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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
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports
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Project: Strategic Prevention
Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF
SIG) Program (OMB No. 0930–0279)
—Revision
SAMHSA’s Center for Substance
Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is responsible
for the evaluation instruments of the
Strategic Prevention Framework State
Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) Program. The
program is a major initiative designed
to: (1) Prevent the onset and reduce the
progression of substance abuse,
including childhood and underage
drinking; (2) reduce substance abuse
related problems; and (3) build
prevention capacity and infrastructure
at the State-, territorial-, Tribal- and
community-levels.
Five steps comprise the SPF:
Step 1: Profile population needs,
resources, and readiness to address the
problems and gaps in service delivery.
Step 2: Mobilize and/or build capacity
to address needs.
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Step 3: Develop a comprehensive
strategic plan.
Step 4: Implement evidence-based
prevention programs, policies, and
practices and infrastructure
development activities.
Step 5: Monitor process, evaluate
effectiveness, sustain effective
programs/activities, and improve or
replace those that fail.
An evaluation team is currently
implementing a multi-method, quasiexperimental evaluation of the first two
Strategic Prevention Framework State
Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) cohorts
receiving grants in FY 2004 and FY
2005. A second evaluation is being
conducted with the SPF SIG Cohorts III,
IV and V. This notice invites comments
for revision to the protocol for the
ongoing cross-site evaluations of the
Strategic Prevention Framework State
Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) (OMB No.
0930–0279) which expires on 11/30/12.
This revision includes three parts:
(1) Continuation of the use of the
previously approved two-part
Community Level Instrument (CLI Parts
I and II) for Cohorts I and II and the use
of an instrument to assess the
sustainability of grantee implementation
and infrastructure accomplishments
which is a modification of an
instrument used in an earlier phase of
the evaluation.
(2) The addition of one more Cohort
(Cohort V) which will use the
previously approved SPF SIG cross-site
evaluation instruments. All three
instruments are modified versions of
data collection protocols used by
Cohorts I and II and have received OMB
approval (OMB No. 0930–0279). The
three instruments are:
a. A Grantee-Level SPF
Implementation Instrument,
b. A Grantee-Level Infrastructure
Instrument, and
c. A two-part Community-Level SPF
Implementation Instrument.
(3) Recalculation of burden numbers
for Cohort IV to replace estimates that
had been based on 20 grantees to reflect
the 25 grantees actually funded.
An additional Cohort III, IV, and V
evaluation component (i.e., participantlevel NOMs outcomes) is also included
in this submission as part of the
comprehensive evaluation, however, no
associated burden from this evaluation
activity is being imposed and therefore
clearance to conduct the activities is not
being requested. Specifically, Cohort III,
IV, and V SPF SIG grantees have been
included in the currently OMB
approved umbrella NOMs application
(OMB No. 0930–0230) covering the
collection of participant-level NOMs
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outcomes by all SAMHSA/CSAP
grantees.
Every attempt has been made to make
the evaluation for Cohorts III, IV, and V
comparable to Cohorts I and II.
However, initial resource constraints for
the Cohorts III, IV, and V evaluation
have necessitated some streamlining of
the original evaluation design. Since the
ultimate goal is to fund all eligible
jurisdictions, there are no control
groups at the grantee level for Cohorts
III, IV, and V. The primary evaluation
objective is to determine the impact of
SPF SIG on the reduction of substance
abuse related problems, on building
State prevention capacity and
infrastructure, and preventing the onset
and reducing the progression of
substance abuse, as measured by the
SAMHSA National Outcomes Measures
(NOMs). Data collected at the grantee,
community, and participant levels will
provide information about process and
system outcomes at the grantee and
community levels as well as context for
analyzing participant-level NOMs
outcomes.
Grantee-Level Data Collection
Cohort I and II Continuation
The Sustainability Interview will be
conducted during Phase II of the
evaluation in 2011 (Cohort I) and 2012
(Cohort II). The interview guide is
adapted from the Phase I instruments
(OMB No. 0930–0279) and focuses on
State-level prevention capacity and
infrastructure in relation to the five
steps of the SPF process: needs
assessment, capacity building, strategic
planning, implementation of evidencebased programs, policies, and practices
(EBPPPs), and evaluation/monitoring.
