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

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** July 29, 1998
- **Citation:** 63 FR 40538

## Text

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]
BILLING CODE 4162-20-P

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