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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 225 (Thursday, November 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92137-92138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27199]

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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) 276-0361.

Project: Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program Monitoring

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) will 
monitor program performance of its Training and Technical Assistance 
(TTA) programs. The TTAs disseminate current behavioral health services 
research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute 
on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Mental Health, 
National Institute of Justice, and other sources, as well as other 
SAMHSA programs. To accomplish this, the TTA programs develop and 
update state-of-the-art, research-based curricula and professional 
development training.
    The TTA programs hold a variety of events: technical assistance, 
meetings, trainings, and presentations. A TTA technical assistance 
event is defined as a jointly planned consultation generally involving 
a series of contacts between the TTA and an outside organization/
institution during which the TTA provides expertise and gives direction 
toward resolving a problem or improving conditions. Technical 
assistance events can be categorized into universal, targeted, and 
intensive. Other TTA events such as meetings, training, presentations, 
strategic planning and learning collaboratives are utilized to support 
technical assistance. These events are TTA-sponsored or co-sponsored 
events in which a group of people representing one or more agencies 
other than the TTAs work cooperatively on a project, problem, and/or 
policy. SAMHSA intends to use three (3) instruments for program 
monitoring of TTA events as well as ongoing quality improvement, which 
are described below.
    1. TTA Event Description Form (EDF): The EDF collects event 
information. The form includes 10 questions of TTA faculty/staff 
relating to the event focus and format. It allows the TTAs and SAMHSA 
to track the number of events held (See Attachment 1).
    2. TTA Post Event Form: The Post Event Form will be administered 
immediately following the event. The form includes 16 questions of each 
individual that participated in the event (Attachment 2). The 
instrument asks the participants to report on general demographic 
information (gender, race, sexual orientation, level of education, 
primary profession), principal employment setting, employment zip code, 
satisfaction with the event, if they expect the event to benefit them 
professionally, if they expect the event to change their practice and 
if they would recommend the event to a colleague.
    3. TTA Follow-up Form: The Follow-up Form will be administered 60-
days after all events that last a minimum of three (3) hours. The form 
will be administered to a minimum of 25% of participants who consent to 
participate in the follow-up process. The includes 13 questions 
(Attachment 3). The instrument asks the participants to report if the 
information provided at the event benefited their professional 
development, will change their practice, if they will use the 
information in their future work, if information will be shared with 
colleagues, how the event supported their work responsibilities, how 
the TTA can improve the events, and what other topics participants 
would like to see TTAs address and in what format.
    The information collected on the three TTA forms will assist SAMHSA 
in documenting the numbers and types of participants in TTA events, 
describing the extent to which participants report improvement in their 
professional development, and which method is most effective in 
disseminating knowledge to various audiences. This type of information 
is crucial to support SAMHSA in complying with GPRA reporting 
requirements and will inform future development of knowledge 
dissemination activities.
    The chart below summarizes the annualized burden for this project.

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                                             Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total annual    Hourly  wage     Total hour
           Type of respondent               respondents     respondent       responses       response      burden hours        cost            cost
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TTA Faculty/Staff:
    TTA Event Description Form..........             113              48           5,424             .16          867.84          $28.89      $25,071.90
Meeting and Presentations Respondents...
    TTA Post-Event Form.................         300,057               1         300,057             .16       48,009.00           28.89    1,386,983.48
    TTA Follow-up Form..................          13,566               1          13,566             .16        2,170.56           28.89       62,707.48
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        Total...........................         313,736  ..............         319,047  ..............       51,047.40  ..............    1,474,762.86
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Summary Table

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                                                                     Number of     Responses per   Annual burden
                           Instruments                              respondents     respondents        hours
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TTA Event Description Form......................................             113              48          867.84
TTA Post Event Form.............................................         300,057               1       48,009.00

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TTA Follow up Form..............................................          13,566               1        2,170.56
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    Total.......................................................         313,736  ..............       51,047.40
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    Send comments to SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 5600 Fisher 
Lane, Room 15E57A, Rockville, MD 20852 OR email a copy at 
[email protected]. Written comments should be received by 
January 21, 2025.

Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2024-27199 Filed 11-20-24; 8:45 am]
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