8138 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 29 / Friday, February 11, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Suicide 

Prevention 2.0 Program—Community 

Opinion Survey 

AGENCY: Veterans Health 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Health Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, will 

submit the collection of information 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The PRA 

submission describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

cost and burden, and it includes the 

actual data collection instrument. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Refer to ‘‘OMB Control 

No. 2900–NEW. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 

and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266–4688 

or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–NEW’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–21. 

Title: Suicide Prevention 2.0 

Program—Community Opinion Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–NEW. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Abstract: VA authority for this data 

collection is found under 38 U.S.C., Part 

I, Chapter 5, Section 527, which 

authorizes the collection of data that 

will allow measurement and evaluation 

of VA Programs, the goal of which is 

improved health care for veterans. The 

information will be used to accomplish 

three aims: (1) Collect baseline data on 

the knowledge and attitudes of adult US 

citizens living in specified communities 

about veterans, veteran suicide, and 

resources available to veterans to reduce 

suicide, prior to the implementation of 

suicide prevention programs; (2) collect 

follow-up data in the same communities 

to assess whether those knowledge and 

attitudes have changed over time; and 

(3) determine whether the programs and 

policies implemented by a community 

resulted in positive change in 

knowledge and attitudes. 

The data will be utilized by the Office 

of Mental Health and Suicide 

Prevention in VA Central Office to 

measure the return on investment of 

significant resources that have been 

invested to support communities in 

their efforts to reduce veteran suicide. 

Specifically, the Community-Based 

Interventions (CBI) arm of VA’s 

‘‘Suicide Prevention 2.0’’ (SP2.0) 

program has launched two different 

initiatives whose goals are to increase 

the successful implementation of best 

practices to prevent veteran suicide in 

local communities. The data will allow 

VA to measure a baseline level of 

expected outcomes, follow-up levels, 

and explore the role of new programs in 

any changes, as well as inform program 

planning and evaluation. 

In addition, the data collected will be 

used by State teams that are engaged in 

the Governor’s Challenge (GC) initiative. 

GC is one of the initiatives supported by 

SP2.0 and is structured so that State 

teams are provided training and 

technical assistance by VA to expand 

their efforts to implement suicide 

prevention programs in their State. This 

data collection will assist the State 

teams to assess the effects of their new 

programming or policies. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published at 86 FR 

218 on November 16, 2021, page 63455. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 2,500 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 15 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Once 

annually. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10,000. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02924 Filed 2–10–22; 8:45 am] 

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