SPARS CSAT Announcements and Resources Update – Week of 1/16/2023

1/20/2023

Thank you for your continued dedication to meeting your grant program’s purpose, goals, and objectives to address the behavioral health needs of your community and the nation.

This is a reminder that the new CSAT Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Client Outcome Measures for Discretionary Programs tool (GPRA Tool; OMB 0930-0208) launches on January 21, 2023.

This announcement includes important information about timelines for implementation of the new version of the CSAT GPRA tool.

Key dates for transitioning to the new tool are as follows:

• Interviews using the expiring GPRA Tool must be completed on or prior to January 20, 2023.
  • No interviews using the expiring GPRA Tool should occur after January 20, 2023.
  • For interview dates of 1/20/2023 and prior, grantees will be able enter data into SPARS for the expiring tool after the new tool goes live.
  • Only interviews with dates of 1/20/2023 and prior can be entered into SPARS using the expiring tool.
  • Data collected using the expiring tool must be entered into SPARS by February 15, 2023.

• Interviews using the new version of the GPRA Tool should start on January 21, 2023.
  • Interviews from January 21, 2023, and forward will only be accepted into SPARS using the new tool.

• The SPARS system will allow data entry using the new tool as of January 30, 2023.

• • The CSAT area of SPARS will be unavailable to users the weekend of January 28 and 29, 2023, while the system changes for the new tool are implemented.
  • No data entry using the new tool can be made until January 30, 2023.

• Batch upload for the new CSAT GPRA Tool will now be available as follows:
  • Batch upload for expiring tool must be completed by 12pm ET on February 15, 2023.
  • Updates to the existing XML-based batch upload to support the new version of the CSAT GPRA tool will be available on February 16, 2023.
  • The new batch upload process using comma-separated values (CSV) or spreadsheet templates will be available on February 16, 2023.

Here is a summary of the activities and dates mentioned above.

The following training and resources are available now to help grantees with the transition to the new CSAT GPRA tool.

Training and Resources Available Now

New Version of the CSAT GPRA Tool:

• CSAT GPRA Client Outcome Measures Tool (English)
• CSAT GPRA Client Outcome Measures Tool - Spanish (Spanish)

New CSAT GPRA Tool Training (October 2022):

• SPARS CSAT GPRA Tool Training Slides and Recorded Webinar (includes downloadable MP4)

Section H Information Sheet:

• CSAT GPRA Client Outcome Measures Tool: Section H Information Sheet

Section H Training:

• CSAT GPRA Client Outcome Measures for Discretionary Programs Tool: Section H. Program-Specific Questions Training – December 2022 Slides and Video (downloadable MP4)

Codebook:

• CSAT GPRA Client Outcome Measures Codebook

Crosswalk from Expiring Tool to New Tool:

• CSAT GPRA Crosswalk - Expiring Tool to New Tool

GPRA Client Outcome Measures Question-By-Question Instruction Guide (QxQ):

• GPRA Client Outcome Measures Question-By-Question Instruction Guide (QxQ) 

Batch Upload Schema (XML):

• CSAT GPRA Client Outcome Measures Services Document XML Schema 

Batch Upload Template (CSV):

• CSAT GPRA Client Outcome Measures CSV (comma separated values) Template (.csv download)