The interviews will be aimed at
understanding the status of the
prevention infrastructure at the time of
the interview, whether the status has
changed since the previous rounds of
interviews (conducted in 2007 and
2009), and whether the SPF SIG had any
influence on changes that might have
occurred.
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Cohort III, IV, and V Revision
Two Grantee-level Instruments (GLI)
were developed to gather information
about the infrastructure of the grantee’s
overall prevention system and collect
data regarding the grantee’s efforts and
progress in implementing the Strategic
Prevention Framework 5-step process.
Both instruments are modified versions
of the grantee-level interview protocols
used in the SPF SIG Cohort I and II
Cross-Site Evaluation and have received
OMB clearance for use with Cohorts III
and IV (OMB No. 0930–0279). The total
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burden imposed by the original
interview protocols has been reduced by
restructuring the format of the original
protocol, deleting several questions and
replacing the majority of open-ended
questions with multiple-choiceresponse questions. The Infrastructure
Instrument will capture data to assess
infrastructure change and to test the
relationship of this change to outcomes.
The Strategic Prevention Framework
Implementation Instrument will be used
to assess the relationship between SPF
implementation and change in the
NOMs. Information for both surveys
will be gathered by the grantees’
evaluators twice over the life of the SPF
SIG award.
Based on the current 16 grantees
funded in Cohort III, and 25 funded in
Cohort IV, and 10 funded in Cohort V,
the estimated annual burden for granteelevel data collection is displayed below
in Table 1. The burden estimates for the
GLIs are based on the experience in the
Cohort I and II SPF SIG evaluation as
reported in the original OMB
submission (OMB No. 0930–0279), less
the considerable reduction in length of
these instruments implemented by the
Cohort III, IV, and V evaluation team.
prevention-related interventions funded
under the initiative. The data may also
be used to assess obstacles to the
implementation of the SPF and
prevention-related interventions and
facilitate mid-course corrections for
communities experiencing
implementation difficulties.
The estimated annual burden for
community-level data collection is
displayed below in Table 1. Note that
the total burden reflects the 443
communities that have received SPF
funds from their respective Cohort I and
Cohort 2 States. Burden estimates are
based on pilot respondents’ feedback as
well as the experience of the survey
developers reported in the original OMB
submission (OMB No. 0930–0279).
Additionally, an individual
community’s burden may be lower than
the burden displayed in Table 1 because
all sections of the Community-level
Instrument (parts I and II) may not
apply for each reporting period as
community partners work through the
SPF steps and only report on the steprelated activities addressed. Note also
that some questions will be addressed
only once and the responses will be
used to pre-fill subsequent surveys.
Community-Level Data Collection
(Continuation and Revision)
Cohort III, IV, and V (Revision)
The Community-Level Instrument to
be completed by Cohort III, IV, and V
funded subrecipient communities is a
modified version of the one in use in the
SPF SIG Cohorts I and II Cross-Site
Evaluation and use of these modified
instruments has been approved by OMB
for Cohorts III and IV (OMB No. 0930–
0279). The total burden imposed by the
original instrument was reduced by
reorganizing the format of the original
instrument, optimizing the use of skip
patterns, and replacing the majority of
open-ended questions with multiplechoice-response questions.
Part I of the instrument will gather
information on the communities’
progress implementing the five SPF SIG
steps and efforts taken to ensure cultural
competency throughout the SPF SIG
process. Subrecipient communities
receiving SPF SIG awards will be
required to complete Part I of the
instrument annually. Part 2 will capture
data on the specific prevention
intervention(s) implemented at the
community level. A single prevention
intervention may be comprised of a
single strategy or a set of multiple
strategies. A Part II instrument will be
completed for each prevention
intervention strategy implemented
during the specified reporting period.
Specific questions will be tailored to
match the type of prevention
intervention strategy implemented (e.g.,
Cohort I and II Continuation
The Community-level Instrument
(CLI) is a two part, Web-based survey for
capturing information about SPF SIG
implementation at the community level
(originally submitted as an addendum to
OMB No. 0930–0279). Part I of this
instrument was developed to assess the
progress of communities as they
implement the Strategic Prevention
Framework (SPF), and Part II was
developed to gather descriptive
information about the specific
interventions being implemented at the
community level and the populations
being served including the gender, age,
race, ethnicity, and number of
individuals in target populations. Each
SPF SIG funded community will
complete a separate Part II form for each
intervention they implement.
