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) 443-7978.

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: National Evaluation of the Comprehensive

Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families

Program: Phase Two--New--The national evaluation of the Comprehensive

Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families

Program will collect data on child mental health outcomes, family life,

and service system development and performance. Data will be collected

on roughly 5487 children and families, and 25 service systems (21

funded systems of care and 4 comparison systems). Child and family

outcomes of interest include the following: child symptomatology and

functioning, family functioning, material resources, and caregiver

strain. Delivery system variables of interest include the following:

maturity of system of care development, adherence to system of care

principles, coordination and linkages among agencies, and intervention

fidelity.

Data collection for this evaluation will be conducted over a five

year period. The amount of time that families will participate in the

study ranges from 18 to 36 months depending on when they enter the

evaluation. The core of service system data will be collected annually

for all five years, with a provider survey conducted in selected years.

The total annual burden is estimated below.

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Number of Average burden/

Respondent Number of responses/ response Total annual

respondents respondent (hours) burden

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Caregiver....................................... 5487 1.0913 2.4381 14,599

Youth........................................... 3292 1.1211 .9135 3372

Provider/Administrator.......................... 812 .9253 .6484 487

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Total..................................... 9591 .............. .............. 18,458

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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

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

Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC

20503.

Dated: July 23, 1998.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 98-20218 Filed 7-28-98; 8:45 am]

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