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TOTAL AND ANNUALIZED AVERAGES: RESPONDENTS, RESPONSES AND HOURS—Continued
Number of
respondents
per year
Responses
per
respondent
Burden per
response
(hours)
Total number
of responses
Annual burden
(hours)
Hourly wage
rate
Type of respondent
Form
Total cost
HCO Staff 3 .............
HCO Staff 3 .............
HCO Staff 3 .............
Clinicians ..................
Consumer ................
Consumer ................
Consumer ................
TUPS-Baseline .......
TUPS-6 month ........
TUPS-12 month ......
C-SIF .......................
CES-Baseline ..........
CES-6-month ..........
C-KII ........................
3,334
252
189
180
1,128
843
15
1
1
1
8.3
1
1
1
3,334
252
189
1,494
1,128
843
15
0.25
0.5
0.5
0.25
0.4
0.4
1
834
126
95
374
451
337
15
26.81
26.81
26.81
57.21
7.25
7.25
7.25
22,360
3,378
2,547
21,397
3,270
2,443
109
Total ..................
.................................
15,504
........................
17,298
........................
4,902
........................
134,773
Abbreviation: HCO=Healthcare Organization
1 BLS OES May 2022 National Industry-Specific Occupation Employment and Wage Estimates average annual salary for Survey Researchers (code 19–3022);
https://www.bls.gov/oes/cuSeetrrent/naics5_541720.htm
2 BLS OES May 2022 National Industry-Specific Occupation Employment and Wage Estimates average annual salary for Medical and Health Services Managers
(code 11–9111); https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes119111.htm
3 BLS OES May 2022 National Industry-Specific Occupation Employment and Wage Estimates average annual salary for Community and Social Service Occupations (code 29–1000); https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes210000.htm
4 BLS OES May 2022 National Industry-Specific Occupation Employment and Wage Estimates average annual salary for Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners (code 29–1000); https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#29-0000
5 BLS OES May 2022 Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2022; https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2022/home.htm#:∼:text=In%202022%2C
%2078.7%20million%20workers,wage%20of%20%247.25%20per%20hour.
Send comments to SAMHSA Reports
Clearance Officer, 5600 Fisher Lane,
Room 15E45, Rockville, MD 20852 OR
email him a copy at samhsapra@
samhsa.hhs.gov. Written comments
should be received by November 12,
2024.
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.
Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
Proposed Project: PEERS Harm
Reduction Evaluation: Point-in-Time
Harm Reduction (PiT HR) Survey
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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 the
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 at (240) 276–
0361.
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
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Funded in FY 2022, the Harm
Reduction (HR) Grant Program aims to
support community-based overdose
prevention programs, syringe services
programs, and other harm reduction
services. Funding is used to enhance
overdose and other types of prevention
activities to help control the spread of
infectious diseases and the
consequences of such diseases for
individuals with, or at risk of
developing substance use disorders
(SUD), support distribution of FDAapproved overdose reversal medication
to individuals at risk of overdose, build
connections for individuals at risk for,
or with, a SUD to overdose education,
counseling, and health education, refer
individuals to treatment for infectious
diseases such as HIV, sexually
transmitted infections (STIs), and viral
hepatitis, and encourage such
individuals to take steps to reduce the
negative personal and public health
impacts of substance use or misuse. As
part of the Harm Reduction grant
program evaluation, conducted through
the Program Evaluation, Effectiveness,
and Review Services (PEERS) contract,
SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention (CSAP) is requesting
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to administer a
Point-In-Time Harm Reduction (PiT HR)
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survey to better understand the
program.
The PiT HR survey will elicit
information from participants of the
Harm Reduction Grant Program grantees
to assess the extent to which grantees
have achieved CSAP’s goals of
strengthening harm reduction programs.
Data from the survey will help CSAP
better understand: (1) the sociodemographic and drug use
characteristics of participants who
receive HR services and supplies across
the country; (2) the HR services and
supplies participants received and
unmet needs; and (3) the social-cultural
and structural barriers to receiving HR
services and supplies. This anonymous
survey will allow for an assessment of
whether HR programs are reaching highrisk and underserved populations and
populations experiencing behavioral
health disparities and will help guide
improvements to the HR Grant Program.
The data will be aggregated across
grantee programs to provide CSAP with
a national picture of the population
receiving HR services and supplies, the
services and supplies they access, and
perceived barriers to ensure the HR
Grant Program meets its goals. Grantees
will be provided with brief grantee-level
reports providing actionable
information to inform and strengthen
their services. The grantee reports will
provide insight into the populations
they serve, the extent to which their
services reach the populations they’ve
identified as priority populations,
whether the program meets the needs of
their participants, and what barriers
remain to service access. These reports
will inform the implementation of their
programs and help them address gaps in
service delivery. HR Program Grantees
do not collect survey data from their
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participants. The PiT HR Survey has
been designed to answer questions that
cannot be answered with existing data
with minimal burden on grantees and
respondents. It strengthens the
evaluation by including participant
voice.
