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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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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.
Project: Evaluation for the Partnerships
for Success Program—New
SAMHSA is conducting a cross-site
evaluation of the Strategic Prevention
Framework (SPF) Partnerships for
Success (PFS) program, focusing on the
PFS II cohort (first funded in 2012), PFS
2013 cohort (first funded in 2013), and
PFS 2014 cohort (first funded in 2014)
at both the grantee and community
subrecipient levels. Grantees include
states, jurisdictions, and tribal entities
that subsequently fund community
subrecipients to implement substance
use prevention interventions. The
overall goals of these SPF PFS cohorts
is to prevent the onset and reduce the
progression of substance abuse,
prioritizing underage drinking (UAD)
among persons age 12 to 20,
prescription drug misuse and abuse
(PDM) among persons age 12 to 25, or
both; reduce substance abuse-related
problems; strengthen prevention
capacity and infrastructure at the
grantee and community levels; and
leverage, redirect, and align statewide
funding streams and resources for
prevention.
The SPF–PFS cross-site evaluation
broadly aims to document and assess
the factors that contribute to the
effectiveness of the PFS approach to
SAMHSA’s mission of reducing UAD
and PDM, including costs, inputs,
outputs, and contextual factors.
Targeted evaluation outcomes include
both grantee- and community-level
substance use intervening variables
(e.g., perceived risk of binge drinking),
consumption (e.g., past year PDM), and
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consequences (e.g., alcohol or
prescription drug overdoses), especially
those related to UAD and PDM.
The SPF–PFS cross-site evaluation
will examine infrastructure, with a
primary focus on monitoring grantees
and community subrecipients to ensure
they follow the SPF process, but will
place a special emphasis on assessing
capacity changes of the community
subrecipients who all should be
purposefully selected for their high
need and low capacity. Another
important aspect of the infrastructure
evaluation for the SPF–PFS cross-site
will be an examination of leveraged
partner relationships. In addition, the
SPF–PFS cross-site evaluation will
collect detailed data about implemented
evidence-based interventions, to
provide a comprehensive typology of
interventions and assess how various
types and combinations impact
outcomes. The SPF PFS cross-site also
will examine economic issues,
including associations between funding
and outcomes and the cost-effectiveness
of various intervention types and
combinations.
The SPF–PFS cross site evaluation is
expected to have numerous program
and policy implications and outcomes
at the national, state, and community
levels. It will provide valuable
information to the prevention field
about best practices in real world
settings, along with what types of
adaptations community implementers
make to evidence based interventions to
better fit their targeted populations and
settings. SPF–PFS cross-site findings
will provide guidance to governmental
entities and communities as to what
types of interventions should be funded
and implemented to reduce UAD and
PDM. More specifically, this guidance
will include information on what
combinations or types of interventions
work the best. Beyond intervention type
and cost, the SPF–PFS cross-site
evaluation also will provide a valuable
assessment of the importance of
leveraged funding as well as providing
information about the process states,
jurisdictions, tribes, and communities
undergo to leverage funding.
Information and guidance about
leveraging that comes from the SPF–PFS
cross site evaluation will allow the
federal government, state, tribes,
jurisdictions, and local communities to
more effectively and efficiently use their
resources and sustain future prevention
efforts.
Data collection efforts for the
evaluation include a Grantee-Level
Instrument—Revised (GLI–R), a
Community-Level Instrument—Revised
(CLI–R), and a Project Director (PD)
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Interview which will collect key
programmatic components
hypothesized to be associated with
program effectiveness, such as leveraged
funding, type of prevention
intervention, costs, etc.. The SPF PFS
cross-site instruments have been
informed by current and previous crosssite evaluation efforts for SAMHSA,
drawing heavily from lessons learned
through prior and currently OMBapproved SPF SIG evaluations (OMB
No. 0930–0279).
The GLI–R is a web-based instrument
to be completed by the PFS II, 2013, and
2014 grantee project directors (n=52),
once at baseline and once in the final
grant year. Baseline data for the PFS II
and 2013 cohorts will be collected
retrospectively. The GLI–R will provide
categorical, qualitative, and quantitative
data related to coordination of State
efforts, use of strategic plans, access to
data sources, data management,
workforce development, cultural
competence, sharing of evaluation data,
and sustainability.