The CLI (Parts I and II) was designed
to be administered two times a year
(every six months) over the course of the
SPF SIG Cohort I and II initiative. Four
rounds of data were collected under the
current OMB approval period and the
Cohorts I and II cross-site evaluation
team plans to collect additional rounds
once this request for a revision is
approved. Data from this instrument
will allow CSAP to assess the progress
of the communities in their
implementation of both the SPF and
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Prevention Education, Communitybased Processes, and Environmental).
Information collected on each strategy
will include date of implementation,
numbers of groups and participants
served, frequency of activities, and
gender, age, race, and ethnicity of
population served/affected.
Subrecipient communities’ partners
receiving SPF SIG awards will be
required to update Part II of the
instrument a minimum of every six
months.
The estimated annual burden for
specific segments of the communitylevel data collection is displayed in
Table 1. The burden estimates for the
CLIs are based on the experience in the
Cohort I and II SPF SIG evaluation as
reported in the original OMB
submission (OMB No. 0930–0279), less
the considerable reduction in length of
these instruments implemented by the
Cohort III, IV, and V evaluation team.
The total burden assumes an average of
15 community-level subrecipients per
grantee (n=51 Grantees) for a total of 765
community respondents, annual
completion of the CLI Part I, a minimum
of two instrument updates per year for
the CLI Part II, and an average of three
distinct prevention intervention
strategies implemented by each
community during a 6-month period.
Additionally, some questions will be
addressed only once and the responses
will be used to pre-fill subsequent
updates.
are relevant to their own initiatives.
Cohort III, IV, and V SPF SIG grantees
have been included in the currently
OMB approved umbrella NOMs
application (OMB No. 0930–0230)
covering all SAMHSA/CSAP grantees,
therefore no additional burden for this
evaluation activity is being imposed and
clearance to conduct the activities is not
being requested.
Participant-Level Data Collection
(Cohort III, IV, and V—Continuation)
Estimates of total and annualized
reporting burden for respondents by
evaluation cohort are displayed below
in Table 1. Overall summaries appear in
Table 2. The estimated average annual
burden of 5,773 hours is based on the
completion of the Community LevelInstrument (CLI Parts I and II) and
Sustainability Interview for Cohorts I
and II, and the Grantee-level
Instruments (GLI) and the CommunityLevel Instrument (CLI) for Cohorts III,
IV, and V.
Participant-level change will be
measured using the CSAP NOMs Adult
and Youth Programs Survey Forms
already approved by OMB (OMB No.
0930–0230). Subrecipient communities
will have the opportunity to select
relevant measures from the CSAP NOMs
Adult and Youth Programs Survey
Forms based on site-specific targeted
program outcomes and may voluntarily
select additional outcome measures that
Total Estimates of Annualized Hour
Burden
TABLE 1—ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED HOUR BURDEN TO RESPONDENTS
Instrument type
Respondent
Cohorts 1 and 2 Grantee-Level Burden
CLI Grantee Level Input .................................................
Sustainability Interview ...................................................
Grantee ...
Grantee ....
Burden
per response
(hrs.)
1
1.5
No. of respondents
No. of responses
per respondent
26
26
2
1
52.0
39.0
$42.00
42.00
$2,184
1,638
Total burden (hrs.)
Hourly
wage
cost
Total
hour cost
Total Burden ............................................................
Average Annual Burden Over 4 Reporting Periods .......
Cohorts 1 and 2 Community-Level Burden
CLI Part I ........................................................................
CLI Part II .......................................................................
Review of Past Responses ............................................
Grantee ....
Grantee ...
2.5
............
26
26
3
................
91.0
22.8
42.00
42.00
3,822
956
Community
Community
Community
2.17
2.17
2.5
443
443
443
2
8
2
1,922.6
7,690.5
2,215.0
32.00
32.00
32.00
61,523
246,095
70,880
Total Burden ............................................................
Average Annual Burden Over 4 Reporting Periods .......
Grantee-Level Burden Cohort 3
GLI Infrastructure Instrument ..........................................
GLI Implementation Instrument ......................................
CLI Part I, 1—20: Community Contact Information—
Updates.
