98-20219. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 145 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40538-40539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20219]


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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 [phone].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project

    Evaluation of the HHS Access to Community Care and Effective 
Services and Supports (ACCESS) Program--0930-0164--Revision--The Center 
for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is seeking OMB approval to expand 
this evaluation study that is assessing service systems integration 
(SI) approaches for homeless persons with severe mental illnesses. The 
expansion is for conduct of 18 month follow-up interviews on the fourth 
cohort of homeless clients, a fourth wave of interviews with providers 
of services to homeless persons, and state and local level 
implementation data from the project staff. SI sites will be contrasted 
with comparison sites to assess the long-term impact of SI. Case 
studies will describe approaches to SI, processes by which SI takes 
place and factors that influence SI. The table below summarizes the 
annualized burden for this project.

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                                                      No. of          No. of          Average                   
                                                    Respondents   Responses  per    Burden per     Total  Burden
                                                   (4th cohort)      Respondent      Response      (Annualized) 
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Currently approved..............................  ..............  ..............  ..............           6,169
Clients (Homeless Persons)......................            1260             .57             .75             540
Service Providers...............................             880             .57             1.2             603
Project Staff...................................              27              50             .58             777
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      Total.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           8,089
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: July 23, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-20219 Filed 7-28-98; 8:45 am]
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