFI) Administrator Assessment & Clinical Components ..............
Network Survey ....................................................................
44
12
1.0
528
176
44
3
0.5
66
22
45
80
1
1
1.0
1.0
45
80
15
26.67
1
1
3
1
1
2
1.5
2.0
0.5
1.0
1.0
0.8
22.5
40
66
30
80
320
7.5
13.33
22
10
26.67
106.67
0.5
800
266.67
2
0.5
1,600
533.33
Other Network Staff
Workgroup/Taskforce Coordinator Interview .......................
Case Study Interviews .........................................................
General Adoption Assessment Survey (GAAS) ..................
Adoption and Implementation Factors Interview (AIFI) .......
Network Survey ....................................................................
Child Trauma Partnership Tool (CTPT) ...............................
15
20
44
30
80
200
Non-Network Mental Health Professionals
National Impact Survey ........................................................
1,600
1
Non-Network Non-Mental Health Professionals
National Impact Survey ........................................................
1,600
Non-Network Product Developers
Case Study Interviews .........................................................
20
1
1.5
30
10
Total Summary .....................................................................
Total Annual Summary ........................................................
99,040
33,013
60
20
........................
........................
........................
........................
47,230
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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 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.
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Proposed Project: Cross-Site Evaluation of the National Child Traumatic
Stress Initiative (NCTSI)--(OMB No. 0930-0276)--Revision
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) will conduct the
Cross-Site Evaluation of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative
(NCTSI). The data collected will describe the children and families
served by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and their
outcomes, assess the development and dissemination of effective
treatments and services, evaluate intra-network collaboration, and
assess the Network's impact beyond the NCTSN.
Data will be collected from caregivers, youth, NCTSN staff (e.g.,
project directors, researchers, and providers), mental health providers
outside of the NCTSN, and non-mental health service providers who
provide services to children outside of the NCTSN. Data collection will
take place in all Community Treatment and Services Programs (CTS) and
Treatment and Service Adaptation Centers (TSA) active during the three-
year approval period, and 2 National Centers for Child Traumatic Stress
(NCCTS). Currently, there are 37 CTS centers and 13 TSA centers active,
though this number could drop to 18 CTS centers and 5 TSA centers in
2009 depending on the number of new centers funded in that year.
Throughout, burden estimates are calculated for an average of 44
centers in each year.
The Cross-site Evaluation is composed of eight distinct study
components, seven of which involve data collection and are described
below.
Descriptive and Clinical Outcomes
In order to describe the children served, their trauma histories
and their clinical and functional outcomes, five instruments will be
used to collect data from youth ages 7-18 who are receiving services in
the NCTSN, and from caregivers of all children who are receiving NCTSN
services. Data will be collected when the child/youth enters services
and during subsequent follow-up sessions at three-month intervals over
the course of one year. This study relies upon the use of data already
being collected as a part of the Network's Core Data Set, and includes
the following five instruments:
The Core Clinical Characteristics Form, which collects
demographic, psychosocial and clinical information about the child
being served including information about the child's domestic
environment and insurance status, indicators of the severity of the
child's problems, behaviors and symptoms, and use of non-Network
services;
The Trauma Information/Detail Form, which collects
information on the history of trauma(s) experienced by the child being
served in the NCTSN including the type of trauma experienced, the age
at which the trauma was experienced, type of exposure, whether or not
the trauma is chronic, and the setting and perpetrator(s) associated
with the traumatic experience;
The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) 1.5-5 and 6-18, which
measure symptoms in such domains such as emotionally reactive, anxious/
depressed, somatic complaints, withdrawn, attention problems,
aggressive behavior, sleep problems, rule-breaking behavior, social
problems, thought problems, and withdrawn/depressed;
The UCLA PTSD Short Form, which screens for exposure to
traumatic events and for all DSM-IV PTSD symptoms in children who
report traumatic stress experiences; and the
Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children, which evaluates
acute and chronic posttraumatic stress symptoms in children's responses
to unspecified traumatic events across several symptom domains.
Approximately 2,500 youth and 3,300 caregivers will participate in the
descriptive and clinical outcomes study, with caregivers responding to
four instruments, and youth responding to one.
