[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50764-50766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20262]
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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: Evaluation of the SOAR Technical Assistance Effort--
NEW
SAMHSA will evaluate the implementation and outcomes of the
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)/Social Security Disability Income
(SSDI) Outreach Access and Recovery (SOAR) technical assistance (TA)
effort. The SSI and SSDI programs provide cash
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assistance to individuals with qualifying disabilities. SOAR aims to
increase access to these programs among people who are homeless and
thereby improve their quality of life. The crux of the effort is the
provision of TA to help states and local communities develop strategies
to increase the quality of SSI/SSDI applications homeless individuals
submit.
To evaluate SOAR's implementation and outputs, SAMHSA will collect
data from the following sources:
In-person interviews with state and local SOAR
stakeholders;
A social network survey of state and local SOAR
stakeholders;
Focus groups with participants of in-person SOAR
trainings;
Evaluative materials completed by participants of in-
person SOAR trainings, including pre/post training evaluation forms and
a customer satisfaction survey;
Evaluative materials completed by users of web-based SOAR
trainings, including pre/post training evaluation screens and an online
customer satisfaction survey.
The first four data collections will be conducted in eight local
communities in eight different states that will begin receiving
federally-funded SOAR TA for the first time in 2010. For the fifth data
collection, SAMHSA will collect data from pre- and post-training
evaluation forms and a customer satisfaction survey nationwide for
users of a newly developed web-based SOAR training.
Respondents to the in-person interviews and social network survey
will include an average of 15 state and local SOAR stakeholders in each
of the eight local communities included in the study (for a total of
120 respondents). Stakeholders include state and local SOAR leaders,
administrators and staff from Social Security Administration field
offices and state Disability Determination Services offices, SOAR
trainers, and administrators and staff from state mental health
agencies, housing and other public assistance agencies, homeless
service providers, and community-based agencies. Focus group
respondents will include an average of 11 individuals who participated
in an in-person SOAR training in each of the eight local communities
included in the study (for a total of 88 respondents). The majority of
respondents will be staff from community-based agencies. Respondents to
the in-person training evaluative materials include an average of 15
individuals who participated in the first in-person training in each of
the eight local communities included in the study (for a total of 120
respondents). Respondents to the web-based training evaluative
materials will be the universe of users who ever log on to the web-
based training and receive a user identification number, regardless of
in which state or community users reside. SAMHSA anticipates that 2,706
users will access the web-based training in lieu of attending an in-
person training. These users will complete all three components of the
evaluative materials. In addition, SAMHSA anticipates that 2,050 users
will access the web-based training to refresh or supplement what they
learned in an in-person training. These users will complete only the
first portion of the pre-training evaluation form, which asks for basic
background information about the user.
Burden Estimates
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Estimated
Data collection activity number of Responses per Total Average hours Total hour
respondents respondent responses per response burden
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In-person interviews............ 120 1 120 1 120
Social network survey........... 120 1 120 .17 20.4
Focus groups.................... 88 1 88 1.5 132
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Subtotal.................... 328 -- 328 -- 272.4
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In-person Training Evaluative Materials
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Pre-training evaluation form.... 120 1 120 .17 20.4
Post-training evaluation form... 120 1 120 .17 20.4
Customer satisfaction survey.... 120 1 120 .17 20.4
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Subtotal.................... 120 -- 360 -- 61.2
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Web-based Training Evaluative Materials
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Pre-training evaluation form.... 2,706 1 2,706 .17 460
Post-training evaluation form... 2,706 1 2,706 .17 460
Customer satisfaction survey.... 2,706 1 2,706 .17 460
Background form................. 2,050 1 2,050 .10 205
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Subtotal.................... 4,756 -- 10,168 -- 1,585
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Total................... 5,084 -- 10,856 -- 1918.6
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SAMHSA will use the information from the evaluation to demonstrate
the effectiveness of the SOAR TA effort and determine whether it is
worthy of future investment. The evaluation also is designed to enable
a review of SOAR for inclusion in SAMHSA's National Registry of
Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP). In addition, results
from the SOAR evaluation will inform future planning around Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA) reporting. SAMHSA anticipates
producing a final evaluation report that will be made available to the
public.
Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 AND e-mail a
copy to [email protected]. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
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Dated: August 10, 2010.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. 2010-20262 Filed 8-16-10; 8:45 am]
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