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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 concerning
opportunity for public comment on
proposed collections of information, the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA)
will publish periodic summaries of
proposed projects. To request more
information on the proposed projects or
to obtain a copy of the information
collection plans, call the SAMHSA
Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276–
1243.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collections of information
are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: 2009 Survey of
Revenues and Expenditures (SRE)—
NEW
The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration’s
(SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health
Services (CMHS) will conduct a 2009
SRE. This national survey represents a
survey of mental health and substance
abuse treatment facilities. These
separate service locations are called
facilities, in contrast to mental health
and substance abuse organizations,
which may include multiple facilities
(service locations). This survey will be
a sample survey of all known mental
health and substance abuse treatment
facilities nationwide with a particular
focus on revenues and expenditures.
The survey will begin with a stratified
random sample of 1,500 facilities drawn
from other SAMHSA databases. In
addition, a control subsample of 100
facilities drawn from the original 1,500
will be drawn and pursued beyond the
planned three follow-up attempts with
the entire sample. The control sample
will provide estimates of non-response
bias upon the results of the data
analyses.
Number of
respondents
Treatment facilities ...........................................................................................
Send comments to Summer King,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7–1044, One Choke Cherry Road,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments
should be received within 60 days of
this notice.
Dated: July 2, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
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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.
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Responses
per
respondent
1,500
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
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The 2009 SRE will utilize one
questionnaire for all mental health and
substance abuse treatment facility types
including hospitals, residential
treatment centers and outpatient clinics.
The information collected will include
annual revenue and expenditures,
staffing, and active caseload size. All
treatment facilities will have the option
of completing the survey instrument
online via the Internet, by telephone
with an interviewer, or using a paper
version of the questionnaire.
The resulting database will be used
for national estimates of facility types,
their revenues and expenditures, and
their patient caseloads. These findings
will be used to update SAMHSA’s
national spending on mental health and
substance abuse treatment estimates.
The survey results will be published by
CMHS in Data Highlights, in Mental
Health, United States, and in
professional journals such as Psychiatric
Services and the American Journal of
Psychiatry. The publication Mental
Health, United States is used by the
general public, State governments, the
U.S. Congress, university researchers,
and other health care professionals. The
following Table summarizes the
estimated response burden for the
survey.
Average hours
per response
1
2.5
Total hour
burden
3,750
Proposed Project: SAMHSA Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Center for
Excellence Project CHOICES
Evaluation—New
Since 2001, SAMHSA’s Center for
Substance Abuse Prevention has been
operating the SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for
Excellence. The purpose of the FASD
Center for Excellence is to prevent and
improve the treatment of FASD. Some of
the activities of the FASD Center
include providing training, technical
assistance, and subcontracts to increase
the use of effective evidence-based
interventions.
The FASD Center will be integrating
the Project CHOICES program through
service delivery organizations and will
be evaluating the results. Six sites will
implement Project CHOICES with
nonpregnant women 18–44 years who
are sexually active and who are
participating in alcohol treatment
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(residential or outpatient) or in drug
treatment (if the women also use
alcohol). Women in substance abuse
treatment will be screened and those
women that meet the above description
will be provided four Motivational
Interviewing (MI) sessions (related to
alcohol use), plus one contraceptive
counseling session. The goal is to help
these women prevent an alcoholexposed pregnancy by abstaining from
alcohol and using contraceptive
methods of their choice consistently and
correctly.
At baseline, an assessment tool will
be administered by the counselor to
assess drinking, sexual activity,
contraceptive use, and demographic
information. At the end of the program,
women are assessed on their alcohol
consumption and contraceptive use in
the past 30 days. At 6 months and 12
months after the end of the program,
women are assessed on alcohol
consumption and contraceptive use
using the same core assessment tool
used at baseline. All participating sites
will maintain personal identification on
their clients for service delivery
purposes but no such information will
be transmitted to SAMHSA.
The data collection is designed to
evaluate the implementation of Project
CHOICES by measuring whether
abstinence from alcohol is achieved and
effective birth control practices are
performed. Furthermore, the project will
include process measures to assess
whether and how the intervention was
provided.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
(6 sites)
Screening tool/activity
Alcohol Use and Contraceptive Methods Assessment (Screening Form/
Form Q) ........................................................................................................
Project CHOICES process evaluation assessing whether sessions were delivered and their duration (4 MI sessions and 1 contraception use session—Form B and C—75% of baseline) ......................................................
Alcohol Use and Contraceptive Methods Assessment: End of program, 6and 12-month followup (Forms D, E, & F—50% of baseline) .....................
Total ..........................................................................................................
