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SPF–PFS grant based on the SPF steps
(Assessment, Capacity, Planning,
Implementation, and Evaluation).
• Outcome Data: This instrument
includes 4 separate sub-instruments that
grantees will complete in varying time
frames dependent on requirements.
a. Grantee Target Outcome Data
b. PFS Selected Grantee-Level Outcome
Data
c. Community-Level Outcome Data for
Subrecipients
d. Substitute Data Source Request
These SPF–PFS performance
monitoring measures will primarily be
tools for SAMHSA project officers to
systematically collect data to monitor
grant program performance and
outcomes along with grantee technical
assistance needs. In addition to
assessing activities related to and
progress through the SPF steps, the
performance monitoring instruments
covered in this statement collect data to
assess the following grantee required
specific performance measures:
• Number of training and technical
assistance activities per funded
community provided by the grantee to
support communities;
• Reach of training and technical
assistance activities (numbers served)
provided by the grantee;
• Percentage of subrecipient
communities that submit data to the
grantee data system.
The instruments also collect data to
provide information for the following
PFS required Government Performance
and Results Act (GPRA) measure:
• Number of sub-recipient
communities that improved on one or
more targeted NOMs indicators
(Outcome).
ANNUALIZED DATA COLLECTION BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
Contact Information ..........................................
Quarterly Progress Report ...............................
Grantee Target Outcome Data ........................
Selected Grantee-Level Outcome Data ...........
Community Level Outcome Data .....................
Substitute Data Source Request .....................
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1
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276
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58
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1
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1,107
Send comments to Summer King,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 2–1057, One Choke Cherry Road,
Rockville, MD 20857 or email her a
copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov.
Written comments should be received
by November 30, 2015.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Proposed Project: Cross-Site Evaluation
of the Minority Substance Abuse/HIV
Prevention Program (MAI)—(OMB No.
0930–0298)—Revision
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
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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
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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.
The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention (CSAP) is requesting from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval for the revision of data
collection activities for the cross-site
evaluation of the Minority Substance
Abuse/HIV Prevention Program (MAI),
which includes both youth and adult
questionnaires. This revision includes
the inclusion of 4 cohorts, substantial
revisions to the youth and adult
questionnaires, updates to the data used
to estimate response rates and expected
numbers of participants by service
duration (see Table 1 below), and
addition of two brief forms to collect
dosage information. The current
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approval is under OMB No. 0930–0298,
which expires on 2/29/16.
This cross-site evaluation supports
two of SAMHSA’s 6 Strategic Initiatives:
Prevention of Substance Abuse and
Mental Illness and Health Care and
Health Systems Integration. It builds on
evaluations of data collected by ten
previous cohorts of grantees funded by
SAMHSA’s CSAP to provide substance
abuse and HIV prevention services for
minority populations. The first two
cohorts were planning grant programs
and the rest were service grant
programs. The goals for the Cohort 3–10
grants were to add, increase, or enhance
integrated substance abuse (SA) and
HIV prevention services by providing
supportive services and strengthening
linkages between service providers for
at-risk minority populations. Cohorts 1–
3 previously received clearance under
OMB No. 0930–0208 and Cohort 6—10
grants previously received clearance
under OMB No. 0930–0298. Since
neither the Cohort 4 nor Cohort 5
Programs were cross-site studies, they
did not require OMB clearance. The
grant period for Cohort 9 and 10 grants
will end on 9/30/2015.
The cohorts of grantees funded by the
MAI and included in this clearance
request are:
• Minority Serving Institutions (MSI)
in Partnerships with Community-Based
Organizations (CBO): 29 three-year
grants funded at the end of FY 2013
(MSI CBO 2013).
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• Minority Serving Institutions (MSI)
in Partnerships with Community-Based
Organizations (CBO): 21 three-year
grants funded at the end of FY 2014
(MSI CBO 2014).
