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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 .........................................
69
69
11
9
58
15
1
4
1
1
1
1
69
276
11
9
58
15
1
3
1
1
3
1
69
828
11
9
175
15
Total ..............................................................................
69
........................
438
........................
1,107
Written comments and
recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
be sent by January 21, 2016 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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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: Now is the Time (NITT)—
Project AWARE Evaluation—Site
Notification and Recruitment—New
SAMHSA is conducting a national
evaluation of the Now is the Time
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(NITT) initiative, which includes
separate programs—NITT Project
AWARE (Advancing Wellness and
Resilience in Education)-State
Educational Agency (SEA), Healthy
Transitions, and two Minority
Fellowship Programs (Youth and
Addictions Counselors). These programs
are united by their focus on capacity
building, system change, and workforce
development.
NITT—Project AWARE, which is the
focus of this activity, represents a
response to the third and fourth
components of President Obama’s NITT
Initiative: making schools safer and
focusing on access to mental health
services. NITT—Project AWARE is
authorized under Section 520A of the
Public Health Service Act, as amended,
and addresses the Healthy People 2020
Mental Health and Mental Disorders
Topic Area. Project AWARE grantees are
required to provide mental health
awareness training to adults who
interact with youth, create partnerships
to connect youth to mental health
services, and create a school climate to
reduce violence. NITT—Project AWARE
grants were made to 20 state education
agencies, each of which will partner
with 3–5 local education agencies (LEAs
or school districts) in their state to plan
and implement Project AWARE
activities. Project AWARE activities may
be implemented in all schools in the
district or may be focused on a specific
type or number of schools.
The evaluation of NITT—Project
AWARE will examine the process,
outcomes, and impact of activities by
SEA grantees and their LEA and school
partners. The study will evaluate the
capacity of SEAs to increase awareness
of mental health issues among schoolaged youth; provide training for school
personnel and other adults who interact
with youth to detect and respond to
mental illness in children and young
adults; connect children, youth, and
families/caregivers who may have
behavioral health issues with
appropriate services; and improve
conditions for learning and behavioral
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health outcomes for all school-aged
youth (grades K–12). At the grantee,
district, and school levels, the
evaluation will collect data from key
staff in all partner organizations. At
each Project AWARE and comparison
school, annual surveys will be used to
collect data from the school principal
(or designee), students, and teachers,
beginning in spring 2016. The NITT—
Project AWARE evaluation will also rely
on information collected from existing
sources or noted in award requirements.
Site notification and recruitment of
Project AWARE grantees and their
school and district partners is being
conducted for the purpose of enlisting
sites for participation in the Project
AWARE component of the NITT
evaluation. Site notification and
recruitment will be conducted in school
year 2015–2016. Data collection is
planned to begin in spring 2016.
Subsequent OMB packages will be
submitted separately for each of the
three program evaluations (i.e., Project
AWARE, Healthy Transitions, MFP—
Youth & Addiction Counselors) in fall
2015, requesting approval for
instruments and data collection
procedures.
Current activities are focused on
notification and recruitment of state
grantees, grantee and nongrantee
districts, and grantee and nongrantee
schools. Each grantee state will be asked
to support the evaluation by
encouraging the grantee districts to
cooperate with the national evaluation
contractor when contacted, enlist the
participation of grantee schools, and
provide access to data available through
the district’s management information
system (MIS). Each grantee district will
also be asked to assist the study with
identifying and encouraging the
participation of comparison (i.e,
nongrantee) schools, where possible.
For each treatment (i.e., Project
AWARE) school, one matched
comparison school will be identified
that is similar to the treatment school in
terms of demographic characteristics
and rates of incidents of violence and
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other measures but is not implementing
Project AWARE activities. Both
treatment and comparison schools will
be asked to participate in the school,
teacher, and student surveys (teachers
and students) and data abstraction from
the schools’ MIS system.
