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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
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: Cooperative
Agreements To Benefit Homeless
Individuals (CABHI) Evaluation Client
& Stakeholder Surveys (OMB No. 0930–
0320)—Revision
SAMHSA is conducting a cross-site
evaluation of the FY2016 cohort of the
CABHI grant program. The CABHI
Evaluation builds on a previous
evaluation of SAMHSA’s 2009–2012
homeless services grant programs (i.e.,
Grants for the Benefit of Homeless
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Individuals, Services in Supportive
Housing, and CABHI), under which the
approved client and stakeholder data
collection tools were developed and
implemented. SAMHSA is requesting
approval from OMB to revise the burden
inventory, which has been calculated
based on the number of FY2016 CABHI
grantees and potential future cohorts of
grantees to be awarded in FY2017, and
to revise some of the measures used on
current tools. This collection was
previously known as the Cross-Site
Evaluation for the Grants for the Benefit
of Homeless Individuals (GBHI), but is
now known as the CABHI Evaluation
Client & Stakeholder Surveys.
In 2016, SAMHSA awarded 30 CABHI
grants across three levels: States (up to
$1.5 million per year), local
governments (up to $800,000 per year),
and communities (up to $400,000 per
year). The grantees are united by the
goal of enhancing and expanding
infrastructure and capacity for mental
health and substance abuse treatment
and related support services for
individuals experiencing chronic
homelessness or veterans, families, or
youth experiencing homelessness as a
result of these conditions. This is
accomplished through the provision of
permanent supportive housing,
behavioral health treatment, and
recovery support services, and
enrollment in health insurance,
Medicaid, or other mainstream benefit
programs. Potential grantees awarded in
FY2017 will have the same funding
options and grant requirements.
The primary task of the CABHI
evaluation is to conduct a
comprehensive process and outcome
evaluation, addressing questions related
to the implementation of the CABHI
grant projects and the extent to which
they were able to meet the program’s
goals. Process evaluation primarily
represents what is done to and for the
client (e.g., services provided); this
aspect of the evaluation will also
include a focus on structure, or the
resources available in the service
delivery system, which represent the
capacity to deliver quality care, but not
the care itself. The outcome evaluation
will focus on outputs, which are the
most immediate or proximal results of
project activities (e.g., changes in
partner collaboration, the number of
clients enrolled in mainstream benefits),
and client outcomes, particularly those
related to behavioral health and
homelessness and housing instability.
Data collection efforts that will support
the evaluation are described below.
The Client Interview—Baseline and
the Client Interview—6-Month Followup have been developed to provide
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descriptive information about clients,
and assess changes in client outcomes
and their association with project
characteristics. The tools were
developed based on review of the
literature and consultation with a panel
of national experts, grantees, and
SAMHSA. The tools were successfully
used with over 7,000 clients during the
previous evaluation of SAMHSA’s
Homeless programs.
The Client Interview is comprised of
questions (unique from SAMHSA’s
Government Performance and Results
Act [GPRA] client-level tool) that
measure the outcomes of interest and
subpopulations of focus: Homelessness,
housing, treatment history, trauma
symptoms, housing and treatment
choice, burden and satisfaction, and
criminal justice involvement. For the
CABHI Evaluation, the Client Interview
Baseline and 6-Month Follow-up have
been updated to (1) reflect changes to
the GPRA client-level tool which
allowed the questions on military
service to be removed, (2) align with the
newest version of the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM), (3) remove the Readiness to
Change measure, and (4) add detailed
housing and homelessness questions.
For the 6-Month Follow-up only,
questions documenting services and
evidence based practices received were
added to improve data on client service
receipt. Immediately following the
SAMHSA-required administration of the
GPRA client-level tools, which are
completed by enrolled clients for each
grantee project at baseline and 6-month
follow-up, the paper and pencil Client
Interview will be administered face-toface by the GPRA interviewer.
