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: Phase I of the National Evaluation of the

Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and

Their Families Program

(OMB No. 0930-0171, Extension, no change)--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, and

(2) completion, by the end of the approval period, of data collection

in the comparison study component sites. The response burden for this

extension is as follows:

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Average burden/

Respondent Number of Average number response Total burden

respondents of responses (hrs.)

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

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

Caregivers (Descriptive Study)................. 1,980 .27 .075 40

Caregivers (Outcome Study)..................... 1,792 .54 1.16 1,123

Youth.......................................... 1,075 .54 1.05 610

Administrators/providers....................... 0 0 0 0

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Total...................................... .............. .............. ............... 1,861

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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: March 9, 1999.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 99-6313 Filed 3-15-99; 8:45 am]

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