[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 218 (Wednesday, November 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 67167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26667]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects: Conduct an electronic survey of 2012-funded
Family Connection grantees to collect process evaluation data to
include as part of the Cross-Site Evaluation.
Title: Cross-site Evaluation Survey 2012 Family Connection
Grantees.
OMB No.: New.
Description: In the interest of providing as complete an evaluation
report as possible by the end of FY15, the Children's Bureau has
directed the contractor conducting the Cross-site Evaluation to adopt
the most efficient means possible to collect process evaluation data
from grantees. The proposed electronic survey will replace originally
planned in-person and telephone discussions with electronic surveys.
This will enable collection of key information on project design,
implementation, maintenance, and sustainability from key grantee
representatives in an abbreviated amount of time. The quantitative
nature of the surveys will enable rapid data analysis and reporting.
Respondents: The Cross-site Evaluation addresses a total of
seventeen (17) Family Connection grantees. Four categories of
participants will be surveyed: Project Leadership, Service Providers,
Project Partners (public child welfare and community agencies), and
Evaluators. For each grantee, an average of 20 respondents is
anticipated: 4 project leadership, 9 service providers, 2 public child
welfare agency representatives, 2 community partner representatives,
and 3 evaluators. These numbers of participants, per category, are used
in the table below to calculate the number of respondents, across the
17 projects to be surveyed. Differences in burden estimates for the
different instruments reflect the number of questions in each.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Project Leadership Protocol....................... 79 1 .75 59.25
Service Provider Protocol......................... 153 1 .5 76.5
Public Child Welfare Partner Protocol............. 34 1 .25 8.5
Community Partner Protocol........................ 34 1 .25 8.5
Evaluator Protocol................................ 51 1 .75 38.25
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours........... .............. .............. ............. 191.00
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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 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. 2014-26667 Filed 11-10-14; 8:45 am]
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