Harm Reduction Public Comment matrix

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Request 0930-XXXX Harm Reduction Grant Program Target Setting and Quarterly Aggregate Reporting Instrument 86 FR 8269 (February 14, 2022)
Summary of Comments and SAMHSA’s Responses as of 05/17/2022
Comment
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Date
Received
4/15/2022

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Organizations
Summary of Comments
1. University of Washington
Explicitly allow estimates for individual-level outcomes, rather than require unique individual counts
2. New York University
3. Drug User Health team at
NASTAD
4. Capacity Building team at the
National Harm Reduction
Coalition

SAMHSA’s Response
Estimates will be allowed and instructions provided in guidance materials.
SAMHSA will be changing the measures from unique individuals to encounters to
allow for easier reporting.
SAMHSA will explore conducting a Point-in-time survey to allow for reporting more
detail on individual-level activities.

4/15/2022

1. University of Washington
Include a data dictionary
2. New York University
3. Drug User Health team at
NASTAD
4. Capacity Building team at the
National Harm Reduction
Coalition

SAMHSA accepts recommendation.

4/15/2022

1. University of Washington
2. New York University
3. Drug User Health team at
NASTAD
4. Capacity Building team at the
National Harm Reduction
Coalition

SAMHSA accepts the following:
1. the response options for gender to be "Select all that apply".
2. the suggestion putting in alphabetical order the Race categories: American Indian
or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American Native Hawaiian or Other
Pacific Islander, White. Will continued to follow OMB's definition of race and
ethnicity (OMB Ethnicity Categories:
Hispanic or Latino Not Hispanic or Latino)
3. (a) revising the age categories, (b) breakout further the age category of 45+ year
olds, and (c) creating an age category for minors (17 years old and under).

Changes to demographic information
1. Best practices for gender categories are to ‘select all that apply.’
2. Demographic categories should follow the same ordering logic across all domains.
3. Age category