Most HR programs will administer the
survey electronically on a tablet using
the web-based survey. Tablets will be
provided to the harm reduction grantees
for this purpose during the survey
administration period. The tablets will
include an offline data collection
function, which utilizes an app that
runs directly from the tablet and collects
and securely stores data on the tablet
until or unless the tablet is connected to
Wi-Fi. Once the tablet is connected to
Wi-Fi, stored surveys are automatically
uploaded to a secure online database
and are no longer accessible on the
tablet. Utilizing the offline data
collection functions ensures that
programs can participate even if they do
not have stable Wi-Fi connections. In
addition, the audio-enabled feature will
assist participants who want to take the
survey but have vision difficulties or
lower literacy levels without requiring
staff to read the survey questions to
them. Once uploaded, survey data will
be easily accessible by the PEERS
evaluation staff who have access to the
project survey system, allowing staff to
provide ongoing data quality monitoring
throughout the process. Grantees will
receive financial compensation to
support their efforts to recruit and
administer the survey.
A pen-and-paper version of the PiT
HR Survey will be available to grantees
who would prefer this approach when
conducting outreach in the community
where the use of the tablets may raise
staff safety risks. Programs that provide
outreach services may elect to use the
pen-and-paper or the tablet version of
the survey depending on their
preferences and the communities they
serve. The pen-and-paper version of the
survey would be read aloud by staff to
address literacy concerns. Completed
paper surveys will be stored in locked
cabinets in the HR Grantee Program
offices and mailed via certified mail to
the PEERS office. PEERS will
immediately store the paper survey in
locked cabinets, accessible only to the
PEERS evaluation team. The raw data
will be entered into SPSS and stored on
password-protected computers requiring
multifactor authentication. No person
outside of the PEERS evaluation team
will have access to the data. All data
will be closely safeguarded, and no
institutional or individual identifiers
will be used in reports. Only aggregated
data will be reported. SAMHSA and its
contractors will not receive identifiable
participant records.
Those who participate in the survey
will receive a $25 Visa gift card to
compensate them for the 25-minute
duration of the PiT HR Survey, which
includes time for recruitment, consent,
survey completion, and gift card receipt.
The primary consequence of not
collecting the PiT HR survey data is that
CSAP would not have current
information to understand (1) whether
the target populations of the Harm
Reduction Grant Program are being
reached; (2) whether the service needs
of the target populations are being met;
and (3) the barriers target populations
face in utilizing HR services to inform
future grant programs. No other HR
evaluation component brings in the
often-overlooked voice of the recipients
of HR services and supplies.
The PiT HR Survey is cross-sectional,
therefore the data will be collected only
once from any survey participant.
Individual grantees vary from small
entities to large provider organizations.
Every effort has been made to minimize
the number of survey items asked of
respondents down to the least number
of items necessary to accomplish the
objectives described within. As a result,
there is no significant impact on small
entities.
Estimated Total Burden for Harm
Reduction Point-in-Time Data
Collection
The estimates in this table reflect the
maximum annual burden for the
proposed PiT HR Survey at the 25 HR
grantee sites funded through May 2025.
These estimates are based on informal
pilot testing of the instrument among
PEERS staff.
TABLE 1—ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED HOUR BURDEN
SAMHSA tool
Number of respondents
PiT HR Survey ..................
25 sites * 50 participants =
1,250.
1 The
Responses
per
respondent
Total
number of
responses
Burden
hours per
response
Total
burden
hours
Hourly
wage 1
Total hour
cost
1
1,250
0.417
521.25
$34.27
$17,863.24
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average hourly wage for a US worker in January 2024 is $34.27 based on US Bureau of Labor statistics. (https://www.bls.gov/
news.release/empsit.nr0.htm).
Send comments to SAMHSA Reports
Clearance Officer, 5600 Fisher Lane,
Room 15E57A, Rockville, MD 20852 OR
email him a copy at samhsapra@
samhsa.hhs.gov. Written comments
should be received by November 12,
2024.
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Public Health Advisor.
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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 the 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 at (240) 276-0361.
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: PEERS Harm Reduction Evaluation: Point-in-Time Harm
Reduction (PiT HR) Survey
Funded in FY 2022, the Harm Reduction (HR) Grant Program aims to
support community-based overdose prevention programs, syringe services
programs, and other harm reduction services. Funding is used to enhance
overdose and other types of prevention activities to help control the
spread of infectious diseases and the consequences of such diseases for
individuals with, or at risk of developing substance use disorders
(SUD), support distribution of FDA-approved overdose reversal
medication to individuals at risk of overdose, build connections for
individuals at risk for, or with, a SUD to overdose education,
counseling, and health education, refer individuals to treatment for
infectious diseases such as HIV, sexually transmitted infections
(STIs), and viral hepatitis, and encourage such individuals to take
steps to reduce the negative personal and public health impacts of
substance use or misuse. As part of the Harm Reduction grant program
evaluation, conducted through the Program Evaluation, Effectiveness,
and Review Services (PEERS) contract, SAMHSA's Center for Substance
Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is requesting approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to administer a Point-In-Time Harm
Reduction (PiT HR) survey to better understand the program.
