[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80832-80833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32228]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). To request a copy of these
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
Proposed Project: Evaluation of the SOAR Initiative--NEW
SAMHSA will evaluate the implementation and outcomes of the
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)/Social Security Disability Income
(SSDI) Outreach Access and Recovery (SOAR) initiative. The SSI and SSDI
programs provide cash 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 initiative is the provision of technical assistance (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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated
Data collection activity number of Responses per Total responses Average hours per Total hour burden
respondents respondent response
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subtotal................................................ 208 -- 328 -- 272.4
In-person Training Evaluative Materials:
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
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subtotal................................................ 120 -- 360 -- 61.2
Web-based Training Evaluative Materials:
[[Page 80833]]
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
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subtotal............................................ 4,756 -- 10,168 -- 1,585
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total........................................... 5,084 -- 10,856 -- 1,918.6
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by January 24, 2011 to: SAMHSA
Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503; due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing of mail
sent through the U.S. Postal Service, respondents are encouraged to
submit comments by fax to: 202-395-7285.
Dated: December 15, 2010.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Management, Technology and Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-32228 Filed 12-22-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4162-20-P