Written comments and
recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
be sent by August 12, 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: July 2, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
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Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: Child Care and Development
Fund Financial Report (ACF 696) for
States and Territories.
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Number of
responses per
respondent
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Total burden
hours per
collection
913
1
0.25
228
684
5
0.08
274
456
3
0.25
342
2,053
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Description: States and Territories use
the Financial Report Form ACF–696 to
report Child Care and Development
Fund (CCDF) expenditures. Authority to
collect and report this information is
found in section 658G of the Child Care
and Development Block Grant Act of
1990, as revised. In addition to the
Program Reporting Requirements set
forth in 45 CFR part 98, Subpart H, the
regulations at 45 CFR 98.65(g) and
98.67(c)(1) authorize the Secretary to
require financial reports as necessary.
The form provides specific data
regarding claims and provides a
mechanism for States to request Child
Care grant awards and to certify the
availability of State matching funds.
Failure to collect this data would
seriously compromise ACF’s ability to
monitor Child Care and Development
Fund expenditures. This information is
also used to estimate outlays and may
be used to prepare ACF budget
submissions to Congress.
The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, (Pub.
L. 111–5) provides an additional $2
billion for the Child Care and
Development Fund to help States,
Territories, and Tribes provide child
care assistance to low income working
families. CCDF Program Instruction
(CCDF-ACF-PI–2009–03) provided
PO 00000
Average
burden per
response
guidance on ARRA spending
requirements.
Section 1512 of the ARRA legislation
requires recipients to report quarterly
spending and performance data on the
public Web site, ‘‘Recovery.gov.’’
Federal agencies are required to collect
ARRA expenditure data and
performance data and these data must
be clearly distinguishable from the
regular CCDF (non-ARRA) funds. To
ensure transparency and accountability,
the ARRA authorizes Federal agencies
and grantees to track and report
separately on expenditures from funds
made available by the stimulus bill.
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) guidance implementing the
ARRA legislation indicates that agencies
requiring additional information for
oversight should rely on existing
authorities and reflect these
requirements in their award terms and
conditions as necessary, following
existing procedures. Therefore, to
capture ARRA expenditures, the ACF–
696 has been modified (by the addition
of a column) for reporting ARRA
expenditure data. In addition, a new
data element will ask States and
Territories to estimate the number of
child service months funded with
ARRA dollars. The collection will not
duplicate other information.
Respondents: States and Territories.
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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.
Proposed Project: SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Center for
Excellence Project CHOICES Evaluation--New
Since 2001, SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention has been
operating the SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for
Excellence. The purpose of the FASD Center for Excellence is to prevent
and improve the treatment of FASD. Some of the activities of the FASD
Center include providing training, technical assistance, and
subcontracts to increase the use of effective evidence-based
interventions.
The FASD Center will be integrating the Project CHOICES program
through service delivery organizations and will be evaluating the
results. Six sites will implement Project CHOICES with nonpregnant
women 18-44 years who are sexually active and who are participating in
alcohol treatment
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(residential or outpatient) or in drug treatment (if the women also use
alcohol). Women in substance abuse treatment will be screened and those
women that meet the above description will be provided four
Motivational Interviewing (MI) sessions (related to alcohol use), plus
one contraceptive counseling session. The goal is to help these women
prevent an alcohol-exposed pregnancy by abstaining from alcohol and
using contraceptive methods of their choice consistently and correctly.
At baseline, an assessment tool will be administered by the
counselor to assess drinking, sexual activity, contraceptive use, and
demographic information. At the end of the program, women are assessed
on their alcohol consumption and contraceptive use in the past 30 days.
At 6 months and 12 months after the end of the program, women are
assessed on alcohol consumption and contraceptive use using the same
core assessment tool used at baseline. All participating sites will
maintain personal identification on their clients for service delivery
purposes but no such information will be transmitted to SAMHSA.
The data collection is designed to evaluate the implementation of
Project CHOICES by measuring whether abstinence from alcohol is
achieved and effective birth control practices are performed.
Furthermore, the project will include process measures to assess
whether and how the intervention was provided.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Number of Total burden
Screening tool/activity respondents (6 responses per Average burden hours per
sites) respondent per response collection
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Alcohol Use and Contraceptive Methods Assessment 913 1 0.25 228
(Screening Form/Form Q)........................
Project CHOICES process evaluation assessing 684 5 0.08 274
whether sessions were delivered and their
duration (4 MI sessions and 1 contraception use
session--Form B and C--75% of baseline)........
Alcohol Use and Contraceptive Methods 456 3 0.25 342
Assessment: End of program, 6- and 12-month
followup (Forms D, E, & F--50% of baseline)....
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Total....................................... 2,053 .............. .............. 844
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by August 12, 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: July 2, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
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