Consumer Satisfaction
In order to assess the level of satisfaction with services received
by NCTSN centers, caregivers participating in the descriptive and
clinical outcomes study are also given the opportunity to report
satisfaction using the Youth Services Survey for Families (YSS-F)
instrument. Caregivers complete this survey, via mail or phone, once
upon completion of services, or after six months of services, whichever
comes first. The survey assesses perceptions of service across five
domains: Access, participation in treatment, cultural sensitivity,
satisfaction, and outcomes. Approximately 3,300 caregivers will
participate in the consumer satisfaction study. This study utilizes a
single instrument, the YSS-F.
Adoption of Methods and Practices
This study is designed to evaluate the extent to which trauma-
related practices, knowledge, methods, and products, particularly
products created or disseminated by the NCTSN, are being adopted by
Network centers and non-Network partners, and involves data collection
using two distinct instruments. The General Adoption and Assessment
Survey (GAAS) is used to ascertain the degree to which the various
products and practices developed by network members are being adopted
by each of the grantee sites. Question areas include the experience and
role of the respondent; which products are being adopted; the stage of
adoption process; the fidelity of the adoption implementation; the
methods employed to bring the product into use; the facilitators of the
adoption process; and the barriers to adoption. The GAAS will be
administered to approximately 17,550 service providers, 44 project
directors, and 44 researchers/evaluators once per year throughout the
course of the evaluation. The Adoption and Implementation Factors
Interview (AIFI) is a follow-up interview on product adoption that will
be conducted with 150 network providers, 45 project directors/principal
investigators, and 30 researchers/evaluators. The AIFI obtains
information leading to an assessment of successful adoption and
implementation processes and an understanding of the characteristics of
the centers that result in adoption of network supported methods and
practices. This study utilizes two instruments, the GAAS and the AIFI.
Network Collaboration
The network collaboration study also utilizes two separate data
collection activities. The Network Survey utilizes network analysis
techniques to measure the extent to which each NCTSN center interacts
with every other center on selected key Network activities (governance/
decisionmaking, information sharing, coordination of activities,
product development, product dissemination and adoption, and training
and technical assistance). The survey is administered to 80 current or
former project directors/principal investigators, and to 80 other NCTSN
staff members. The Child Trauma Partnership Tool assesses the
activities and impact of the NCTSN collaboration structures (Work
Groups, Committees, Consortia) in terms of membership activities,
vision, formalization, leadership, management, communication,
decisionmaking, resource allocation, understanding/valuing, and
accomplishments. It is administered approximately 200 NCTSN staff
members who make up the formal Network workgroups. The two surveys
associated with this data collection, the Network Survey and the
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Child Trauma Partnership Tool, will be administered in alternating
years of the evaluation.
Provider Knowledge and Use of Trauma-Informed Services
This study assesses the extent to which funded Network centers
enhance the trauma-informed service knowledge base and use among
service providers affiliated with the Network through training and
outreach activities. The Trauma-Informed Services (TIS) Survey, which
collects data on respondent characteristics, knowledge acquisition,
predicted knowledge utilization, and overall training satisfaction, is
administered to providers following Network center-sponsored training
events. TIS Survey data will be collected from approximately 58,500
providers over the next three years of the evaluation. This study
utilizes a single instrument, the TIS Survey.
Product Development and Dissemination
This study identifies and describes the products developed and
disseminated to Network and non-Network partners. Three methods of data
collection are used in this study: The Product/Innovation Development
and Dissemination Survey (PDDS), telephone interviews with existing
NCTSN collaborative workgroup leaders (chairpersons), and case studies.
The PDDS is included and completed as part of centers' quarterly
progress reports, and is gathered quarterly from 44 project directors/
principal investigators. More detailed information on product
development and dissemination will be collected as a part of 10 case
studies (5 in each alternating year) to be conducted in the next three
years of the evaluation (with 10 caregivers, 20 researchers/evaluators
from the network, and 20 non-network product developers). These case
studies each focus on the development and dissemination of specific
Network products/innovations, and include as respondents key informants
who are knowledgeable about the development and dissemination of each
of these products. In addition, interviews will be conducted with
approximately 15 workgroup leaders. The workgroup leader telephone
interviews examine the role and impact of the Network's collaborative
workgroups in the development and dissemination of products and
innovations, and occur in alternating years, opposite the case studies.
This study utilizes the three instruments discussed above: The PDDS,
the case study interview guide, and the workgroup leader interview
guide.
