Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

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) 443-8005.

Proposed Project

State Prevention Needs Assessments: Alcohol and Other Drugs--New--

SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) has awarded

contracts to several States (Cohort III) to collect data to assess the

nature and extent of substance abuse prevention services needs. In

addition, the data collection from these States will be used to pilot

test several instruments and methodologies to determine standard

measures and methodologies to be used by the next cohort of States

(Cohort IV) funded to conduct needs assessment studies.

Data will be collected in school surveys, community-based

prevention resource assessments (CRA), and special population studies.

The information collected in this project will be combined with

existing sources and may use multiple approaches to assess risk and

protective factors for substance use, prevention service needs, and

substance abuse prevalence. These needs assessment studies will permit

cross-State comparisons of predictor variables to assist Federal

program planning, allocating resources, and responding to the

Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).

The estimated annualized burden for the five-year project is shown

below.

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Five year project

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No. of Average burden annualized

Number of responses per per response burden hours

respondents respondent (hours)

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COHORT III:

Students.................................... 45,600 1 0.75 6,840

Young Adults................................ 29,350 1 0.50 2,935

Community/Program Providers................. 1,253 1 1.00 251

COHORT IV:

Students.................................... 90,000 1 0.75 13,500

Special Populations......................... 9,000 1 0.50 900

Community/Program Providers................. 3,000 1 1.00 600

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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

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

Daniel J. Chenok, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office

of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10236,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: April 7, 1998.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-10466 Filed 4-20-98; 8:45 am]

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