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 VI—NEW.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center of Mental Health Services is responsible for the national evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program (Children's Mental Health Initiative—CMHI) that will collect data on child mental health outcomes, family life, and service system development and performance. Data will be collected on 26 service systems, and approximately 5,541 children and families.

Data collection for this evaluation will be conducted over a five-year period. Child and family outcomes of interest will be collected at intake and during subsequent follow-up sessions at six-month intervals. The length of time that individual families will participate in the study ranges from 12 to 24 months depending upon when they enter the evaluation. The outcome measures include the following: Child symptomatology and functioning, family functioning, satisfaction, and caregiver strain. The core of service system data will be collected every 18-24 months throughout the 5-year evaluation period, with a sustainability survey conducted in years 3 and 5. Service utilization and cost data will be tracked and submitted to the national evaluation every six months using two tools: The Flex Fund Tool and the Services and Costs Data Tool to estimate average cost of treatment per child, distribution of costs, and allocation of costs across service categories. Service delivery and system variables of interest include the following: Maturity of system of care development in funded system of care communities, adherence to the system of care program model, and client service experience. We will also conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the CMHI's data driven technical assistance; this component of the evaluation will employ a mixed-methods approach, combining qualitative and quantitative data to provide a comprehensive assessment of the continuous quality improvement (CQI) process in funded system of care

communities. Specifically, data will be gathered through three complementary activities: A baseline survey of key constituents in all funded communities; a subsequent monitoring survey administered every two years to the same constituents; and biennial case studies of four selected communities.

In addition, the evaluation will include three special studies: (1) The sector specific assessment and quasi-experimental comparison study will examine in more detail the outcomes and service experience of children from multiple child-serving sectors and, through child-level matching, compare these outcomes with those not receiving system of care services; (2) The Alumni Network Study will examine the effectiveness of the system of care Alumni Network Web site by evaluating end-user satisfaction and usability of the Web site and will also assess the collaboration between communities via a Web-based Networking and Collaboration Survey that will measure the nature and extent of the interaction between communities; (3) The Study of State Strategies for Sustainability will examine the State's role in sustaining communities after Federal funding ceases and describe effective strategies for sustaining funded systems of care. A short version of the sustainability survey developed for this evaluation will be used to gather this information.

Internet-based technology such as Web-based surveys and data entry and management tools will be used in this evaluation. The measures of the national evaluation address the national outcome measures for mental health programs as currently established by SAMHSA.

The average annual respondent burden is estimated below. 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 to complete each response, and the total average annual burden for each category of respondent, and for all categories of respondents combined.

Instrument

Respondent

Number of

respondents

Total average number of

responses per respondent

Hours per response

Total

burden hours

5-Year

average

annual burden hours

System-of-care Assessment

Interview Guides A-I, L-R

Key site informants

546

3

1.0

1,638

328

Child and Family Outcome Study

Caregiver Information Questionnaire (CIQ-IC)

Caregiver

5,541

1

0.4

2,032

406

Caregiver Information Questionnaire Follow-up (CIQ-FC)

Caregiver

5,541

4

0.3

6,280

1,256

Caregiver Strain Questionnaire (CGSQ)

Caregiver

5,541

5

0.2

4,627

925

Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)/ Child Behavior Checklist 1

1/2

-5/6-18

Caregiver

5,541

5

0.3

9,226

1,845

Education Questionnaire—Revised (EQ-R)

Caregiver

5,541

5

0.3

9,226

1,845

Living Situations Questionnaire (LSQ)

Caregiver

5,541

5

0.1

2,300

460

Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale-Second Edition, Parent Rating Scale (BERS-2C)

Caregiver

4,931

5

0.2

4,117

823

Columbia Impairment Scale (CIS)

Caregiver

4,931

5

0.1

2,046

409

Parenting Stress Index (PSI)

Caregiver

1,528

5

0.1

637

127

Deveraux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA)

