[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]


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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:
    <bullet> In-person interviews with state and local SOAR 
stakeholders;
    <bullet> A social network survey of state and local SOAR 
stakeholders;
    <bullet> Focus groups with participants of in-person SOAR 
trainings;
    <bullet> Evaluative materials completed by participants of in-
person SOAR trainings, including pre/post training evaluation forms and 
a customer satisfaction survey;
    <bullet> 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 responses  Average hours per  Total hour burden
                                                                 respondents       respondent                            response
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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................................................               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
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    Subtotal................................................               120                --               360              --                  61.2
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              --               1,918.6
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    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]
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