• Minority Serving Institutions (MSI)
in Partnerships with Community-Based
Organizations (CBO): 34 three-year
grants were funded in FY 2015 (MSI
CBO 2015).
• Capacity Building Initiative (CBI):
54 five-year grants were funded in 2015
(CBI 2015).
MSI CBO grantees are Historically
Black Colleges/Universities, Hispanic
Serving Institutions, American Pacific
Islander Serving Institutions, or Tribal
Colleges/Universities in partnership
with community based organizations in
their surrounding communities. MSI
CBO grantees are required to provide
integrated substance abuse (SA),
Hepatitis C (HCV), and HIV prevention
services to young adults. The CBI
grantees are community-level domestic,
public and private nonprofit entities,
federally recognized American Indian/
Alaska Native Tribes and tribal
organizations, and urban Indian
organizations. CBI grantees will use
grant funds for building a solid
infrastructure for integrated SA, HIV,
and HCV prevention service provision
and implementing evidence-based
prevention interventions using the SPF
process. The target population for the
CBI grantees will be at-risk minority
adolescents and young adults. All MAI
grantees are expected to provide
leadership and coordination on the
planning and implementation of
SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention
Framework (SPF) and to target minority
populations, as well as other high risk
groups residing in communities of color
with high prevalence of SA and HIV/
AIDS. The primary objectives of the
cross-site evaluation are to:
• Assess the success of the MAI in
reducing risk factors and increasing
protective factors associated with the
transmission of the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV),
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and other
sexually-transmitted diseases (STD).
• Measure the effectiveness of
evidence-based programs and
infrastructure development activities
such as: Outreach and training,
mobilization of key stakeholders,
substance abuse and HIV/AIDS
counseling and education, testing,
referrals to appropriate medical
treatment and/or other intervention
strategies (i.e., cultural enrichment
activities, educational and vocational
resources, social marketing campaigns,
and computer-based curricula).
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• Investigate intervention types and
features that yield the best outcomes for
specific population groups.
• Assess the extent to which access to
health care was enhanced for
population groups and individuals
vulnerable to behavioral health
disparities residing in communities
targeted by funded interventions.
• Assess the process of adopting and
implementing the Strategic Prevention
Framework (SPF) with the target
populations.
Continuing the cross-site evaluation
will assist SAMHSA/CSAP in
promoting and disseminating optimally
effective prevention programs,
counseling, health education, and
referrals to appropriate medical
treatment and/or other intervention
strategies The MAI grantees are
expected to provide an effective
prevention process, direction, and a
common set of goals, expectations, and
accountabilities to be adapted and
integrated at the community level.
Grantees have substantial flexibility in
choosing their individual evidencebased programs, but must base this
selection on and build it into the five
steps of the SPF. These SPF steps
consist of assessing local needs,
building service capacity specific to SA
and HIV prevention services,
developing a strategic prevention plan,
implementing evidence-based
interventions, and evaluating their
outcomes. Grantees are also required to
provide HIV and HCV testing and
counseling services and referrals to
appropriate treatment options. Grantees
must also conduct ongoing monitoring
and evaluation of their projects to assess
program effectiveness including Federal
reporting of the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of
1993, The GPRA Modernization Act of
2010, SAMHSA/CSAP National
Outcome Measures (NOMs), and the
Department of Health and Human
Services Core HIV Indicators.
As part of the cross-site evaluation,
survey data will be collected through
self-report questionnaires administered
to program participants. All grantees
will use two questionnaires, one for
youth aged between 12 and 17 and one
for adults aged 18 and older.
Participants in services lasting 30 days
or longer will complete all three
sections of the questionnaires at three
time points (baseline, exit, follow-up),
taking an average of 37 (youth) or 32
(adult) minutes per survey. Participants
in services lasting 2–29 days will
complete the first two sections of the
questionnaires at two time points
(baseline, exit), taking an average of 26
(youth) or 23 (adult) minutes to
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complete each survey. Participants in
single-day services will complete
Section 1 and 3–5 items from Section 2
at one time point (at exit), taking an
average of 13 minutes for both youth
and adult questionnaires. The revised
youth questionnaire contains 94
questions, of which 24 relate to HIV/
AIDS and the revised adult
questionnaire contains 79 items, 29 of
which relate to HIV/AIDS. This
represents a substantial reduction from
the current OMB-approved versions of
the Youth and Adult Questionnaires
(128 and 122 items, respectively; OMB
No. 0930–0298).
