Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 69671 [2010-28668]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 69671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28668]


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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.

Proposed Project: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline--Crisis Center 
Survey--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services funds a National Suicide 
Prevention Lifeline Network, a system of toll-free telephone numbers 
that routes calls from anywhere in the United States to a network of 
more than 147 certified crisis centers that can link callers to local 
emergency, mental health, and social service resources. The technology 
permits calls to be directed immediately to a suicide prevention worker 
who is geographically closest to the caller.
    Through its grantee which is administering the National Suicide 
Prevention Lifeline Network, SAMHSA developed a Crisis Center Survey in 
an effort to learn more about the capacities, skills, and unmet needs 
of the crisis centers involved in the Network. The completed Surveys 
will inform the Network's planning around technological capacity, 
network recruitment strategies, training, marketing, and other network 
resource development activities. The goal of this effort is to ensure 
that the telephonic routing system remains accurate, enhance quality 
services provided by networked crisis centers, increase service 
accessibility to people at risk for suicidal behavior, and optimize 
public health efforts to prevent suicide and suicidal behavior.
    All 147 networked crisis centers will complete the Web-based Crisis 
Center Survey annually. The Survey requests information about 
organizational structure, staffing, scope of services, call center 
operations, quality assurance, community outreach/marketing, telephone 
equipment, data collection, and technical assistance needs.
    The estimated annual response burden to collect this information is 
as follows:

 
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                                                                        Number of        Responses/    Total number of  Burden/response   Annual burden
                             Instrument                                respondents       respondent       responses          (hours)         (hours)
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Crisis Center Survey.........             147                1              147                2              294
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 8-1099, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20850. Written comments 
should be received by January 14, 2011.

    Dated: November 5, 2010.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Management, Technology, and Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-28668 Filed 11-12-10; 8:45 am]
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