Notice2022-26816
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Veteran Self-Check Assessment (SCA)
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Published
December 9, 2022
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 236 (Friday, December 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75701-75702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26816]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Veteran
Self-Check Assessment (SCA)
AGENCY: Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
this notice announces that the
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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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#503d31223932353c7e31203f3e24351026317e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6805091a010a0d0446091807061c0d281e09460f071e">[email protected]</span></a>.
Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-NEW'' in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-21.
Title: Veteran Self-Check Assessment (SCA).
OMB Control Number: 2900-NEW.
Type of Review: New collection.
Abstract: The Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) Chat program allows
Veterans, along with their families and friends, to interact online,
anonymously, through chat services with a trained VCL Responder. The
VCL Chat program is available to all Veterans who may or may not be
enrolled in the VA health care system and provides them with online
access to the VCL and the VA's suicide prevention services. For many
Veterans, their first contact with VHA is through this program. To help
facilitate Veterans' utilization of the Chat program and enhance the
Chat Responders' ability to understand and respond effectively to
Veteran-users, the VCL has implemented the Self-Check Assessment (SCA).
The SCA is an online, confidential, and anonymous risk assessment
tool for U.S. Veterans, Active-Duty Service Members (ADSM), members of
the National Guard and Reserves or family members of someone in one of
those groups. The SCA tool is used to seamlessly link Veterans and
their families with the VCL Chat program. At no point is the respondent
asked to give their name or any other identifying information. The
respondent is assigned a unique identifying number called a ``Reference
Code'' that they use to get the VCL Responder's response to their SCA.
The participant answers to the SCA are collected, and the program
automatically calculates and lists their risk Tier based on their
responses. The VCL Responder then reviews the SCA answers and sends a
message to the participant, which they receive using their ``Reference
Code.'' This messaging encourages the individual to connect to a VCL
Responder via an online chat link on the page. The VCL Responder will
engage the participant in exploring any service needs they may have and
direct them on how they might benefit from VA or community-based
services.
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 87 FR 188 on September 29, 2022, pages
59165 and 59166.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,964 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 10 minutes.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 11,783.
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. 2022-26816 Filed 12-8-22; 8:45 am]
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