The CLI–R is a web-based instrument
designed to be completed by the PFS II,
2013, and 2014 subrecipient community
project directors (n=610) to assess
subrecipients’ progress through the SPF
steps, prevention capacity, intervention
implementation, and related funding
and cost measures. The instrument will
provide process data related to
leveraging of funding, in-kind services,
organizational capacity, collaboration
with community partners, data
infrastructure, planned intervention
targets, intervention implementation
(categorization, costs, adaptation,
timing, dosage, and reach), cultural
competence, evaluation, contextual
factors, training and technical assistance
needs, and sustainability. The CLI–R
will be collected semiannually;
however, not all questions will be
answered every time. For instance,
subrecipients will respond to items
related to organizational capacity only
at baseline and final follow-up, whereas
they will respond to intervention
implementation items every 6 months.
The PD Interview is a semi-structured
telephone interview with grantee project
directors designed to collect more indepth information on subrecipient
selection, criteria for intervention
selection, continuation of SPF SIG
activities, leveraging of funds,
collaboration, evaluation activities,
cultural competence policies, processes
to impact health disparities, and
challenges faced. The PD Interview will
be collected at the beginning of the
grant, in the third year of the grant, and
in the final year of the grant. Baseline
data for the PFS II and 2013 cohorts will
be collected retrospectively and PFS II
grantees will only participate in the
interview at the beginning of their final
year and at the close of their grant.
ANNUALIZE BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Responses
per
respondent
17
517
30
564
1
2
1
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GLI–RB ....................................................................................................
SLI–R .......................................................................................................
Grantee PD Interview ..............................................................................
Annualized Total ...............................................................................
Written comments and
recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
be sent by January 29, 2015 to the
SAMHSA Desk Officer at the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). To ensure timely receipt of
comments, and to avoid potential delays
in OMB’s receipt and processing of mail
sent through the U.S. Postal Service,
commenters are encouraged to submit
their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Although commenters are encouraged to
send their comments via email,
commenters may also fax their
comments to: 202–395–7285.
Commenters may also mail them to:
Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, New Executive Office Building,
Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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On November 21, 2014, the
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Total
number of
responses
17
1,034
30
1,081
Hours per
response
1
2.6
1.4
....................
Total
burden
hours
17
2,688
42
2,747
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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: Evaluation for the Partnerships for Success Program--New
SAMHSA is conducting a cross-site evaluation of the Strategic
Prevention Framework (SPF) Partnerships for Success (PFS) program,
focusing on the PFS II cohort (first funded in 2012), PFS 2013 cohort
(first funded in 2013), and PFS 2014 cohort (first funded in 2014) at
both the grantee and community subrecipient levels. Grantees include
states, jurisdictions, and tribal entities that subsequently fund
community subrecipients to implement substance use prevention
interventions. The overall goals of these SPF PFS cohorts is to prevent
the onset and reduce the progression of substance abuse, prioritizing
underage drinking (UAD) among persons age 12 to 20, prescription drug
misuse and abuse (PDM) among persons age 12 to 25, or both; reduce
substance abuse-related problems; strengthen prevention capacity and
infrastructure at the grantee and community levels; and leverage,
redirect, and align statewide funding streams and resources for
prevention.
The SPF-PFS cross-site evaluation broadly aims to document and
assess the factors that contribute to the effectiveness of the PFS
approach to SAMHSA's mission of reducing UAD and PDM, including costs,
inputs, outputs, and contextual factors. Targeted evaluation outcomes
include both grantee- and community-level substance use intervening
variables (e.g., perceived risk of binge drinking), consumption (e.g.,
past year PDM), and consequences (e.g., alcohol or prescription drug
overdoses), especially those related to UAD and PDM.
The SPF-PFS cross-site evaluation will examine infrastructure, with
a primary focus on monitoring grantees and community subrecipients to
ensure they follow the SPF process, but will place a special emphasis
on assessing capacity changes of the community subrecipients who all
should be purposefully selected for their high need and low capacity.
