03-29217. Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

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Proposed Project: Data Collection, Management, Reporting, and Evaluation for the Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI)—New—National Center for HIV, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC is requesting OMB approval to collect data to assess the HIV prevention and capacity-building activities of community-based organizations (CBOs) and other not-for-profit organizations funded under the MAI. The essence of this initiative is to implement an approach to HIV Prevention for minority communities through three strategies: (1) Support of CBOs to deliver HIV prevention services; (2) community coalition development (CCD) projects to increase access to a linked network of HIV, STD, TB, and substance abuse services; and (3) capacity-building assistance (CBA) to sustain, improve, and expand HIV prevention services.

CDC requires MAI grantees to evaluate their programs. CDC has the responsibility to support these evaluation efforts by assisting grantees in the design and implementation of their program evaluation activities, including the provision of evaluation forms and conducting an overall evaluation of the MAI. The data collected during this evaluation will allow CDC to (1) address accountability needs, (2) provide necessary information to the MAI grantees for improving their programs, and (3) provide a context for understanding the effectiveness of programs targeting African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities.

Data collection will include self-administered questionnaires, which will be submitted quarterly, document reviews, and interviews with directors of community-based organizations, collaborating organizations, other community organizations, and community members served by these organizations. The first wave of data collection is planned for the summer of 2003. Subsequent waves of data collection are planned for 2004. The annualized burden for this data collection is 255 hours.

Data collection forms	Number of respondents	Number of responses per respondent	Average burden per response (in hrs)
Community-Based Organization (CBO) Questionnaire and Capacity-Building Recipient Questionnaire	136	1	60/60
CBO HIV Counseling, Testing and Referral Questionnaire:
Part I	54	1	10/60
Part II	54	4	10/60
Capacity-Building Assistance (CBA) Provider Regionally-Based Resource Networks Questionnaire	1	1	5/60
CBA Provider Questionnaire
Part I	16	1	10/60
Part II	17	1	20/60
Part III	17	4	15/60
Community Coalition Development Questionnaire
Part I	11	1	60/60
Part II	11	4	30/60
Strategic Alliance
Part I	5	1	60/60
Part II	5	4	30/30

Dated: November 17, 2003.

Laura Yerdon Martin,

Acting Director, Executive Secretariat, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.