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.

Evaluation of High-Risk Youth Substance Abuse Prevention

Initiatives-- 0930-0178 (Extension, no change)--The Center for

Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is conducting a cross-site evaluation

of 47 demonstration projects targeting high-risk youth to assess the

effectiveness of the demonstration program in: (1) preventing and/or

reducing substance abuse among at-risk youth; and (2) intervention

strategies for reducing selected risk factors and enhancing protective

factors. Youth participating in the programs and comparison group youth

complete self-administered questionnaires at four points in time:

baseline; at program exit; 6 months after program exit; and 18 months

after program exit. The project annual burden estimate, annualized over

the 5-year project period, is shown below:

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Number of Average burden/

Number of responses/ response Annualized

respondents respondent (hours) burden hours

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Youth Questionnaires *.......................... 11,100 4 .64 4,522

Tracking Form................................... 11,100 1 .05 111

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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 4,633

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* Burden estimate based on an average of 45 minutes for baseline and exit questionnaires and 30 minutes for each

follow-up questionnaire. Annualized estimates reflect actual attrition rates.

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, D.C.

20503.

Dated: November 3, 1998.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 98-30057 Filed 11-9-98; 8:45 am]

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