Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed

collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration will publish periodic summaries of proposed

projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to

obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the SAMHSA

Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.

Comments are Invited on

(a) whether the proposed collections of information are 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: Feasibility Study To Evaluate the Positive

Activities Campaign (PAC)

(OMB No. 0930-0188, Revision) The Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention is conducting a feasibility study of the Positive Activities

Campaign (PAC), an initiative aimed at the general public to encourage

adults to become more involved in positive, skill-building activities

with youth. The ultimate goal of the initiative is to reduce substance

abuse among young people.

To determine the likely effectiveness of the campaign, CSAP's

feasibility study consists of a process evaluation and an outcomes

evaluation. The

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evaluation is assessing change in communities exposed to PAC, including

change in adults' involvement with youth. Two treatment and two

comparison communities have been selected for study. Data for the

process evaluation are primarily from on-site interviews with key

personnel in local youth-serving organizations (e.g, Boy Scouts, Boys

and Girls Clubs); data for the outcomes evaluation are from baseline

and 6-month followup telephone surveys of adults.

This revision to the currently approved information collection

activities involves: (1) a third, 12-month followup telephone interview

with the random sample of adults; and (2) because PAC is being expanded

to serve civic membership organizations (e.g., Rotary Clubs, Lions

Clubs, Kiwanis) application of the process evaluation activities with

these groups, plus three telephone interviews with random samples of

members of the civic organizations.

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Number of Responses/ Burden/ Total burden

respondents respondent response hrs.

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Currently approved.............................. .............. .............. .............. 1,350

Additional telephone interview.................. 1,760 1 0.14 246

Interviews with local-level staff for process

evaluation..................................... 140 2 1.5 420

Telephone interviews with members of civic

organizations.................................. 1,760 3 .14 739

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New Total................................... .............. .............. .............. 2,755

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Send comments to Nancy Pearce, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: January 29, 1999.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 99-2662 Filed 2-3-99; 8:45 am]

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