Community
Community
6.84
............
443
443
12
................
11,828.1
2,957.0
32.00
32.00
378,498
94,625
Grantee ....
Grantee ....
Grantee ....
2.50
2.25
0.25
16
16
16
1
1
1
40.0
36.0
4.0
42.00
42.00
42.00
1,680
1,512
168
Grantee ....
Grantee ...
............
............
................
................
................
................
80.0
20.0
42.00
42.00
3,360
840
Community
0.75
240
1
180
32.00
5,760
Community
0.5
240
6
720
32.00
23,040
900
225
32.00
32.00
28,800
7,200
62.5
112.5
37.5
42.00
42.00
42.00
2,625
4,725
1,575
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Total Burden ............................................................
Average Annual Burden Over 4 Reporting Periods .......
Community-Level Burden Cohort 3
CLI Part I, 21–172: Community SPF Activities—Updates.
CLI Part II—Updates ......................................................
Total burden ............................................................
Average Annual Burden Over 4 Reporting Periods .......
Grantee-Level Burden Cohort 4
GLI Infrastructure Instruments ........................................
GLI Implementation Instruments ....................................
CLI Part I, 1–20: Community Contact Information—
Initialization.
CLI Part I, 1–20: Community Contact Information—Updates.
Community
Community
............
............
................
................
................
................
Grantee ....
Grantee ....
Grantee ....
2.50
2.25
1.5
25
25
25
1
2
1
Grantee ....
0.25
25
3
18.75
42.00
787
Total Burden ............................................................
Average Annual Burden Over 4 Reporting Periods .......
Community-Level Burden Cohort 4
Grantee ....
Grantee ...
............
............
................
................
................
................
231.25
57.8
42.00
42.00
9,712
2,428
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TABLE 1—ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED HOUR BURDEN TO RESPONDENTS—Continued
Respondent
Instrument type
CLI Part I, 21–172: Community SPF Activities—
Initialization.
CLI Part II—Initialization .................................................
CLI Part I, 21–172: Community SPF Activities—Updates.
CLI Part II—Updates ......................................................
Burden
per response
(hrs.)
No. of respondents
No. of responses
per respondent
Community
3
375
1
1,125
32.00
36,000
Community
Community
0.75
0.75
375
375
6
3
1,687.5
843.75
32.00
32.00
54,000
27,000
Community
0.5
375
18
3,375
32.00
108,000
7031.25
1,757.8
32.00
32.00
225,000
56,250
Hourly
wage
cost
Total burden (hrs.)
Total
hour cost
Total burden ............................................................
Average Annual Burden Over 4 Reporting Periods .......
Grantee-Level Burden Cohort 5
GLI Infrastructure Instruments ........................................
GLI Implementation Instruments ....................................
CLI Part I, 1–20: Community Contact Information—
Initialization.
CLI Part I, 1–20: Community Contact Information—Updates.
Community
Community
............
............
................
................
................
................
Grantee ....
Grantee ....
Grantee ....
2.5
2.25
1.5
10
10
10
2
2
1
50
45
15.0
42.00
42.00
42.00
2,100
1,890
630
Grantee ....
0.25
10
3
7.5
42.00
315
Total Burden ............................................................
Average Annual Burden Over 4 Reporting Periods .......
Community-Level Burden Cohort 5
CLI Part I, 21–172: Community SPF Activities—
Initialization.
CLI Part II—Initialization .................................................
CLI Part I, 21–172: Community SPF Activities—Updates.
CLI Part II—Updates ......................................................
Grantee ....
Grantee ...
............
............
................
................
................
................
117.5
29.4
42.00
42.00
4,935
1,234
Community
3
150
1
450
32.00
14,400
Community
Community
0.75
0.75
150
150
6
3
675
337.5
32.00
32.00
21,600
10,800
Community
0.5
150
18
1,350
32.00
43,200
Total burden ............................................................
Average Annual Burden Over 4 Reporting Periods .......
Community
Community
................
................
................
................
2,812.5
703.12
32.00
32.00
90,000
22,500
............
............
TABLE 2—ANNUALIZED SUMMARY TABLE
Respondent
Burden
per response
(hrs.)
No. of respondents
No. of responses
Total
burden
(hrs.)
