[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17048-17049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07316]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Same-sex relationships: Updates to Healthy Marriage and
Relationship Education.
OMB No.: New Collection
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
will examine how healthy marriage programs currently approach, and
could approach, serving sexual minority populations, that is, lesbian,
gay, and bisexual populations. ACF expects to collect and analyze data
from a range of information collection efforts--including interviews
with program administrators, program managers, healthy marriage and
relationship programming experts, and focus groups with program
applicants and program attendees--to propose methods and practices for
serving such couples/individuals/youth.
Respondents: Current healthy marriage program applicants and
participants, program managers and facilitators, and experts in the
field.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total/annual Number of Average burden
Instrument number of responses per hours per Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Focus Group Guide for Program Applicants........ 30 1 1.5 45
Focus Group Guide for Program Attendees......... 60 1 1.5 90
Focus Group Guide for Program Attendees......... 60 1 1.5 90
Interview Guide for Program Managers............ 6 1 1 6
Interview Guide for Program Facilitators........ 12 1 1 12
Interview Guide for Program Experts............. 12 1 1 12
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[[Page 17049]]
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 255.
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.
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.
Karl Koerper,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-07316 Filed 3-30-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-73-P