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 (SAMHSA) 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 (240) 276-1243.

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: National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program: Phase IV—(OMB No. 0930-0257)—Revision

SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services is responsible for the national evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program that will collect data on child mental health outcomes, family life, and service system development and performance.

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 27 service systems, and roughly 5,922 children and families. Data collection for this evaluation is conducted over a 5-year period. The core of service system data will be collected every 18 months throughout the 5-year evaluation period, with a sustainability survey conducted in selected years. Service delivery and system variables of interest include the following: Maturity of system of care development, adherence to the system of care program model, and client service experience. The length of time that individual families will participate in the study ranges from 18 to 36 months depending on when they enter the evaluation. Child and family outcomes of interest will be collected at intake and during subsequent follow-up sessions at 6-month intervals. The outcome measures include the following: Child symptomatology and functioning, family functioning, material resources, and caregiver strain. Time-limited studies addressing the cultural competence of services and the role of primary care providers in systems of care will be conducted at selected points during the evaluation period. Internet-based technology will be used for collecting data via Web-based surveys and for data entry and management. The average annual respondent burden is estimated below for the final 3 years of data collection. The estimate reflects the average number of respondents in each respondent category, the average number of responses per respondent per year, the average length of time it will take for each response, and the total average annual burden for each category of respondent, and for all categories of respondents combined.

This revision to the currently approved information collection activities includes: (1) The addition of a Primary Care Study, and (2) the addition of a Treatment Effectiveness Study. The Primary Care Study seeks to investigate the role of primary health care practitioners (PCPs) in systems of care and to further understand the impact of services provided within primary care on child and family outcomes. One goal of this study is to identity strategies that help primary care and mental health care providers to work together effectively. Another is to identify ways to integrate PCPs into systems of care. The treatment effectiveness study will examine the relative impact of community-based treatments focused within system of care sites. This study will focus on a community-based practice that has not accumulated research evidence, but rather through community-based implementation that has accumulated practice-based evidence.

Instrument

Respondent

Number of

respondents

Total average number of

responses per respondent

Hours per

response

Total burden hours

3-Year

average annual burden hours

System-of-Care Assessment

Interview Guides and Data Collection Forms

Key site informants

648

2

1.000

1296

432

Interagency Collaboration Scale (IACS)

Key site informants

648

2

0.133

173

58

Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study

Caregiver Information Questionnaire (CIQ-IC)

Caregiver

5922

1

0.283

1676

559

Caregiver Information Questionnaire Followup (CIQ-FC)

Caregiver

5922

3

0.200

3553

1184

Child and Family Outcome Study

Caregiver Strain Questionnaire (CGSQ)

Caregiver

5922

4

0.167

3956

1319

Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)/Child Behavior Checklist 1

1/2

-5 (CBCL 1

1/2

-5)

Caregiver

5922

4

0.333

7888

2629

Education Questionnaire (EQ)

Caregiver

5922

4

0.100

2369

790

Living Situations Questionnaire (LSQ)

Caregiver

5922

4

0.083

1966

655

The Family Life Questionnaire (FLQ)

Caregiver

5922

4

0.054

1184

395

Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (BERS)

Caregiver

5922

4

0.167

3956

1319

Columbia Impairment Scale (CIS)

Caregiver

5922

4

0.083

1966

655

The Vineland Screener (VS)

Caregiver

2665

4

0.250

2665

888

Cultural Competence and Service Provision—Caregiver (CCSP)

Caregiver

5922

3

0.167

2967

989

Delinquency Survey (DS)

Youth

3553

4

0.167

2374

791

Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale—Second Edition, Youth Rating Scale (BERS-2)

Youth

3553

4

0.167

2374

791

Gain-quick Substance Related Issues (Gain SRI)

Youth

3553

4

0.083

1180

1966

Substance Use Scale (SUS)

Youth

3553

4

0.100

1421

474

Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scales (RCMAS)

Youth

3553

4

0.050

711

237

Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale—Second Edition (RADS-2)

Youth

3553

4

0.050

711

237

Youth Information Questionnaire (YIQ-I)

Youth

3553

1

0.167

593

198

Youth Information Questionnaire (YIQ-F)

Youth

3553

3

0.167

1780

593

Service Experience Study

Multi-Sector Services Contact—Revised for Caregiver (MSSC-RC)

Caregiver

5922

3

0.250

4442

1481

Youth Services Survey for Families (YSS-F)

Caregiver

5922

3

0.117

2079

693

Cultural Competence Practices Study (Focus Group)

Caregiver

36

1

1.500

54

18

Cultural Competence Practices Study (Focus Group)

Youth

36

1

1.500

54

18

Youth Services Survey (YSS-Y)

Youth

3553

4

0.083

1180

393

Cultural Competence Practices Study (Focus Group)

Provider

60

1

1.500

90

30

Treatment Effectiveness Study

Conflict Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ)

Caregiver

400

4

0.167

267

89

Family Assessment Measure (FAM)

Caregiver

400

4

0.250

400

133

Therapeutic Alliance Scale—Caregiver (TAS)

Caregiver

400

4

0.167

267

89

Ohio Scales—Caregiver

Caregiver

400

4

0.250

400

133

Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC)

Caregiver

400

4

0.167

267

89

Parenting Locus of Control (PLOC)

Caregiver

400

4

0.250

400

133

Therapy Adherence Form

Caregiver

400

4

0.167

267

89

Therapeutic Alliance Scale—Youth (TAS-Y)

Youth

240

4

0.167

160

53

Ohio Scales—Youth

Youth

240

4

0.250

240

80

Primary Care Provider Study

Primary Care Provider—Web survey

Provider

540

1

0.500

270

90

Sustainability Study

Sustainability Web Survey

Caregiver

27

2

0.500

27

9

Sustainability Survey—Provider

Provider/Administrator

81

2

0.500

81

27

Summary of Annualized Burden Estimates for 3 Years

Number of

distinct respondents

Number of

responses per respondent

Average burden per

response

(hours)

Total average annual burden

(hours)

Caregivers

5922

1.15

2.10

14339

Youth

3553

1.19

1.01

4259

Provider/Administrators

648

0.57

1.74

637

Total

10123

19234

Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 7-1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: December 7, 2006.

Elaine Parry,

Acting Director, Office of Program Services.

[FR Doc. E6-21350 Filed 12-14-06; 8:45 am]

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