National Impact
This study examines the extent to which the existence of the NCTSN
has impacted trauma-informed services information, knowledge, policy,
and practices among mental health and non-mental health child-serving
agencies external to the Network. The National Impact Survey collects
data about these agencies' knowledge and awareness of childhood trauma
and practices, about their knowledge and connections to the NCTSN
centers, and about their policies, practices, and programs targeted to
children and adolescents who have been exposed to traumatic
experiences. The survey is administered to 1,600 mental health and
1,600 non-mental health service providers from outside the NCTSN. These
mental health agency and non-mental health agency data will be
collected in alternating years over the course of the evaluation. This
study includes a single instrument, the National Impact Survey.
This revision to the currently approved information collection
activities includes the extension of Cross-site Evaluation information
collection activities for an additional three years beyond the initial
three-year approval period. This revision also addresses the following
programmatic changes:
The Trauma-Informed Services Survey was shortened to
reduce burden in response to NCTSN center feedback, removing four pages
from the original 11-page survey. The dropped items focused primarily
on the overall content of the training, including types of trauma
addressed in the training and specific topics covered in the training.
The Product Development and Dissemination Survey data is
now gathered from an existing quarterly report rather than from a
stand-alone instrument,
GAAS provider respondents are now recruited from the pool
of TIS Survey respondents who indicate a willingness to participate in
future surveys. In the past, these respondents were recruited using a
stand-alone invitation distributed at training events.
The average annual respondent burden is estimated below.
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Total avg.
Number of number of Hours per Total burden 3 yr. avg.
Instrument respondents responses per response hours annual burden
respondent hours
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Caregivers
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Child Behavior Checklist 1.5-\5/ 3,300 5 0.3 5,445 1,815
6\-18 (CBCL 1.5-\5/6\-18)......
Trauma Information/Detail Form.. 3,300 5 0.2 3,630 1,210
Core Clinical Characteristics 3,300 5 0.4 6,600 2,200
Form...........................
Youth Services Survey for 3,300 1 0.1 264 88
Families (YSS-F)...............
UCLA-PTSD Short Form (UCLA-PTSD) 3,300 5 0.2 2,805 935
Case Study Interviews........... 10 1 1.5 15 5
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Youth
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Trauma Symptoms Checklist for 2,508 5 0.3 4,138 1,379.33
Children-Abbreviated (TSCC-A)..
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Service Providers
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Provider Trauma-Informed Service 58,500 1 0.2 11,700 3,900
Survey (TIS)...................
General Adoption Assessment 17,550 1 0.5 8,775 2,925
Survey (GAAS) Providers........
Adoption and Implementation 150 1 1.0 150 50
Factors Interview (AIFI)
Provider Assessment & Clinical
Components.....................
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Project Directors/Principal Investigators
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Product/Innovations Development 44 12 1.0 528 176
and Dissemination Survey (PDDS)
General Adoption Assessment 44 3 0.5 66 22
Survey (GAAS) Administrators...
Adoption and Implementation 45 1 1.0 45 15
Factors Interview (AIFI)
Administrator Assessment &
Clinical Components............
Network Survey.................. 80 1 1.0 80 26.67
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Other Network Staff
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Workgroup/Taskforce Coordinator 15 1 1.5 22.5 7.5
Interview......................
Case Study Interviews........... 20 1 2.0 40 13.33
General Adoption Assessment 44 3 0.5 66 22
Survey (GAAS)..................
Adoption and Implementation 30 1 1.0 30 10
Factors Interview (AIFI).......
Network Survey.................. 80 1 1.0 80 26.67
Child Trauma Partnership Tool 200 2 0.8 320 106.67
(CTPT).........................
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Non-Network Mental Health Professionals
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National Impact Survey.......... 1,600 1 0.5 800 266.67
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Non-Network Non-Mental Health Professionals
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National Impact Survey.......... 1,600 2 0.5 1,600 533.33
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Non-Network Product Developers
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Case Study Interviews........... 20 1 1.5 30 10
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Total Summary................... 99,040 60 .............. .............. 47,230
Total Annual Summary............ 33,013 20 .............. .............. 15,743
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7-1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20850. Written comments
should be received by March 27, 2009.
Dated: January 16, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E9-1633 Filed 1-23-09; 8:45 am]
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