Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Period Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of the IHS-Supported Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for American Indian/Alaska Native Women

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Period Proposed

Information Collection: Evaluation of the IHS-Supported Alcohol and

Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for American Indian/Alaska Native

Women

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed

information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has

submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to

review and approve the information collection listed below. This

proposed information collection project was previously published in the

Federal Register (62 FR 15191) and allowed 60 days for public comment.

No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to

allow 30 days for public comment to be submitted to OMB.

Proposed Collection.

Title: Evaluation of the IHS-Supported Alcohol and Substance Abuse

Treatment Program for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women. Type

of Information Collection Request: New. Need and Use of the Information

Collection: Section 703, ``Indian Women Treatment Programs'' of Public

Law 102-573, the Indian Health Care Amendments of 1992, (the act)

authorizes the IHS to develop and implement a comprehensive alcohol and

alcohol and substance abuse (A/SA) program that specifically addresses

the cultural, historical, social, and child care needs of AI/AN women.

Section 801 of these Amendments requires a report on the progress made

in meeting the objectives of the Act, a review of programs established

or assisted pursuant to the Act, and an assessment of such programs.

Support Services International, Inc, (SSI) an Indian-owned consulting

firm, will develop the data collection instruments and conduct the

study. The information collected will be used to assess and improve the

effectiveness of the IHS-supported A/SA treatment program.

Data will be collected from a sample of AI/AN women who use the

services provided by the IHS-supported A/SA treatment programs, and

from a sample of treatment program staff. Findings from the study will

be used to determine (1) What works, what does not work, and why; (2)

what resources are required for successful A/SA treatment for AI/AN

women; (3) what factors help or hinder women from maintaining sobriety;

(4) how many women achieve success (3-, 6-, and 12-months after

admission into A/SA treatment; (5) what are the characteristics, life

conditions, and service needs of the women who use the treatment

programs; (6) what are the common strengths and problems of the

treatment programs, and what are recommendations for improvement. The

study is expected to be completed in FY 1998. Affected Public:

Individuals.

See Table 1 below for Types of Data Collection Instruments,

Estimated Number of Respondents, Number of Responses per Respondent,

Average Burden Hour per Response, and Total Annual Burden Hour.

Table 1

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Estimated Responses Total

Data collection Instrument no. of per Average burden hour per annual

respondents respondent response* burden hrs

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Project Director.......................... 24 1 0.75 hr (45 minutes)......... 18.0

Project Staff............................. 216 1 0.50 hr (30 minutes)......... 108.0

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Client Intake............................. 550 1 0.50 hr (30 minutes)......... 275.0

Client History............................ 550 1 1.00 hr (60 minutes)......... 550.0

Client Discharge.......................... 523 1 0.50 hr (30 minutes)......... 261.5

Client 3-month follow-up.................. 467 1 0.4175 hr (25 minutes)....... 194.9

Client 6-month follow-up.................. 440 1 0.50 hr (30 minutes)......... 220.0

Client 12-month follow-up................. 412 1 0.41752 hr (25 minutes)...... 172.0

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Total............................... 790 ........... ............................. 1,799.4

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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are alos provided in actual minutes.

There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance

Costs to report for this information collection.

Request for Comments

Your written comments and/or suggestions are invited on one or more

of the following points: (a) Whether the information collection

activity is necessary to carry out an agency function and whether the

IHS processes the information collected in a useful and timely fashion;

(b) the accuracy of the public burden estimate (this is the amount of

time needed for individual respondents to provide the requested

information) and the methodology and assumptions used to determine the

estimate; (c) way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information being collected; and (d) ways to minimize the public burden

through the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or other forms of information

technology

Direct Comments To OMB

Send your written comments and suggestions regarding the proposed

information collection contained in this notice, especially regarding

the estimated public burden and associated response time, to: Office of

Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk

Officer for IHS. To request more information on the proposed collection

or to obtain a copy of the data collection plan(s) and/or

instruction(s), contact: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports

Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD

20852. 1601, or call non-toll free (301) 443-0461, or send via

facsimile to (301) 443-1522, or send your E-mail requests, comments,

and return address to: I[email protected].

Comment Due Date

Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of

having their full effect if received within 30-days of the date of this

publication.

Dated: July 8, 1997.

Michael H. Trujillo,

Assistant Surgeon General Director.

[FR Doc. 97-18907 Filed 7-17-97; 8:45 am]

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