Another important aspect of the infrastructure evaluation for the SPF-
PFS cross-site will be an examination of leveraged partner
relationships. In addition, the SPF-PFS cross-site evaluation will
collect detailed data about implemented evidence-based interventions,
to provide a comprehensive typology of interventions and assess how
various types and combinations impact outcomes. The SPF PFS cross-site
also will examine economic issues, including associations between
funding and outcomes and the cost-effectiveness of various intervention
types and combinations.
The SPF-PFS cross site evaluation is expected to have numerous
program and policy implications and outcomes at the national, state,
and community levels. It will provide valuable information to the
prevention field about best practices in real world settings, along
with what types of adaptations community implementers make to evidence
based interventions to better fit their targeted populations and
settings. SPF-PFS cross-site findings will provide guidance to
governmental entities and communities as to what types of interventions
should be funded and implemented to reduce UAD and PDM. More
specifically, this guidance will include information on what
combinations or types of interventions work the best. Beyond
intervention type and cost, the SPF-PFS cross-site evaluation also will
provide a valuable assessment of the importance of leveraged funding as
well as providing information about the process states, jurisdictions,
tribes, and communities undergo to leverage funding. Information and
guidance about leveraging that comes from the SPF-PFS cross site
evaluation will allow the federal government, state, tribes,
jurisdictions, and local communities to more effectively and
efficiently use their resources and sustain future prevention efforts.
Data collection efforts for the evaluation include a Grantee-Level
Instrument--Revised (GLI-R), a Community-Level Instrument--Revised
(CLI-R), and a Project Director (PD)
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Interview which will collect key programmatic components hypothesized
to be associated with program effectiveness, such as leveraged funding,
type of prevention intervention, costs, etc.. The SPF PFS cross-site
instruments have been informed by current and previous cross-site
evaluation efforts for SAMHSA, drawing heavily from lessons learned
through prior and currently OMB-approved SPF SIG evaluations (OMB No.
0930-0279).
The GLI-R is a web-based instrument to be completed by the PFS II,
2013, and 2014 grantee project directors (n=52), once at baseline and
once in the final grant year. Baseline data for the PFS II and 2013
cohorts will be collected retrospectively. The GLI-R will provide
categorical, qualitative, and quantitative data related to coordination
of State efforts, use of strategic plans, access to data sources, data
management, workforce development, cultural competence, sharing of
evaluation data, and sustainability.
The CLI-R is a web-based instrument designed to be completed by the
PFS II, 2013, and 2014 subrecipient community project directors (n=610)
to assess subrecipients' progress through the SPF steps, prevention
capacity, intervention implementation, and related funding and cost
measures. The instrument will provide process data related to
leveraging of funding, in-kind services, organizational capacity,
collaboration with community partners, data infrastructure, planned
intervention targets, intervention implementation (categorization,
costs, adaptation, timing, dosage, and reach), cultural competence,
evaluation, contextual factors, training and technical assistance
needs, and sustainability. The CLI-R will be collected semiannually;
however, not all questions will be answered every time. For instance,
subrecipients will respond to items related to organizational capacity
only at baseline and final follow-up, whereas they will respond to
intervention implementation items every 6 months.
The PD Interview is a semi-structured telephone interview with
grantee project directors designed to collect more in-depth information
on subrecipient selection, criteria for intervention selection,
continuation of SPF SIG activities, leveraging of funds, collaboration,
evaluation activities, cultural competence policies, processes to
impact health disparities, and challenges faced. The PD Interview will
be collected at the beginning of the grant, in the third year of the
grant, and in the final year of the grant. Baseline data for the PFS II
and 2013 cohorts will be collected retrospectively and PFS II grantees
will only participate in the interview at the beginning of their final
year and at the close of their grant.
Annualize Burden Hours
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Responses Total Total
Instrument Number of per number of Hours per burden
respondents respondent responses response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GLI-RB......................................... 17 1 17 1 17
SLI-R.......................................... 517 2 1,034 2.6 2,688
Grantee PD Interview........................... 30 1 30 1.4 42
Annualized Total........................... 564 ........... 1,081 ........... 2,747
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by January 29, 2015 to the SAMHSA
Desk Officer at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To ensure timely receipt of
comments, and to avoid potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing
of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, commenters are encouraged
to submit their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. Although commenters are encouraged to send
their comments via email, commenters may also fax their comments to:
202-395-7285. Commenters may also mail them to: Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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