Hourly
wage
cost
90.25
5,424
5,514.25
129.9
5,643
5,773
$42.00
32.00
................
Total hour
cost
Total Burden All Cohorts
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Average Annual Burden ...................................................
Grantee ...
Community
Overall .....
1.44
1.04
1.05
77
1208
1285
Written comments and
recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
be sent by May 4, 2011 to: SAMHSA
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Housing Branch, Office of Management
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The proposed information
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180,576
186,031
Comments Due Date: June 3,
2011.
Interested persons are
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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: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG)
Program (OMB No. 0930-0279) --Revision
SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is
responsible for the evaluation instruments of the Strategic Prevention
Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) Program. The program is a
major initiative designed to: (1) Prevent the onset and reduce the
progression of substance abuse, including childhood and underage
drinking; (2) reduce substance abuse related problems; and (3) build
prevention capacity and infrastructure at the State-, territorial-,
Tribal- and community-levels.
Five steps comprise the SPF:
Step 1: Profile population needs, resources, and readiness to
address the problems and gaps in service delivery.
Step 2: Mobilize and/or build capacity to address needs.
Step 3: Develop a comprehensive strategic plan.
Step 4: Implement evidence-based prevention programs, policies, and
practices and infrastructure development activities.
Step 5: Monitor process, evaluate effectiveness, sustain effective
programs/activities, and improve or replace those that fail.
An evaluation team is currently implementing a multi-method, quasi-
experimental evaluation of the first two Strategic Prevention Framework
State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) cohorts receiving grants in FY 2004 and
FY 2005. A second evaluation is being conducted with the SPF SIG
Cohorts III, IV and V. This notice invites comments for revision to the
protocol for the ongoing cross-site evaluations of the Strategic
Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) (OMB No. 0930-
0279) which expires on 11/30/12. This revision includes three parts:
(1) Continuation of the use of the previously approved two-part
Community Level Instrument (CLI Parts I and II) for Cohorts I and II
and the use of an instrument to assess the sustainability of grantee
implementation and infrastructure accomplishments which is a
modification of an instrument used in an earlier phase of the
evaluation.
(2) The addition of one more Cohort (Cohort V) which will use the
previously approved SPF SIG cross-site evaluation instruments. All
three instruments are modified versions of data collection protocols
used by Cohorts I and II and have received OMB approval (OMB No. 0930-
0279). The three instruments are:
a. A Grantee-Level SPF Implementation Instrument,
b. A Grantee-Level Infrastructure Instrument, and
c. A two-part Community-Level SPF Implementation Instrument.
(3) Recalculation of burden numbers for Cohort IV to replace
estimates that had been based on 20 grantees to reflect the 25 grantees
actually funded.
An additional Cohort III, IV, and V evaluation component (i.e.,
participant-level NOMs outcomes) is also included in this submission as
part of the comprehensive evaluation, however, no associated burden
from this evaluation activity is being imposed and therefore clearance
to conduct the activities is not being requested. Specifically, Cohort
III, IV, and V SPF SIG grantees have been included in the currently OMB
approved umbrella NOMs application (OMB No. 0930-0230) covering the
collection of participant-level NOMs
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outcomes by all SAMHSA/CSAP grantees.
Every attempt has been made to make the evaluation for Cohorts III,
IV, and V comparable to Cohorts I and II. However, initial resource
constraints for the Cohorts III, IV, and V evaluation have necessitated
some streamlining of the original evaluation design. Since the ultimate
goal is to fund all eligible jurisdictions, there are no control groups
at the grantee level for Cohorts III, IV, and V. The primary evaluation
objective is to determine the impact of SPF SIG on the reduction of
substance abuse related problems, on building State prevention capacity
and infrastructure, and preventing the onset and reducing the
progression of substance abuse, as measured by the SAMHSA National
Outcomes Measures (NOMs). Data collected at the grantee, community, and
participant levels will provide information about process and system
outcomes at the grantee and community levels as well as context for
analyzing participant-level NOMs outcomes.
Grantee-Level Data Collection
Cohort I and II Continuation
The Sustainability Interview will be conducted during Phase II of
the evaluation in 2011 (Cohort I) and 2012 (Cohort II). The interview
guide is adapted from the Phase I instruments (OMB No. 0930-0279) and
focuses on State-level prevention capacity and infrastructure in
relation to the five steps of the SPF process: needs assessment,
capacity building, strategic planning, implementation of evidence-based
programs, policies, and practices (EBPPPs), and evaluation/monitoring.
