Notice2023-05306
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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March 15, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16021-16022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05306]
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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 summary 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 (240) 276-0361.
Proposed Project: Evaluation of the Projects for Assistance in
Transition From Homelessness (PATH) Program (OMB No. 0930-0381)--
Reinstatement
SAMHSA is conducting the federally mandated Evaluation of the PATH
program. The PATH grant program, created as part of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990, is administered by
SAMHSA's CMHS' Division of State and Community Systems Development. The
PATH program is authorized under Section 521 et seq. of the Public
Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. The SAMHSA PATH program funds
each Fiscal Year the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
and four U.S. Territories (the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). The PATH
grantees make grants to local, public and non-profit organizations to
provide the PATH allowable services.
The SAMHSA Administrator is required under Section 528 of the PHS
Act to evaluate the expenditures of PATH grantees at least once every
three years to ensure they are consistent with legislative requirements
and to recommend changes to the program design or operations. The
primary task of the PATH evaluation is to meet the mandates of Section
528 of the PHS Act. The second task of the PATH evaluation is to
conduct additional data collection and analysis to further investigate
the sources of variation in key program output and outcome measures
that are important for program management and policy development. The
PATH evaluation builds on the previous evaluation which was finalized
in 2016 and was conducted as part of the National Evaluation of SAMHSA
Homeless Programs. Previously, the data collections activities also
included PATH Intermediary Web Survey, a PATH Provider Web Survey, and
a PATH Telephone Interview Guide. The current PATH evaluation will be
limited to the PATH Contact (SPC) Web Survey and PATH Site Visit
Discussion Guides to facilitate the collection of information regarding
the structures and processes in place at the grantee and provider
level. The current PATH evaluation will use web surveys and site visits
to facilitate the collection of information regarding the structures
and processes in place at the grantee and provider level. Data
regarding the outputs and outcomes of the PATH program will be obtained
from grantee applications, providers' intended use plans (IUPs) and
from PATH annual report data, which is also required by Section 528 of
the PHS Act and is approved under OMB No. 0930-0205.
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Web Surveys will be conducted with all State PATH Contacts (SPCs).
The Web Surveys will capture detailed and structured information in the
following topics: selection, monitoring and oversight of PATH
providers; populations served; the PATH services provided; provision of
training and technical assistance; implementation of Evidence Based
Practices (EBPs) and innovative practices including the SSI/SSDI
Outreach, Access, and Recovery program; data reporting, use of data and
the Homeless Management Information System; and collaboration,
coordination and involvement with Continuums of Care and other
organizations. The SPCs for all grantees (n=56) will be contacted to
complete the web surveys. The Web Surveys will be administered once per
triennial evaluation cycle.
Site Visits will be conducted with a purposive sample of PATH
grantees and providers to collect more nuanced information than will be
possible with the web survey. Semi-structured discussions will take
place with the SPCs, grantee staff, PATH provider staff including the
Project Director and other key management staffs, outreach workers,
case managers and other clinical treatment staff, and consumers. Five
grantees will be selected for Site Visits and visited within each
grantee will be one to two PATH providers. The Site Visits will be
utilized to collect information on provider and state characteristics;
practices and priorities; context within which the grantees and
providers operate; and services available within the areas the
providers operate. The successes, barriers, and strategies faced by
PATH grantees and providers will also be discussed. Focus groups will
be held with current or former consumers of the PATH program to obtain
consumer perspectives regarding the impact of the programs. The Site
Visits will be conducted once per triennial evaluation cycle.
The estimated burden for the reporting requirements for the PATH
evaluation is summarized in the table below.
Annual Burden Table
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total hour
Instrument/activity respondents respondent responses response burden
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Web Surveys
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SPC Web Survey.................. \1\ 56 1 56 1 56
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Site Visit Interviews
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Opening Session with State Staff \2\ 25 1 25 2 50
SPC Session..................... \3\ 5 1 5 2 10
State Stakeholder Session....... \4\ 25 1 25 1.5 37.5
Provider Stakeholder Session.... \5\ 50 1 50 1.5 75
Opening Session with PATH \6\ 50 1 50 2 100
Provider Staff.................
PATH Provider Project Director \7\ 10 1 10 2 20
Session........................
PATH Direct Care Provider \8\ 50 1 50 2 100
Session........................
Consumer Focus Groups........... \9\ 100 1 100 1.5 150
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Total....................... 371 .............. 371 .............. 598.5
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\1\ 1 respondent * 56 SPCs = 56 respondents.
\2\ 5 respondents * 5 site visits = 25 respondents.
\3\ 1 respondent * 5 site visits = 5 respondents.
\4\ 5 respondents * 5 site visits = 25 respondents.
\5\ 5 respondents * 10 site visits (2 providers per state) = 50 respondents.
\6\ 5 respondents * 10 site visits (2 providers per state) = 50 respondents.
\7\ 1 respondent * 10 site visits (2 providers per state) = 10 respondents.
\8\ 5 respondents * 10 site visits (2 providers per state) = 50 respondents.
\9\ 10 respondents * 10 site visits (10 Consumers per provider (2 providers per state) = 100 respondents.
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.
Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2023-05306 Filed 3-14-23; 8:45 am]
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