If a comparison school cannot be
identified or recruited from the same
grantee district as the treatment school,
an attempt will be made to recruit
nongrantee districts and schools in a
neighboring community where potential
matched schools have been identified.
During site notification and
recruitment, the evaluation contractor
will send packets that include a letter,
brochure, and frequently asked
questions, and will follow up with a
telephone call. The following entities
will be contacted:
• All 20 NITT—Project AWARE grantees at
the state level
• An estimated 90 local education agency
partners (3–5 districts per state, under the
grant requirements).
• An estimated 396 schools in grantee
districts that will be implementing Project
AWARE activities (‘‘treatment schools’’)
(approximately 4–5 schools per grantee
district are expected to participate in the
evaluation). This estimate includes
additional schools that may need to be
contacted to replace grantee schools that are
unable or unwilling to participate.
• An estimated 432 schools in grantee
districts that are NOT currently
implementing Project AWARE activities
(‘‘comparison schools’’). This estimate
Number of
respondents
Respondent
Responses
per
respondent
includes additional schools that may need to
be contacted to replace comparison schools
that are unable or unwilling to participate.
• Approximately 30 nongrantee districts
will be identified and recruited as needed if
no comparison school is available in a
grantee district to form a matched pair with
a treatment school.
• Approximately 90 comparison schools in
nongrantee districts will be identified and
recruited as needed to form a matched pair
for treatment schools with no comparison
school available. For each treatment school
without a comparison school, one best match
and two alternates will be identified in each
of the 30 districts.
The table below summarizes the
reporting burden associated with this
notification and recruitment activity.
The total burden is 1,058 hours.
Total
number of
responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
State grantee official ............................................................
District official in grantee district ..........................................
School official in grantee district—treatment school ...........
School official in grantee district—comparison school ........
District official in nongrantee district ....................................
School official in nongrantee district ....................................
20
90
396
432
30
90
1
1
1
1
1
1
20
90
396
432
30
90
1
1
1
1
1
1
20
90
396
432
30
90
Total ..............................................................................
1,058
........................
1,058
........................
1,058
Written comments and
recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
be sent by January 21, 2016 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.
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Statistician.
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these guidelines and those
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national fire service leadership during
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fema.gov, from December 7, 2015, at 8
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Time.
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Catherine Patterson, Branch Chief,
Assistance to Firefighters Grant Branch,
1–866–274–0960.
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and state fire training academies
(SFTAs) for the purpose of enhancing
the abilities of first responders to protect
the health and safety of the public, as
well as the first-responder personnel
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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: Now is the Time (NITT)--Project AWARE Evaluation--Site
Notification and Recruitment--New
SAMHSA is conducting a national evaluation of the Now is the Time
(NITT) initiative, which includes separate programs--NITT Project AWARE
(Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education)-State Educational
Agency (SEA), Healthy Transitions, and two Minority Fellowship Programs
(Youth and Addictions Counselors). These programs are united by their
focus on capacity building, system change, and workforce development.
NITT--Project AWARE, which is the focus of this activity,
represents a response to the third and fourth components of President
Obama's NITT Initiative: making schools safer and focusing on access to
mental health services. NITT--Project AWARE is authorized under Section
520A of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, and addresses the
Healthy People 2020 Mental Health and Mental Disorders Topic Area.
Project AWARE grantees are required to provide mental health awareness
training to adults who interact with youth, create partnerships to
connect youth to mental health services, and create a school climate to
reduce violence. NITT--Project AWARE grants were made to 20 state
education agencies, each of which will partner with 3-5 local education
agencies (LEAs or school districts) in their state to plan and
implement Project AWARE activities. Project AWARE activities may be
implemented in all schools in the district or may be focused on a
specific type or number of schools.
