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

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(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.

National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health

Services for Children and Their Families Program--(OMB No. 0930-0171,

Revision). The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is seeking OMB

approval for a 1-year extension of this evaluation of integrated child

mental health service systems. The core and comparison studies of the

evaluation collect information on child and family demographics, child

mental health status, and service system development. In the core

study, data are collected from children and families at intake into

services, six months later, and every 12 months thereafter while the

children remain in services. In the comparison study component,

information is collected at intake, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, and

annually thereafter. In both studies, data were collected annually from

grantees' administrators and providers.

This request is to extend OMB clearance to allow: (1) Continued

data collection in two core study sites for two months (data collection

is complete in eight sites), and (2) completion, by the end of the

year, of data collection in the comparison study component sites. The

response burden for this extension is as follows:

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Average Average burden/

Respondent Number of number of response Total burden

respondents responses (Hrs.)

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Currently approved.............................. .............. .............. .............. 26,604

Case managers................................... 50 7.0 .25 88

Caregivers (Descriptive Study).................. 2,580 .33 .12 102

Caregivers (Outcome Study)...................... 2,008 .40 1.09 875

Youth........................................... 1,205 .40 .84 405

Administrators/providers........................ 45 1.0 .5 23

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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 1,493

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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: May 20, 1999.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 99-13609 Filed 5-27-99; 8:45 am]

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