The interviews will be aimed at understanding the status of the
prevention infrastructure at the time of the interview, whether the
status has changed since the previous rounds of interviews (conducted
in 2007 and 2009), and whether the SPF SIG had any influence on changes
that might have occurred.
Cohort III, IV, and V Revision
Two Grantee-level Instruments (GLI) were developed to gather
information about the infrastructure of the grantee's overall
prevention system and collect data regarding the grantee's efforts and
progress in implementing the Strategic Prevention Framework 5-step
process. Both instruments are modified versions of the grantee-level
interview protocols used in the SPF SIG Cohort I and II Cross-Site
Evaluation and have received OMB clearance for use with Cohorts III and
IV (OMB No. 0930-0279). The total burden imposed by the original
interview protocols has been reduced by restructuring the format of the
original protocol, deleting several questions and replacing the
majority of open-ended questions with multiple-choice-response
questions. The Infrastructure Instrument will capture data to assess
infrastructure change and to test the relationship of this change to
outcomes. The Strategic Prevention Framework Implementation Instrument
will be used to assess the relationship between SPF implementation and
change in the NOMs. Information for both surveys will be gathered by
the grantees' evaluators twice over the life of the SPF SIG award.
Based on the current 16 grantees funded in Cohort III, and 25
funded in Cohort IV, and 10 funded in Cohort V, the estimated annual
burden for grantee-level data collection is displayed below in Table 1.
The burden estimates for the GLIs are based on the experience in the
Cohort I and II SPF SIG evaluation as reported in the original OMB
submission (OMB No. 0930-0279), less the considerable reduction in
length of these instruments implemented by the Cohort III, IV, and V
evaluation team.
Community-Level Data Collection (Continuation and Revision)
Cohort I and II Continuation
The Community-level Instrument (CLI) is a two part, Web-based
survey for capturing information about SPF SIG implementation at the
community level (originally submitted as an addendum to OMB No. 0930-
0279). Part I of this instrument was developed to assess the progress
of communities as they implement the Strategic Prevention Framework
(SPF), and Part II was developed to gather descriptive information
about the specific interventions being implemented at the community
level and the populations being served including the gender, age, race,
ethnicity, and number of individuals in target populations. Each SPF
SIG funded community will complete a separate Part II form for each
intervention they implement.
The CLI (Parts I and II) was designed to be administered two times
a year (every six months) over the course of the SPF SIG Cohort I and
II initiative. Four rounds of data were collected under the current OMB
approval period and the Cohorts I and II cross-site evaluation team
plans to collect additional rounds once this request for a revision is
approved. Data from this instrument will allow CSAP to assess the
progress of the communities in their implementation of both the SPF and
prevention-related interventions funded under the initiative. The data
may also be used to assess obstacles to the implementation of the SPF
and prevention-related interventions and facilitate mid-course
corrections for communities experiencing implementation difficulties.
The estimated annual burden for community-level data collection is
displayed below in Table 1. Note that the total burden reflects the 443
communities that have received SPF funds from their respective Cohort I
and Cohort 2 States. Burden estimates are based on pilot respondents'
feedback as well as the experience of the survey developers reported in
the original OMB submission (OMB No. 0930-0279). Additionally, an
individual community's burden may be lower than the burden displayed in
Table 1 because all sections of the Community-level Instrument (parts I
and II) may not apply for each reporting period as community partners
work through the SPF steps and only report on the step-related
activities addressed. Note also that some questions will be addressed
only once and the responses will be used to pre-fill subsequent
surveys.
Cohort III, IV, and V (Revision)
The Community-Level Instrument to be completed by Cohort III, IV,
and V funded subrecipient communities is a modified version of the one
in use in the SPF SIG Cohorts I and II Cross-Site Evaluation and use of
these modified instruments has been approved by OMB for Cohorts III and
IV (OMB No. 0930-0279). The total burden imposed by the original
instrument was reduced by reorganizing the format of the original
instrument, optimizing the use of skip patterns, and replacing the
majority of open-ended questions with multiple-choice-response
questions.
