Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a list 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 (301)443-0525.

Evaluation of High Risk Youth Substance Abuse Prevention

Initiatives--New--The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) will

conduct a cross-site evaluation of approximately 50 demonstration

projects targeting high risk youth to assess the effectiveness of the

demonstration program in: (1)preventing and/or reducing substance abuse

among at-risk youth; and (2) intervention strategies for reducing

selected risk factors and enhancing protective factors. Youth

participating in the programs and comparison group youth will complete

self-administered questionnaires at four points in time, including

baseline, program exit, and 6 months and 18 months following program

exit. The annual burden estimate is shown below:

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Average

Number of burden Total

Number of responses per annual

Respondents per response burden

respondent (hours) (hours)

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Youth.............................................................. 12,000 1 0.433

hrs 5,205

hrs

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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Virginia Huth, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10236, Washington, D.C.

20503.

Dated: December 11, 1995.

Richard Kopanda,

Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 95-30565 Filed 12-14-95; 8:45 am]

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