Questions regarding perception of care
and treatment coercion will be selfadministered by participating clients
and returned to the interviewer in a
sealed envelope to be included in the
full package mailed to the evaluation
coordinating center. Client participation
is voluntary; gift card incentives will be
given at baseline worth a $15 value and
at 6-month follow-up worth a $30 value.
Clients will be assigned unique
identifiers by local projects; responses
will be recorded on a paper and pencil
answer sheet, mailed by the grantee
project to the evaluation coordinating
center, and scanned into a secure
dataset. This process will eliminate the
need for data entry, thereby reducing
cost and potential for data entry error,
and ensuring privacy for evaluation
data.
The Stakeholder Survey will be
conducted with CABHI project
stakeholders and partners via a web
survey to assess the types of stakeholder
partnerships involved in the CABHI
projects, the services provided, and the
effectiveness of implementation and
collaboration in the CABHI projects. For
the CABHI Evaluation, the survey has
been divided into three waves so that
questions are relevant to the current
phase of grant implementation (e.g.,
wave 1 will be administered in year 1
of the project). Also, a section on
healthcare services was added and the
current section on collaboration was
expanded to include new measures on
collaboration. One wave of the survey
will be administered each year of the
three year grants. Each survey
respondent will be issued a username
and password to login to and complete
the secure web-based survey. The webbased survey format will reduce burden
on the respondent and minimize
potential for measurement error.
Annual burden has increased from
4,006 to 5,098 hours per year as the
response burden times have been
revised to reflect real-world experience
during the Homeless Programs
evaluation and the number of
respondents has been increased for the
Stakeholder Survey.
ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Instrument/activity
Responses
per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Baseline data collection (Clients) ........................................
6-month follow-up data collection (Clients) .........................
5,827
4,662
1
1
5,827
4,662
0.42
0.5
2,447
2,331
Client Subtotal ..............................................................
Stakeholder Survey ..............................................................
b 5,827
780
........................
1
10,489
780
........................
0.41
4,778
320
Total .......................................................................
b 6,607
........................
11,269
........................
5,098
respondent cost is calculated as hourly wage × time spent on survey × total number of responses.
b Estimated number of total unique respondents.
a Total
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Written comments should be received
by May 15, 2017.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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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: Cooperative Agreements To Benefit Homeless
Individuals (CABHI) Evaluation Client & Stakeholder Surveys (OMB No.
0930-0320)--Revision
SAMHSA is conducting a cross-site evaluation of the FY2016 cohort
of the CABHI grant program. The CABHI Evaluation builds on a previous
evaluation of SAMHSA's 2009-2012 homeless services grant programs
(i.e., Grants for the Benefit of Homeless Individuals, Services in
Supportive Housing, and CABHI), under which the approved client and
stakeholder data collection tools were developed and implemented.
SAMHSA is requesting approval from OMB to revise the burden inventory,
which has been calculated based on the number of FY2016 CABHI grantees
and potential future cohorts of grantees to be awarded in FY2017, and
to revise some of the measures used on current tools. This collection
was previously known as the Cross-Site Evaluation for the Grants for
the Benefit of Homeless Individuals (GBHI), but is now known as the
CABHI Evaluation Client & Stakeholder Surveys.
In 2016, SAMHSA awarded 30 CABHI grants across three levels: States
(up to $1.5 million per year), local governments (up to $800,000 per
year), and communities (up to $400,000 per year). The grantees are
united by the goal of enhancing and expanding infrastructure and
capacity for mental health and substance abuse treatment and related
support services for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness or
veterans, families, or youth experiencing homelessness as a result of
these conditions. This is accomplished through the provision of
permanent supportive housing, behavioral health treatment, and recovery
support services, and enrollment in health insurance, Medicaid, or
other mainstream benefit programs. Potential grantees awarded in FY2017
will have the same funding options and grant requirements.