In addition to the shortened versions
of the Youth and Adult Questionnaires,
SAMHSA is requesting approval for two
brief forms for collecting dosage data.
Program staff will complete the
Individual Dosage Form after each oneon-one service encounter with every
participant to provide information on
the types of services delivered during
the encounter and the duration of each
service type. The form takes
approximately three minutes to
complete. Program staff will complete
the Group Dosage Form after each
group-format service encounter to
provide similar information, with the
addition of a list of the unique
identification numbers of all
participants attending the session. A
typical group session is expected to
have approximately 20 attendees and a
typical Group Dosage Form takes about
eight minutes to complete.
Respondent burden and intrusiveness
have been limited to the extent possible
while providing sufficient power to
fulfill the cross-site evaluation’s
objectives. Procedures such as the use of
unique identification numbers in place
of personal identification information,
security measures at grant sites for
limiting access to completed forms, and
analysis guidelines that limit the
reporting of outcome results for
subgroups with small sample sizes,
safeguard the privacy and
confidentiality of participants. Every
effort has been made to coordinate
cross-site data collection with local data
collection efforts in an attempt to
minimize respondent burden.
The cross-site evaluation results will
have significant implications for the
substance abuse and HIV/AIDS
prevention fields, the allocation of grant
funds, and other evaluation activities
conducted by multiple Federal, State,
and local government agencies. They
will be used to develop federal policy in
support of SAMHSA/CSAP program
initiatives, inform the public of program
outcomes and lessons learned, improve
existing programs, and promote
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replication and dissemination of
effective prevention strategies.
Total Estimates of Annualized Hour
Burden
The following table displays estimates
of the annualized hour burden for data
collection using the Youth and Adult
Questionnaires and the Individual and
Group Dosage Forms. The expected
numbers of participants by service
duration and the numbers of completed
dosage forms were estimated based on
analysis of the data submitted by Cohort
7–10 grantees. The numbers are
adjusted for expected response rates,
also estimated based on data analysis.
Program staff will complete an
Individual Dosage Form for each oneon-one service encounter with every
participant, spending an estimated three
minutes per form. A typical grantee is
expected to complete 1,316 Individual
Dosage Forms per year. A group Dosage
Form will be completed for each group
session held by the funded programs,
and will take approximately eight
minutes to complete. A typical grantee
is expected to offer approximately 26
group sessions per year.
TABLE 1—ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED HOUR BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Type of respondent activity
Responses
per
respondent *
Total
responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Youth Questionnaire/Single-day service duration ...............
Youth Questionnaire/2–29-day service duration .................
Youth Questionnaire/30-or-more-day service duration ........
Adult Questionnaire/Single-day service duration .................
Adult Questionnaire/2–29-day service duration ...................
Adult Questionnaire/30-or-more-day service duration .........
Individual Dosage Form .......................................................
Group Dosage Form ............................................................
64
240
1,136
1,040
4,314
19,150
138
138
1
2
2
1
2
2
1,316
26
64
480
2,158
1,040
8,628
38,300
181,608
3,588
0.2167
0.4333
0.6167
0.2167
0.3833
0.5333
0.0500
0.1333
14
208
1,401
225
3,307
20,425
9,080
478
Total ..............................................................................
26,220
........................
235,980
........................
35,139
Send comments to Summer King,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 2–1057, One Choke Cherry Road,
Rockville, MD 20857 or email her a
copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov.
Written comments should be received
by November 30, 2015.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
Notice of Amendment to Program
Comment to Avoid Duplicative
Reviews for Wireless Communications
Facilities Construction and
Modification
Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation.
