[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28393-28394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11526]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Cross-Site Evaluation of the Infant Adoption Awareness
Training Program for Projects Initially Funded in Fiscal Year 2006.
OMB No.: 0970-0371.
Background and Brief Description: The Administration for Children
and Families' (ACF) Children's Bureau (CB), is requesting extension of
the OMB-approved data collection instruments used in the Cross-Site
Evaluation of the Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program (IAATP).
The instruments that require extension include the IAATP Trainee
Pretest Survey and the IAATP Trainee Follow-up Survey.
Title XII, Subtitle A, of the Children's Health Act of 2000 (CHA)
authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to make Infant
Adoption Awareness Training grants available to national, regional, and
local adoption organizations for the purposes of developing and
implementing programs that train the staff of public and non-profit
private health service organizations to provide adoption information
and referrals to pregnant women on an equal basis with all other
courses of action included in non-directive counseling of pregnant
women. Section 1201(a)(2)(A) of the IAATP legislation requires grantees
to develop and deliver trainings that are consistent with the Best
Practice Guidelines for Infant Adoption Awareness Training. The IAATP
guidelines address training goals, basic skills, curriculum and
training structure. A complete description of the guidelines is
available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/programs_fund/discretionary/iaatp.htm.
The funded adoption organizations agree to make every effort to
ensure that the recipients of the training are the staff of ``eligible
health centers'' as specified in the grant. As defined in the
legislation, these entities include: (a) Eligible health centers that
receive grants under authority contained in Title X of the Public
Health Service Act (relating to voluntary family planning projects);
(b) eligible health centers that receive grants under Section 330 of
the Public Health Service Act (relating to community health centers,
migrant health centers, and centers regarding homeless individuals and
residents of public housing); and (c) eligible health centers that
receive grants under the Children's Health Act of 2000 for the
provision of services in schools (subsection (a)(5), 42 U.S.C. 254c-
6(a)(5)(C)).
A total of six organizations were awarded IAATP funding in FY2006.
In 2011, each of these organizations was awarded a new grant for a
brief (17 month) project period. The purpose of the new project period,
which commenced October 1, 2011, is for the grantees to enhance, adopt,
or adapt their existing IAATP curriculum; implement the modified
training; and evaluate the outcomes of participants in
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the training. Specifically, the new cooperative agreements require the
grantees to emphasize and strengthen four training areas that
preliminary cross-site evaluation findings indicate require
improvement: (1) Adoption law, (2) non-directive counseling, (3)
adolescent development and the impact on adoption decision making, and
(4) adoption types and practices. The cooperative agreements also
require the grantees to increase and maximize penetration of the
training within the target population of eligible health care centers.
As in the previous grant period, each grantee is required to
participate in the national cross-site evaluation of the extent to
which the IAATP training objectives are met. The Infant Adoption
Awareness Training Program Trainee Survey is the primary outcome data
collection instrument for the national cross-site evaluation.
Respondents complete the survey prior to receiving the training and
approximately 90 days after the training, which provides an assessment
of the extent to which trainees demonstrate sustained gains in their
knowledge about adoption, and the impact of the training on their
subsequent work with pregnant women. Extension of the pretest and
follow-up data collection instruments beyond the December 31, 2012
expiration date is necessary in order to complete a cross-site
evaluation of the extent to which the IAATP grantees fulfill the key
objectives of the new grant period (as stated above). The data
collection instruments will also continue to be utilized to determine
whether the grantees achieve the core objectives of the IAATP, which
include enhancing adoption knowledge within the target population;
providing adoption information on an equal basis with all other
options; and increasing awareness of community resources for adoption.
Pretest and follow-up versions of the survey require approximately
15 and 10 minutes, respectively, to complete. The estimated response
time for the follow-up survey includes time for respondents to access
the Web-based survey and complete the survey online. Respondents will
not need to implement a recordkeeping system or compile source data in
order to complete the survey. Where possible, fields in the follow-up
version of the survey are pre-filled with static data from the
respondent's pretest (e.g., demographics, agency type) in order to
further expedite completion of the survey and minimize respondent
burden.
Respondents: Infant Adoption Awareness Program Trainees.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Total
Number of instrument Average Number of Responses per Hours per burden
burden respondents respondent response hours
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IAATP: Trainee Survey Pretest 870 1 0.25 217.5
Administration...........................
IAATP: Trainee Survey Follow-Up 870 1 0.17 147.9
Administration...........................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 365.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade,
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-11526 Filed 5-11-12; 8:45 am]
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