The evaluation of NITT--Project AWARE will examine the process,
outcomes, and impact of activities by SEA grantees and their LEA and
school partners. The study will evaluate the capacity of SEAs to
increase awareness of mental health issues among school-aged youth;
provide training for school personnel and other adults who interact
with youth to detect and respond to mental illness in children and
young adults; connect children, youth, and families/caregivers who may
have behavioral health issues with appropriate services; and improve
conditions for learning and behavioral health outcomes for all school-
aged youth (grades K-12). At the grantee, district, and school levels,
the evaluation will collect data from key staff in all partner
organizations. At each Project AWARE and comparison school, annual
surveys will be used to collect data from the school principal (or
designee), students, and teachers, beginning in spring 2016. The NITT--
Project AWARE evaluation will also rely on information collected from
existing sources or noted in award requirements.
Site notification and recruitment of Project AWARE grantees and
their school and district partners is being conducted for the purpose
of enlisting sites for participation in the Project AWARE component of
the NITT evaluation. Site notification and recruitment will be
conducted in school year 2015-2016. Data collection is planned to begin
in spring 2016. Subsequent OMB packages will be submitted separately
for each of the three program evaluations (i.e., Project AWARE, Healthy
Transitions, MFP--Youth & Addiction Counselors) in fall 2015,
requesting approval for instruments and data collection procedures.
Current activities are focused on notification and recruitment of
state grantees, grantee and nongrantee districts, and grantee and
nongrantee schools. Each grantee state will be asked to support the
evaluation by encouraging the grantee districts to cooperate with the
national evaluation contractor when contacted, enlist the participation
of grantee schools, and provide access to data available through the
district's management information system (MIS). Each grantee district
will also be asked to assist the study with identifying and encouraging
the participation of comparison (i.e, nongrantee) schools, where
possible. For each treatment (i.e., Project AWARE) school, one matched
comparison school will be identified that is similar to the treatment
school in terms of demographic characteristics and rates of incidents
of violence and
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other measures but is not implementing Project AWARE activities. Both
treatment and comparison schools will be asked to participate in the
school, teacher, and student surveys (teachers and students) and data
abstraction from the schools' MIS system.
If a comparison school cannot be identified or recruited from the
same grantee district as the treatment school, an attempt will be made
to recruit nongrantee districts and schools in a neighboring community
where potential matched schools have been identified.
During site notification and recruitment, the evaluation contractor
will send packets that include a letter, brochure, and frequently asked
questions, and will follow up with a telephone call. The following
entities will be contacted:
All 20 NITT--Project AWARE grantees at the state level
An estimated 90 local education agency partners (3-5
districts per state, under the grant requirements).
An estimated 396 schools in grantee districts that will
be implementing Project AWARE activities (``treatment schools'')
(approximately 4-5 schools per grantee district are expected to
participate in the evaluation). This estimate includes additional
schools that may need to be contacted to replace grantee schools
that are unable or unwilling to participate.
An estimated 432 schools in grantee districts that are
NOT currently implementing Project AWARE activities (``comparison
schools''). This estimate includes additional schools that may need
to be contacted to replace comparison schools that are unable or
unwilling to participate.
Approximately 30 nongrantee districts will be
identified and recruited as needed if no comparison school is
available in a grantee district to form a matched pair with a
treatment school.
Approximately 90 comparison schools in nongrantee
districts will be identified and recruited as needed to form a
matched pair for treatment schools with no comparison school
available. For each treatment school without a comparison school,
one best match and two alternates will be identified in each of the
30 districts.
The table below summarizes the reporting burden associated with
this notification and recruitment activity. The total burden is 1,058
hours.
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Number of Responses per Total number Hours per Total burden
Respondent respondents respondent of responses response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State grantee official.......... 20 1 20 1 20
District official in grantee 90 1 90 1 90
district.......................
School official in grantee 396 1 396 1 396
district--treatment school.....
School official in grantee 432 1 432 1 432
district--comparison school....
District official in nongrantee 30 1 30 1 30
district.......................
School official in nongrantee 90 1 90 1 90
district.......................
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Total....................... 1,058 .............. 1,058 .............. 1,058
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by January 21, 2016 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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