ACTION: Notice of Program Comment
amendment.
AGENCY:
The Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation has amended the
referenced Program Comment which
avoids duplicate reviews under Section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act regarding
telecommunications projects that
undergo Section 106 review by the
Federal Communications Commission
under existing Nationwide
Programmatic Agreements. The
amendments extend the duration of the
Program Comment, add agencies that
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can use the Program Comment, and
provide for a monitoring system.
DATES: The amendments were adopted
by the ACHP on September 24, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Address all questions
concerning the Program Comment
amendments to Charlene Vaughn, Office
of Federal Agency Programs, Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation, 401 F
Street NW., Washington, DC 20001–
2637. You may submit electronic
questions to: cvaughn@achp.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charlene Vaughn, (202) 517–0207,
cvaughn@achp.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act, 54 U.S.C. 306108
(Section 106), requires federal agencies
to consider the effects of their
undertakings on historic properties and
to provide the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation (ACHP) a
reasonable opportunity to comment
with regard to such undertakings. The
ACHP has issued the regulations that set
forth the process through which Federal
agencies comply with these duties.
Those regulations are codified under 36
CFR part 800 (Section 106 regulations).
Under Section 800.14(e) of those
regulations, agencies can request the
ACHP to provide a ‘‘Program Comment’’
on a particular category of undertakings
in lieu of conducting individual reviews
of each individual undertaking under
such category, as set forth in 36 CFR
800.3 through 800.7. An agency can
meet its Section 106 responsibilities
with regard to the effects of particular
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aspects of those undertakings by taking
into account ACHP’s Program Comment
and following the steps set forth in that
comment.
I. Background
On October 23, 2009, the ACHP
issued the referenced Program Comment
to the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rural Utilities Service (RUS), the U.S.
Department of Commerce National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA), and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) to relieve them from conducting
duplicate reviews under Section 106
when those agencies assist a
telecommunications project subject to
Section 106 review by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC).
The FCC complies with its Section 106
responsibilities through its
Programmatic Agreement for Review of
Effects on Historic Properties for Certain
Undertakings Approved by the FCC and
the Nationwide Programmatic
Agreement for the Collocation of
Wireless Antennas (FCC NPAs).
For background on that original
Program Comment, and its text before
these amendments, please refer to 74 FR
60280–60281 (November 20, 2009).
On August 21, 2015, the ACHP
received a request from RUS, NTIA, and
the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) to amend the
referenced Program Comment.
The issuance of the original Program
Comment was intended to assist
agencies to expeditiously allocate
American Recovery and Reinvestment
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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: Cross-Site Evaluation of the Minority Substance
Abuse/HIV Prevention Program (MAI)--(OMB No. 0930-0298)--Revision
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is requesting
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the
revision of data collection activities for the cross-site evaluation of
the Minority Substance Abuse/HIV Prevention Program (MAI), which
includes both youth and adult questionnaires. This revision includes
the inclusion of 4 cohorts, substantial revisions to the youth and
adult questionnaires, updates to the data used to estimate response
rates and expected numbers of participants by service duration (see
Table 1 below), and addition of two brief forms to collect dosage
information. The current approval is under OMB No. 0930-0298, which
expires on 2/29/16.
This cross-site evaluation supports two of SAMHSA's 6 Strategic
Initiatives: Prevention of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness and
Health Care and Health Systems Integration. It builds on evaluations of
data collected by ten previous cohorts of grantees funded by SAMHSA's
CSAP to provide substance abuse and HIV prevention services for
minority populations. The first two cohorts were planning grant
programs and the rest were service grant programs. The goals for the
Cohort 3-10 grants were to add, increase, or enhance integrated
substance abuse (SA) and HIV prevention services by providing
supportive services and strengthening linkages between service
providers for at-risk minority populations. Cohorts 1-3 previously
received clearance under OMB No. 0930-0208 and Cohort 6--10 grants
previously received clearance under OMB No. 0930-0298. Since neither
the Cohort 4 nor Cohort 5 Programs were cross-site studies, they did
not require OMB clearance. The grant period for Cohort 9 and 10 grants
will end on 9/30/2015.
