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The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration’s
(SAMHSA’s), 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
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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
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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
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 measures
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-Abbreviated (TSCC–A), which
evaluates acute and chronic
posttraumatic stress symptoms in
children’s responses to unspecified
traumatic events across several
symptom domains.
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Approximately 1,900 youth and 2,500
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 2,500 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 14,040 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
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instruments, the GAAS and the AIFI.
Three versions of the GAAS will be
utilized: The General Adoption
Assessment Survey (GAAS) Providers,
the General Adoption Assessment
Survey (GAAS) Administrators, and the
General Adoption Assessment Survey
(GAAS) Evaluators. Three versions of
the AIFI will be administered: Adoption
and Implementation Factors Interview
(AIFI) Provider Assessment & Clinical
Components, Adoption and
Implementation Factors Interview (AIFI)
Administrator Assessment & Clinical
Components, and the Adoption and
Implementation Factors Interview
(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/decision-making,
information sharing, coordination of
activities, product development,
product dissemination and adoption,
and training and technical assistance).
The survey is administered to 84 current
or former project directors/principal
investigators, and to 44 other current
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, decision-making,
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
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
Provider 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 centersponsored training events. TIS Survey
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data will be collected from
approximately 29,250 providers over the
next three years of the evaluation. In
addition, center trainers complete one
TIS Training Summary Form,
summarizing the content of the training,
for every training event (approximately
1,463 over the next three years). This
study utilizes two instruments, the TIS
Survey and the TIS Training Summary
Form.
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/
taskforce coordinators (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/
taskforce coordinator 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/taskforce coordinator
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
who have been exposed to traumatic
experiences. The survey is administered
to 1,600 mental health and 1,600 nonNumber of
respondents
Instrument
Total avg.
number of
responses per
respondent
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.
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 .........................................................
2,475
2,475
2,475
2,475
2,475
10
5
5
5
1
5
1
0.3
0.2
0.4
0.1
0.2
1.5
4,084
2,723
4,950
198
2,104
15
1,361
908
1,650
66
701
5
5
0.3
3,104
1,035
29,250
14,040
1
1
0.2
0.5
5,850
7,020
1,950
2,340
150
1
1.0
150
50
Youth
Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children-Abbreviated
(TSCC-A) ..........................................................................
1,881
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Provider Trauma-informed Services Survey (TIS) ..............
General Adoption Assessment Survey (GAAS) Providers ..
Adoption and Implementation Factors Interview (AIFI) Provider Assessment & Clinical Components .......................
Project Directors/Principal Investigators
Product/Innovations Development and Dissemination Survey (PDDS) ......................................................................
General Adoption Assessment Survey (GAAS) Administrators ....................................................................................
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Number of
respondents
Instrument
Adoption and Implementation Factors Interview (AIFI) Administrator Assessment & Clinical Components ..............
Network Survey ....................................................................
Total avg.
number of
responses per
respondent
45
84
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
3 yr. avg.
annual burden
hours
1
1
1.0
1.0
45
84
15
28
1
1
1
3
1
1
2
.1
1.5
2.0
0.5
1.0
1.0
0.8
122
23
40
66
30
44
320
41
8
13
22
10
15
107
0.5
800
267
2
0.5
1,600
533.
Other Network Staff
TIS Training Summary Form ...............................................
Workgroup/Taskforce Coordinator Interview .......................
Case Study Interviews .........................................................
General Adoption Assessment Survey (GAAS) Evaluators
Adoption and Implementation Factors Interview (AIFI) .......
Network Survey ....................................................................
Child Trauma Partnership Tool (CTPT) ...............................
1,463
15
20
44
30
44
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 .............................................................
62,959
61
........................
........................
33,996
Total Annual Summary .................................................
20,986
20
........................
........................
11,333
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respondents are encouraged to submit
comments by fax to: 202–395–6974.
Dated: March 12, 2009.
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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
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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's), 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
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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
measures 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-Abbreviated (TSCC-
A), which evaluates acute and chronic posttraumatic stress symptoms in
children's responses to unspecified traumatic events across several
symptom domains.
Approximately 1,900 youth and 2,500 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 2,500 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 14,040 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.
Three versions of the GAAS will be utilized: The General Adoption
Assessment Survey (GAAS) Providers, the General Adoption Assessment
Survey (GAAS) Administrators, and the General Adoption Assessment
Survey (GAAS) Evaluators. Three versions of the AIFI will be
administered: Adoption and Implementation Factors Interview (AIFI)
Provider Assessment & Clinical Components, Adoption and Implementation
Factors Interview (AIFI) Administrator Assessment & Clinical
Components, and the Adoption and Implementation Factors Interview
(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/
decision-making, information sharing, coordination of activities,
product development, product dissemination and adoption, and training
and technical assistance). The survey is administered to 84 current or
former project directors/principal investigators, and to 44 other
current 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, decision-
making, 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 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 Provider 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
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data will be collected from approximately 29,250 providers over the
next three years of the evaluation. In addition, center trainers
complete one TIS Training Summary Form, summarizing the content of the
training, for every training event (approximately 1,463 over the next
three years). This study utilizes two instruments, the TIS Survey and
the TIS Training Summary Form.
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/taskforce coordinators (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/
taskforce coordinator 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/taskforce coordinator 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 1.5-5/6- 2,475 5 0.3 4,084 1,361
18 (CBCL 1.5-5/6-18)...........
Trauma Information/Detail Form.. 2,475 5 0.2 2,723 908
Core Clinical Characteristics 2,475 5 0.4 4,950 1,650
Form...........................
Youth Services Survey for 2,475 1 0.1 198 66
Families (YSS-F)...............
UCLA-PTSD Short Form (UCLA-PTSD) 2,475 5 0.2 2,104 701
Case Study Interviews........... 10 1 1.5 15 5
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Youth
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Trauma Symptoms Checklist for 1,881 5 0.3 3,104 1,035
Children-Abbreviated (TSCC-A)..
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Service Providers
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Provider Trauma-informed 29,250 1 0.2 5,850 1,950
Services Survey (TIS)..........
General Adoption Assessment 14,040 1 0.5 7,020 2,340
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...
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Adoption and Implementation 45 1 1.0 45 15
Factors Interview (AIFI)
Administrator Assessment &
Clinical Components............
Network Survey.................. 84 1 1.0 84 28
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Other Network Staff
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TIS Training Summary Form....... 1,463 1 .1 122 41
Workgroup/Taskforce Coordinator 15 1 1.5 23 8
Interview......................
Case Study Interviews........... 20 1 2.0 40 13
General Adoption Assessment 44 3 0.5 66 22
Survey (GAAS) Evaluators.......
Adoption and Implementation 30 1 1.0 30 10
Factors Interview (AIFI).......
Network Survey.................. 44 1 1.0 44 15
Child Trauma Partnership Tool 200 2 0.8 320 107
(CTPT).........................
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Non-Network Mental Health Professionals
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National Impact Survey.......... 1,600 1 0.5 800 267
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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.
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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............... 62,959 61 .............. .............. 33,996
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Total Annual Summary........ 20,986 20 .............. .............. 11,333
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by April 20, 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: March 12, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E9-5976 Filed 3-18-09; 8:45 am]
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