[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21996-21997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10937]


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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 list 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 (301) 443-7978.

Protocols for the Cross-Site Process Evaluation of the State 
Incentive Grant (SIG) Program

    (New)--SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is 
charged with evaluating the State Incentive Cooperative Agreements for 
Community-Based Action, or State Incentive Grant (SIG) Program. States 
receiving SIG funds are: (1) To coordinate, leverage and/or redirect, 
as appropriate, all substance abuse prevention resources within the 
State that are directed at communities, families, schools, and 
workplaces, and (2) to develop a revitalized, comprehensive State-wide 
prevention strategy aimed at reducing drug use by youth. The ultimate 
aim of the SIG Program is to prevent substance abuse among youths ages 
12 to 17. The District of Columbia and the 20 States that have received 
SIG grants thus far are required to implement at the community level a 
range of substance abuse, community-based prevention efforts, at least 
half of which are derived from sound scientific research findings. CSAP 
awarded about $3 million per year for three years to each of five 
States in FY 1997, to each of fourteen States in FY 1998, to one State 
and the District of Columbia in FY 1999, and to seven additional States 
in FY 2000.
    CSAP is conducting a national, cross-site evaluation of the SIG 
Program, consisting of a process and an outcome evaluation. The outcome 
evaluation will address two questions: (1) ``Has the SIG Program had an 
impact on youth substance abuse?,'' and (2) ``How do SIG States differ 
in their impact on youth substance abuse?'' These questions will be 
addressed by using data already being collected by SAMHSA's National 
Household Survey of Drug Abuse (NHSDA) and selected data collected 
independently within funded States. The process evaluation will focus 
on three questions: (1) ``Did States attain the SIG Program's two main 
goals of coordinated funding streams and revitalized comprehensive 
prevention strategies and how were these goals attained?,'' (2) ``What 
other substance abuse prevention programming has the State 
implemented?,'' and (3) ``Did SIGs meet the criterion of supporting 
science-based programs fifty percent of the time, and what array of 
prevention activities were supported?'
    In addition to the NHSDA data and the State data on outcomes, three 
instruments are needed to collect process information about SIG 
activities at the State, community, and program levels: (1) A SIG State 
Case Study Protocol; (2) a Sub-Recipient Community Protocol; and (3) a 
Comparison Community Protocol. The State Case Study Protocol, which 
will serve as the final report template for the grant, will collect 
data on the following topics at the State level: contextual conditions; 
SIG mobilization; system characteristics and dynamics; collaborative 
strategies or activities; immediate outcomes; systems change; sub-
recipient characteristics and dynamics; sub-recipient planning and 
science-based prevention interventions; immediate, intermediate, and 
long-term outcomes for the sub-recipient community and program; 
possible rival explanations; and lessons learned. The Sub-recipient 
Community Protocol will collect data at the community level from a 
sample of sub-recipient communities in the SIG States on the following 
topics: contextual conditions, definition of the intervention in 
operation, and immediate, intermediate, and long-term outcomes. The 
Comparison Community Protocol will collect data from a sample 
communities in the SIG States that have not received sub-recipient 
awards on the following topics: the largest prevention initiatives in 
the community, community-wide policies aimed at preventing drug abuse, 
the community's comprehensive plan, and information about the 
community. Estimated response burden is as shown in the following 
table:

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                                                                            Responses
                Protocol                       Number of respondents           per       Hours per    Total hour
                                                                            respondent    response      burden
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SIG State Case Study (n=28).............  28 evaluators..................            1           80        2,240
                                          28 program directors...........            1            8          224
                                          56 key informants..............            1            4          224
Sub-recipient Community (n=36)..........  28 (initial contacts)..........            1            1           28
                                          36 (sub-recipient directors)...            1            1           36
                                          360 (site visit interviews)....            1            1          360
Comparison Community (n=36).............  28 (initial contacts)..........            1            1           28
                                          360 (site visit interviews)....            1            1          360
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    Total...............................  924............................  ...........  ...........        3,500
    Annual Average......................  308............................  ...........  ...........        1,167
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Stuart Shapiro, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management

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and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: April 24, 2001.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 01-10937 Filed 5-1-01; 8:45 am]
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