[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 40 (Thursday, February 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13680-13681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04307]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Parents and Children Together--Discussion Guide.
OMB No.: 0970-0403.
Description: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
(OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing data collection
activity as part of the Parents and Children Together (PACT)
Evaluation.
The PACT project is a formative evaluation whose overall objective
is to document and provide initial assessment of selected Responsible
Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage grant programs that were authorized
under the 2010 Claims Resolution Act. This information will be critical
to informing decisions related to future investments in this kind of
programming as well as the design and operation of such services.
To meet the objective of the study, PACT is utilizing three major,
interrelated evaluation strategies:
(a) Impact evaluation;
(b) Implementation evaluation; and
(c) Qualitative evaluation.
To collect data for these strategies, four instruments have been
approved to-date, and 14 new instruments are proposed through this ICR:
(1) Selecting Study Grantees (discussions with program and partner
organization staff)--APPROVED April 20, 2012
(2) Introductory Script (for RE program staff to discuss with program
applicants)--APPROVED October 31, 2012
(3) Baseline Survey (for RF study participants)--APPROVED October 31,
2012
(4) Introductory Script (for HM program staff to discuss with program
applicants)
(5) Baseline Survey (for HM study participants)
(6) RF study Management Information System (MIS)--APPROVED October 31,
2012
(7) HM study Management Information System (MIS)
(8) Semi-structured interview topic guide (for program staff)
(9) On-line survey (for program staff)
(10) Telephone interview guide (for program staff at referral
organizations)
(11) On-line Working Alliance Inventory (for program staff and
participants)
(12) Focus group discussion guide (for program participants)
(13) Telephone interview guide (for program dropouts)
(14) In-person, in-depth interview guide (for program participants)
(15) Telephone check-in guide (for program participants)
(16) Semi-structured interview topic guide (for program staff)
(17) Focus group discussion guide (for program participants)
(18) Questionnaire (for program participants in focus groups)
Respondents: Program applicants, program participants, program
staff, and staff at referral agencies. Specific respondents per
instrument are noted in the burden tables below.
Annual Burden Estimates
New instruments submitted for approval are included in the table
below.
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Average
Annual number Number of burden per Total annual
Instrument respondent of responses per response burden hours
respondents respondent (hours)
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IMPACT
Healthy Marriage Grantee Impact Evaluation
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(4) Introductory script Program staff........... 30 70.2 0.167 351
Program applicants.............................. 4,210 1 0.167 702
(5) Baseline survey Study participants.......... 4,000 1 0.5 2,000
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Healthy Marriage Grantee Implementation Evaluation--MIS
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(7) HM Study MIS Program staff.................. 30 3,400 0.033 3,400
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Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage Grantee Implementation Evaluation--Additional Implementation Data
Collection Instruments
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(8) Semi-structured interview topic guide 250 2 1.03 517
Program staff..................................
(9) On-line survey Program staff................ 250 2 0.5 250
(10) Telephone interviews (with staff at
referral organizations):
Program staff at referral organizations..... 50 1 0.5 25
(11) On-line Working Alliance Inventory:
(1) Program staff........................... 50 20 0.167 167
(2) Program Participants.................... 1,000 1 0.167 167
(12) Focus group guide Program participants..... 600 1 1.5 900
(13) Telephone interviews Program participants 150 1 0.25 38
(program dropouts).............................
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Responsible Fatherhood Grantee Qualitative Evaluation
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(14) Guide for in-person, in-depth interviews 32 3 2 192
Study participants.............................
(15) Check-in call guide Study participants..... 32 4 0.167 21
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IMPLEMENTATION/QUALITATIVE ONLY
Responsible Fatherhood Grantee Implementation Evaluation--Grantees With a Focus on Hispanic Populations
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(16) Semi-structured interview topic guide 42 1 1.5 63
Program staff..................................
(17) Focus group guide Program participants..... 20 1 1.5 30
(18) Questionnaires Program participants in 20 1 0.333 7
focus groups...................................
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Total................................... .............. .............. .............. 8,830
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Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests should be identified by the title of the information
collection. Email address: [email protected].
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
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: [email protected]. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information collection.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202-395-
6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and
Families.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-04307 Filed 2-27-13; 8:45 am]
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