The PiT HR survey will elicit information from participants of the
Harm Reduction Grant Program grantees to assess the extent to which
grantees have achieved CSAP's goals of strengthening harm reduction
programs. Data from the survey will help CSAP better understand: (1)
the socio-demographic and drug use characteristics of participants who
receive HR services and supplies across the country; (2) the HR
services and supplies participants received and unmet needs; and (3)
the social-cultural and structural barriers to receiving HR services
and supplies. This anonymous survey will allow for an assessment of
whether HR programs are reaching high-risk and underserved populations
and populations experiencing behavioral health disparities and will
help guide improvements to the HR Grant Program. The data will be
aggregated across grantee programs to provide CSAP with a national
picture of the population receiving HR services and supplies, the
services and supplies they access, and perceived barriers to ensure the
HR Grant Program meets its goals. Grantees will be provided with brief
grantee-level reports providing actionable information to inform and
strengthen their services. The grantee reports will provide insight
into the populations they serve, the extent to which their services
reach the populations they've identified as priority populations,
whether the program meets the needs of their participants, and what
barriers remain to service access. These reports will inform the
implementation of their programs and help them address gaps in service
delivery. HR Program Grantees do not collect survey data from their
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participants. The PiT HR Survey has been designed to answer questions
that cannot be answered with existing data with minimal burden on
grantees and respondents. It strengthens the evaluation by including
participant voice.
Most HR programs will administer the survey electronically on a
tablet using the web-based survey. Tablets will be provided to the harm
reduction grantees for this purpose during the survey administration
period. The tablets will include an offline data collection function,
which utilizes an app that runs directly from the tablet and collects
and securely stores data on the tablet until or unless the tablet is
connected to Wi-Fi. Once the tablet is connected to Wi-Fi, stored
surveys are automatically uploaded to a secure online database and are
no longer accessible on the tablet. Utilizing the offline data
collection functions ensures that programs can participate even if they
do not have stable Wi-Fi connections. In addition, the audio-enabled
feature will assist participants who want to take the survey but have
vision difficulties or lower literacy levels without requiring staff to
read the survey questions to them. Once uploaded, survey data will be
easily accessible by the PEERS evaluation staff who have access to the
project survey system, allowing staff to provide ongoing data quality
monitoring throughout the process. Grantees will receive financial
compensation to support their efforts to recruit and administer the
survey.
A pen-and-paper version of the PiT HR Survey will be available to
grantees who would prefer this approach when conducting outreach in the
community where the use of the tablets may raise staff safety risks.
Programs that provide outreach services may elect to use the pen-and-
paper or the tablet version of the survey depending on their
preferences and the communities they serve. The pen-and-paper version
of the survey would be read aloud by staff to address literacy
concerns. Completed paper surveys will be stored in locked cabinets in
the HR Grantee Program offices and mailed via certified mail to the
PEERS office. PEERS will immediately store the paper survey in locked
cabinets, accessible only to the PEERS evaluation team. The raw data
will be entered into SPSS and stored on password-protected computers
requiring multifactor authentication. No person outside of the PEERS
evaluation team will have access to the data. All data will be closely
safeguarded, and no institutional or individual identifiers will be
used in reports. Only aggregated data will be reported. SAMHSA and its
contractors will not receive identifiable participant records.
Those who participate in the survey will receive a $25 Visa gift
card to compensate them for the 25-minute duration of the PiT HR
Survey, which includes time for recruitment, consent, survey
completion, and gift card receipt. The primary consequence of not
collecting the PiT HR survey data is that CSAP would not have current
information to understand (1) whether the target populations of the
Harm Reduction Grant Program are being reached; (2) whether the service
needs of the target populations are being met; and (3) the barriers
target populations face in utilizing HR services to inform future grant
programs. No other HR evaluation component brings in the often-
overlooked voice of the recipients of HR services and supplies.
The PiT HR Survey is cross-sectional, therefore the data will be
collected only once from any survey participant. Individual grantees
vary from small entities to large provider organizations. Every effort
has been made to minimize the number of survey items asked of
respondents down to the least number of items necessary to accomplish
the objectives described within. As a result, there is no significant
impact on small entities.
Estimated Total Burden for Harm Reduction Point-in-Time Data Collection
The estimates in this table reflect the maximum annual burden for
the proposed PiT HR Survey at the 25 HR grantee sites funded through
May 2025. These estimates are based on informal pilot testing of the
instrument among PEERS staff.
Table 1--Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
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Responses
SAMHSA tool Number of respondents per Total number Burden hours Total burden Hourly wage Total hour
respondent of responses per response hours \1\ cost
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PiT HR Survey........................... 25 sites * 50 participants 1 1,250 0.417 521.25 $34.27 $17,863.24
= 1,250.
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\1\ The average hourly wage for a US worker in January 2024 is $34.27 based on US Bureau of Labor statistics. (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm).
Send comments to SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 5600 Fisher
Lane, Room 15E57A, Rockville, MD 20852 OR email him a copy at
[email protected]. Written comments should be received by
November 12, 2024.
Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
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