Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed collection; Comment Request

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 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data

collection projects, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To

request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a copy

of the data collection plans and instruments, the SAMHSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301) 443-8005.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of

information is 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: Access to Community Care and Effective Services

and Supports (ACCESS) evaluation study--Revision--The Center for Mental

Health Services (CMHS) will seek OMB approval to continue an evaluation

study that is assessing service systems integration (SI) approaches for

homeless persons with serious mental illnesses. The evaluation study

will collect data through interviews with homeless persons with serious

mental illness and providers of services to homeless persons. SI sites

will be contrasted with comparison sites to assess the impact of SI.

The evaluation will describe approaches to SI, processes by which SI

takes place, factors that influence SI, and the impact that SI has on

homeless persons with serious mental illness. The estimated annualized

burden is shown below.

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Number of Total Total

Number of responses Average burden annualized

respondents per burden per hours (5 burden

(5 Years) respondent response Years) hours

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Clients (homeless persons)..................... 7,200 2.6 .98 18,702 3,742

Service providers.............................. 1,159 111.6 .11 13,587 2,717

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Send comments to Beatrice Rouse, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: January 12, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration.

[FR Doc. 97-1209 Filed 1-16-97; 8:45 am]

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