Part I of the instrument will gather information on the
communities' progress implementing the five SPF SIG steps and efforts
taken to ensure cultural competency throughout the SPF SIG process.
Subrecipient communities receiving SPF SIG awards will be required to
complete Part I of the instrument annually. Part 2 will capture data on
the specific prevention intervention(s) implemented at the community
level. A single prevention intervention may be comprised of a single
strategy or a set of multiple strategies. A Part II instrument will be
completed for each prevention intervention strategy implemented during
the specified reporting period. Specific questions will be tailored to
match the type of prevention intervention strategy implemented (e.g.,
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Prevention Education, Community-based Processes, and Environmental).
Information collected on each strategy will include date of
implementation, numbers of groups and participants served, frequency of
activities, and gender, age, race, and ethnicity of population served/
affected. Subrecipient communities' partners receiving SPF SIG awards
will be required to update Part II of the instrument a minimum of every
six months.
The estimated annual burden for specific segments of the community-
level data collection is displayed in Table 1. The burden estimates for
the CLIs are based on the experience in the Cohort I and II SPF SIG
evaluation as reported in the original OMB submission (OMB No. 0930-
0279), less the considerable reduction in length of these instruments
implemented by the Cohort III, IV, and V evaluation team. The total
burden assumes an average of 15 community-level subrecipients per
grantee (n=51 Grantees) for a total of 765 community respondents,
annual completion of the CLI Part I, a minimum of two instrument
updates per year for the CLI Part II, and an average of three distinct
prevention intervention strategies implemented by each community during
a 6-month period. Additionally, some questions will be addressed only
once and the responses will be used to pre-fill subsequent updates.
Participant-Level Data Collection (Cohort III, IV, and V--Continuation)
Participant-level change will be measured using the CSAP NOMs Adult
and Youth Programs Survey Forms already approved by OMB (OMB No. 0930-
0230). Subrecipient communities will have the opportunity to select
relevant measures from the CSAP NOMs Adult and Youth Programs Survey
Forms based on site-specific targeted program outcomes and may
voluntarily select additional outcome measures that are relevant to
their own initiatives. Cohort III, IV, and V SPF SIG grantees have been
included in the currently OMB approved umbrella NOMs application (OMB
No. 0930-0230) covering all SAMHSA/CSAP grantees, therefore no
additional burden for this evaluation activity is being imposed and
clearance to conduct the activities is not being requested.
Total Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
Estimates of total and annualized reporting burden for respondents
by evaluation cohort are displayed below in Table 1. Overall summaries
appear in Table 2. The estimated average annual burden of 5,773 hours
is based on the completion of the Community Level-Instrument (CLI Parts
I and II) and Sustainability Interview for Cohorts I and II, and the
Grantee-level Instruments (GLI) and the Community-Level Instrument
(CLI) for Cohorts III, IV, and V.
Table 1--Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden to Respondents
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Burden No. of
per No. of responses Total Hourly Total
Instrument type Respondent response respondents per burden wage cost hour cost
(hrs.) respondent (hrs.)
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Cohorts 1 and 2 Grantee-Level
Burden
CLI Grantee Level Input.. Grantee...... 1 26 2 52.0 $42.00 $2,184
Sustainability Interview. Grantee...... 1.5 26 1 39.0 42.00 1,638
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Total Burden......... Grantee...... 2.5 26 3 91.0 42.00 3,822
Average Annual Burden Grantee...... ........ 26 .......... 22.8 42.00 956
Over 4 Reporting Periods.
Cohorts 1 and 2 Community-
Level Burden
CLI Part I............... Community.... 2.17 443 2 1,922.6 32.00 61,523
CLI Part II.............. Community.... 2.17 443 8 7,690.5 32.00 246,095
Review of Past Responses. Community.... 2.5 443 2 2,215.0 32.00 70,880
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Total Burden......... Community.... 6.84 443 12 11,828.1 32.00 378,498
Average Annual Burden Community.... ........ 443 .......... 2,957.0 32.00 94,625
Over 4 Reporting Periods.
Grantee-Level Burden Cohort 3
GLI Infrastructure Grantee...... 2.50 16 1 40.0 42.00 1,680
Instrument.
GLI Implementation Grantee...... 2.25 16 1 36.0 42.00 1,512
Instrument.