The cohorts of grantees funded by the MAI and included in this
clearance request are:
Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) in Partnerships with
Community-Based Organizations (CBO): 29 three-year grants funded at the
end of FY 2013 (MSI CBO 2013).
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Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) in Partnerships with
Community-Based Organizations (CBO): 21 three-year grants funded at the
end of FY 2014 (MSI CBO 2014).
Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) in Partnerships with
Community-Based Organizations (CBO): 34 three-year grants were funded
in FY 2015 (MSI CBO 2015).
Capacity Building Initiative (CBI): 54 five-year grants
were funded in 2015 (CBI 2015).
MSI CBO grantees are Historically Black Colleges/Universities,
Hispanic Serving Institutions, American Pacific Islander Serving
Institutions, or Tribal Colleges/Universities in partnership with
community based organizations in their surrounding communities. MSI CBO
grantees are required to provide integrated substance abuse (SA),
Hepatitis C (HCV), and HIV prevention services to young adults. The CBI
grantees are community-level domestic, public and private nonprofit
entities, federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native Tribes and
tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations. CBI grantees will
use grant funds for building a solid infrastructure for integrated SA,
HIV, and HCV prevention service provision and implementing evidence-
based prevention interventions using the SPF process. The target
population for the CBI grantees will be at-risk minority adolescents
and young adults. All MAI grantees are expected to provide leadership
and coordination on the planning and implementation of SAMHSA's
Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) and to target minority
populations, as well as other high risk groups residing in communities
of color with high prevalence of SA and HIV/AIDS. The primary
objectives of the cross-site evaluation are to:
Assess the success of the MAI in reducing risk factors and
increasing protective factors associated with the transmission of the
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and other
sexually-transmitted diseases (STD).
Measure the effectiveness of evidence-based programs and
infrastructure development activities such as: Outreach and training,
mobilization of key stakeholders, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS
counseling and education, testing, referrals to appropriate medical
treatment and/or other intervention strategies (i.e., cultural
enrichment activities, educational and vocational resources, social
marketing campaigns, and computer-based curricula).
Investigate intervention types and features that yield the
best outcomes for specific population groups.
Assess the extent to which access to health care was
enhanced for population groups and individuals vulnerable to behavioral
health disparities residing in communities targeted by funded
interventions.
Assess the process of adopting and implementing the
Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) with the target populations.
Continuing the cross-site evaluation will assist SAMHSA/CSAP in
promoting and disseminating optimally effective prevention programs,
counseling, health education, and referrals to appropriate medical
treatment and/or other intervention strategies The MAI grantees are
expected to provide an effective prevention process, direction, and a
common set of goals, expectations, and accountabilities to be adapted
and integrated at the community level. Grantees have substantial
flexibility in choosing their individual evidence-based programs, but
must base this selection on and build it into the five steps of the
SPF. These SPF steps consist of assessing local needs, building service
capacity specific to SA and HIV prevention services, developing a
strategic prevention plan, implementing evidence-based interventions,
and evaluating their outcomes. Grantees are also required to provide
HIV and HCV testing and counseling services and referrals to
appropriate treatment options. Grantees must also conduct ongoing
monitoring and evaluation of their projects to assess program
effectiveness including Federal reporting of the Government Performance
and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993, The GPRA Modernization Act of 2010,
SAMHSA/CSAP National Outcome Measures (NOMs), and the Department of
Health and Human Services Core HIV Indicators.
As part of the cross-site evaluation, survey data will be collected
through self-report questionnaires administered to program
participants. All grantees will use two questionnaires, one for youth
aged between 12 and 17 and one for adults aged 18 and older.