Caregiver

1,528

5

0.1

637

127

Preschool Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale—Second Edition, Parent Rating Scale (PBERS)

Caregiver

1,528

5

0.1

764

153

Delinquency Survey—Revised (DS-R)

Youth

3,452

5

0.1

2,301

460

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

Youth

3,452

5

0.2

2,882

576

Gain-Quick Substance Related Issues

Youth

3,452

5

0.1

1,433

287

Substance Use Survey—Revised (SUS-R)

Youth

3,452

5

0.1

1,726

345

Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scales (RCMAS)

Youth

3,452

5

0.1

863

173

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

Youth

3,452

5

0.1

863

173

Youth information Questionnaire—Baseline (YIQ-I)

Youth

3,452

1

0.3

863

173

Youth information Questionnaire—Follow-up (YIQ-F)

Youth

3,452

4

0.3

3,452

690

Service Experience Study

Multi-Sector Service Contacts—Revised—Intake (MSSC-R-I)

Caregiver

5,541

1

0.3

1,385

277

Multi-Sector Service Contacts—Revised—Follow-up (MSSC-R-F)

Caregiver

5,541

4

0.3

5,541

1,108

Cultural Competence and Service Provision Questionnaire—Revised (CCSP-R)

Caregiver

5,541

4

0.1

2,955

591

Youth Services Survey—Family (YSS-F)

Caregiver

5,541

4

0.1

2,593

519

Youth Services Survey (YSS)

Youth

3,452

4

0.1

1,146

229

Juvenile Justice Study

Delinquency Survey—Revised—JJ Addendum (DS-R-JJ)

Youth

405

5

0.0

68

14

Court Representative Questionnaire

Court representatives

212

5

0.2

177

35

Electronic Data Transfer of Juvenile Justice Records

Key site personnel

212

5

0.0

35

7

Education Study

Teacher Questionnaire

Teacher

212

5

0.3

265

53

School Administrator Questionnaire

School administrators

212

5

0.2

177

35

Electronic Data Transfer of Education Records

Key site personnel

212

5

0.0

35

7

Child Welfare Study

Child Welfare Sector Study Questionnaire—Intake (CWSQ-I)

Care coordinators

487

1

0.5

244

49

Child Welfare Sector Study Questionnaire—Follow-up (CWSQ-F)

Care coordinators

487

4

0.5

974

195

Sustainability Study

Sustainability Survey: Brief Form

Project Director

79

2

0.2

26

5

Sustainability Survey

Providers

180

2

0.8

270

54

Sustainability Survey

Caregiver

60

2

0.8

90

18

CQI Effectiveness Evaluation

CQI Baseline Survey, Web-based

Key site personnel

208

1

0.5

104

21

CQI Monitoring Survey, Web-based

Key site personnel

208

2

0.5

208

42

Local Focus Group Guide

Key site personnel

30

2

1.0

60

12

National Focus Group Guide

National TA providers

20

2

1.0

40

8

Alumni Networking Study

Networking and Collaboration Survey

Key site personnel

236

4

0.5

472

94

Alumni Network Satisfaction Survey

Key site personnel, nat'l TA providers, Branch staff

458

3

0.3

344

69

Services and Costs Study

Flex Funds Data Dictionary/Tool

Local programming staff compiling/entering administrative data on children/youth

1,306

3

0.0

129

26

Services and Costs Data Dictionary/Data Entry Application

Local evaluator, staff at partner agencies, and programming staff compiling/entering service and cost records on children/youth

5,541

100

0.1

27,705

5,541

Respondent

Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

respondent

Average

burden/

response

Total average annual burden

Caregiver

5,541

0.9

2.2

10,891

Youth

3,452

0.9

1.0

3,119

Provider/Administrator

546

10.5

1.1

6,580

Total

9,539

20,591

Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 and e-mail her a copy at

summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov

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

March 11, 2009.

Elaine Parry,

Director, Office of Program Services.

[FR Doc. E9-5803 Filed 3-17-09; 8:45 am]

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