CLI Part I, 1--20: Grantee...... 0.25 16 1 4.0 42.00 168
Community Contact
Information--Updates.
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Total Burden......... Grantee...... ........ ........... .......... 80.0 42.00 3,360
Average Annual Burden Grantee...... ........ ........... .......... 20.0 42.00 840
Over 4 Reporting Periods.
Community-Level Burden Cohort
3
CLI Part I, 21-172: Community.... 0.75 240 1 180 32.00 5,760
Community SPF
Activities--Updates.
CLI Part II--Updates..... Community.... 0.5 240 6 720 32.00 23,040
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Total burden......... Community.... ........ ........... .......... 900 32.00 28,800
Average Annual Burden Community.... ........ ........... .......... 225 32.00 7,200
Over 4 Reporting Periods.
Grantee-Level Burden Cohort 4
GLI Infrastructure Grantee...... 2.50 25 1 62.5 42.00 2,625
Instruments.
GLI Implementation Grantee...... 2.25 25 2 112.5 42.00 4,725
Instruments.
CLI Part I, 1-20: Grantee...... 1.5 25 1 37.5 42.00 1,575
Community Contact
Information--Initializat
ion.
CLI Part I, 1-20: Grantee...... 0.25 25 3 18.75 42.00 787
Community Contact
Information--Updates.
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Total Burden......... Grantee...... ........ ........... .......... 231.25 42.00 9,712
Average Annual Burden Grantee...... ........ ........... .......... 57.8 42.00 2,428
Over 4 Reporting Periods.
Community-Level Burden Cohort
4
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CLI Part I, 21-172: Community.... 3 375 1 1,125 32.00 36,000
Community SPF
Activities--Initializati
on.
CLI Part II-- Community.... 0.75 375 6 1,687.5 32.00 54,000
Initialization.
CLI Part I, 21-172: Community.... 0.75 375 3 843.75 32.00 27,000
Community SPF
Activities--Updates.
CLI Part II--Updates..... Community.... 0.5 375 18 3,375 32.00 108,000
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Total burden......... Community.... ........ ........... .......... 7031.25 32.00 225,000
Average Annual Burden Community.... ........ ........... .......... 1,757.8 32.00 56,250
Over 4 Reporting Periods.
Grantee-Level Burden Cohort 5
GLI Infrastructure Grantee...... 2.5 10 2 50 42.00 2,100
Instruments.
GLI Implementation Grantee...... 2.25 10 2 45 42.00 1,890
Instruments.
CLI Part I, 1-20: Grantee...... 1.5 10 1 15.0 42.00 630
Community Contact
Information--Initializat
ion.
CLI Part I, 1-20: Grantee...... 0.25 10 3 7.5 42.00 315
Community Contact
Information--Updates.
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Total Burden......... Grantee...... ........ ........... .......... 117.5 42.00 4,935
Average Annual Burden Grantee...... ........ ........... .......... 29.4 42.00 1,234
Over 4 Reporting Periods.
Community-Level Burden Cohort
5
CLI Part I, 21-172: Community.... 3 150 1 450 32.00 14,400
Community SPF
Activities--Initializati
on.
CLI Part II-- Community.... 0.75 150 6 675 32.00 21,600
Initialization.
CLI Part I, 21-172: Community.... 0.75 150 3 337.5 32.00 10,800
Community SPF
Activities--Updates.
CLI Part II--Updates..... Community.... 0.5 150 18 1,350 32.00 43,200
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Total burden......... Community.... ........ ........... .......... 2,812.5 32.00 90,000
Average Annual Burden Community.... ........ ........... .......... 703.12 32.00 22,500
Over 4 Reporting Periods.
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Table 2--Annualized Summary Table
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Burden
per No. of No. of Total Hourly Total hour
Respondent response respondents responses burden wage cost cost
(hrs.) (hrs.)
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Total Burden All Cohorts
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Average Annual Burden....... Grantee...... 1.44 77 90.25 129.9 $42.00 $5,455
Community.... 1.04 1208 5,424 5,643 32.00 180,576
Overall...... 1.05 1285 5,514.25 5,773 ......... 186,031
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by May 4, 2011 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: 202-395-7285.
Dated: March 25, 2011.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Management, Technology and Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-7875 Filed 4-1-11; 8:45 am]
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