Participants in services lasting 30 days or longer will complete all
three sections of the questionnaires at three time points (baseline,
exit, follow-up), taking an average of 37 (youth) or 32 (adult) minutes
per survey. Participants in services lasting 2-29 days will complete
the first two sections of the questionnaires at two time points
(baseline, exit), taking an average of 26 (youth) or 23 (adult) minutes
to complete each survey. Participants in single-day services will
complete Section 1 and 3-5 items from Section 2 at one time point (at
exit), taking an average of 13 minutes for both youth and adult
questionnaires. The revised youth questionnaire contains 94 questions,
of which 24 relate to HIV/AIDS and the revised adult questionnaire
contains 79 items, 29 of which relate to HIV/AIDS. This represents a
substantial reduction from the current OMB-approved versions of the
Youth and Adult Questionnaires (128 and 122 items, respectively; OMB
No. 0930-0298).
In addition to the shortened versions of the Youth and Adult
Questionnaires, SAMHSA is requesting approval for two brief forms for
collecting dosage data. Program staff will complete the Individual
Dosage Form after each one-on-one service encounter with every
participant to provide information on the types of services delivered
during the encounter and the duration of each service type. The form
takes approximately three minutes to complete. Program staff will
complete the Group Dosage Form after each group-format service
encounter to provide similar information, with the addition of a list
of the unique identification numbers of all participants attending the
session. A typical group session is expected to have approximately 20
attendees and a typical Group Dosage Form takes about eight minutes to
complete.
Respondent burden and intrusiveness have been limited to the extent
possible while providing sufficient power to fulfill the cross-site
evaluation's objectives. Procedures such as the use of unique
identification numbers in place of personal identification information,
security measures at grant sites for limiting access to completed
forms, and analysis guidelines that limit the reporting of outcome
results for subgroups with small sample sizes, safeguard the privacy
and confidentiality of participants. Every effort has been made to
coordinate cross-site data collection with local data collection
efforts in an attempt to minimize respondent burden.
The cross-site evaluation results will have significant
implications for the substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention fields,
the allocation of grant funds, and other evaluation activities
conducted by multiple Federal, State, and local government agencies.
They will be used to develop federal policy in support of SAMHSA/CSAP
program initiatives, inform the public of program outcomes and lessons
learned, improve existing programs, and promote
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replication and dissemination of effective prevention strategies.
Total Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
The following table displays estimates of the annualized hour
burden for data collection using the Youth and Adult Questionnaires and
the Individual and Group Dosage Forms. The expected numbers of
participants by service duration and the numbers of completed dosage
forms were estimated based on analysis of the data submitted by Cohort
7-10 grantees. The numbers are adjusted for expected response rates,
also estimated based on data analysis. Program staff will complete an
Individual Dosage Form for each one-on-one service encounter with every
participant, spending an estimated three minutes per form. A typical
grantee is expected to complete 1,316 Individual Dosage Forms per year.
A group Dosage Form will be completed for each group session held by
the funded programs, and will take approximately eight minutes to
complete. A typical grantee is expected to offer approximately 26 group
sessions per year.
Table 1--Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Type of respondent activity respondents respondent * responses response hours
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Youth Questionnaire/Single-day 64 1 64 0.2167 14
service duration...............
Youth Questionnaire/2-29-day 240 2 480 0.4333 208
service duration...............
Youth Questionnaire/30-or-more- 1,136 2 2,158 0.6167 1,401
day service duration...........
Adult Questionnaire/Single-day 1,040 1 1,040 0.2167 225
service duration...............
Adult Questionnaire/2-29-day 4,314 2 8,628 0.3833 3,307
service duration...............
Adult Questionnaire/30-or-more- 19,150 2 38,300 0.5333 20,425
day service duration...........
Individual Dosage Form.......... 138 1,316 181,608 0.0500 9,080
Group Dosage Form............... 138 26 3,588 0.1333 478
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Total....................... 26,220 .............. 235,980 .............. 35,139
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Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2015-24811 Filed 9-29-15; 8:45 am]
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