The primary task of the CABHI evaluation is to conduct a
comprehensive process and outcome evaluation, addressing questions
related to the implementation of the CABHI grant projects and the
extent to which they were able to meet the program's goals. Process
evaluation primarily represents what is done to and for the client
(e.g., services provided); this aspect of the evaluation will also
include a focus on structure, or the resources available in the service
delivery system, which represent the capacity to deliver quality care,
but not the care itself. The outcome evaluation will focus on outputs,
which are the most immediate or proximal results of project activities
(e.g., changes in partner collaboration, the number of clients enrolled
in mainstream benefits), and client outcomes, particularly those
related to behavioral health and homelessness and housing instability.
Data collection efforts that will support the evaluation are described
below.
The Client Interview--Baseline and the Client Interview--6-Month
Follow-up have been developed to provide
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descriptive information about clients, and assess changes in client
outcomes and their association with project characteristics. The tools
were developed based on review of the literature and consultation with
a panel of national experts, grantees, and SAMHSA. The tools were
successfully used with over 7,000 clients during the previous
evaluation of SAMHSA's Homeless programs.
The Client Interview is comprised of questions (unique from
SAMHSA's Government Performance and Results Act [GPRA] client-level
tool) that measure the outcomes of interest and subpopulations of
focus: Homelessness, housing, treatment history, trauma symptoms,
housing and treatment choice, burden and satisfaction, and criminal
justice involvement. For the CABHI Evaluation, the Client Interview
Baseline and 6-Month Follow-up have been updated to (1) reflect changes
to the GPRA client-level tool which allowed the questions on military
service to be removed, (2) align with the newest version of the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), (3) remove
the Readiness to Change measure, and (4) add detailed housing and
homelessness questions. For the 6-Month Follow-up only, questions
documenting services and evidence based practices received were added
to improve data on client service receipt. Immediately following the
SAMHSA-required administration of the GPRA client-level tools, which
are completed by enrolled clients for each grantee project at baseline
and 6-month follow-up, the paper and pencil Client Interview will be
administered face-to-face by the GPRA interviewer. Questions regarding
perception of care and treatment coercion will be self-administered by
participating clients and returned to the interviewer in a sealed
envelope to be included in the full package mailed to the evaluation
coordinating center. Client participation is voluntary; gift card
incentives will be given at baseline worth a $15 value and at 6-month
follow-up worth a $30 value. Clients will be assigned unique
identifiers by local projects; responses will be recorded on a paper
and pencil answer sheet, mailed by the grantee project to the
evaluation coordinating center, and scanned into a secure dataset. This
process will eliminate the need for data entry, thereby reducing cost
and potential for data entry error, and ensuring privacy for evaluation
data.
The Stakeholder Survey will be conducted with CABHI project
stakeholders and partners via a web survey to assess the types of
stakeholder partnerships involved in the CABHI projects, the services
provided, and the effectiveness of implementation and collaboration in
the CABHI projects. For the CABHI Evaluation, the survey has been
divided into three waves so that questions are relevant to the current
phase of grant implementation (e.g., wave 1 will be administered in
year 1 of the project). Also, a section on healthcare services was
added and the current section on collaboration was expanded to include
new measures on collaboration. One wave of the survey will be
administered each year of the three year grants. Each survey respondent
will be issued a username and password to login to and complete the
secure web-based survey. The web-based survey format will reduce burden
on the respondent and minimize potential for measurement error.
Annual burden has increased from 4,006 to 5,098 hours per year as
the response burden times have been revised to reflect real-world
experience during the Homeless Programs evaluation and the number of
respondents has been increased for the Stakeholder Survey.
Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Responses per Total number Hours per Total burden
Instrument/activity respondents respondent of responses response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Baseline data collection 5,827 1 5,827 0.42 2,447
(Clients)......................
6-month follow-up data 4,662 1 4,662 0.5 2,331
collection (Clients)...........
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Client Subtotal............. \b\ 5,827 .............. 10,489 .............. 4,778
Stakeholder Survey.............. 780 1 780 0.41 320
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Total................... \b\ 6,607 .............. 11,269 .............. 5,098
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\a\ Total respondent cost is calculated as hourly wage x time spent on survey x total number of responses.
\b\ Estimated number of total unique respondents.
Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-B, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email a copy to
summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. Written comments should be received by May
15, 2017.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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