The SED will offer these same services
to individuals with mental illness for whom SSA denied Social
Security disability benefits. SSA seeks to determine whether
offering this evidence-based package of integrated vocational and
mental health services to denied disability applicants fosters
employment that leads to self-sufficiency; improved mental health
and quality of life; and reduced demand for disability benefits.
This study will test the two treatment conditions against each
other and against the control group on multiple outcomes of policy
interest to SSA. The key outcomes of interest include: (1)
employment; (2) earnings; (3) income; (4) mental status; (5)
quality of life; (6) health services utilization; and (7) SSA
disability benefit receipt and amount. SSA is also interested in
the study take up rate (participation); knowing who enrolls (and
who does not); and fidelity to evidence-based treatments; among
other aspects of implementation. Data collection for the evaluation
of the SED will consist of the following activities: baseline
in-person participant interviews; quarterly participant telephone
interviews; receipt of SSA administrative record data; and
collection of site-level program data. Evaluation team members will
also conduct site visits involving: (1) pre-visit environmental
scans to understand the local context in which we embed SED
services; (2) independent fidelity assessments in conjunction with
those carried out by state Mental Health or Vocational
Rehabilitation staff; (3) key informant interviews with the IPS
specialist, the nurse care coordinator, the case manager, and
facility director; (4) focus groups with participants in the Full
Service and Basic-Service Treatment groups; and (5) ethnographic
data collection consisting of observations in the natural
environment, and person centered interviews with participants and
non-participants. The respondents are study participants and
non-participants; family members; IPS specialists; nurse care
coordinators; case managers; and facility directors. This is a
non-substantive Change Request to remove some questions from the
CIDI Screener and to administer the CIDI Screener test to fewer
respondents.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Non-Substantive Change request 0806.doc
Person-Centered Interview