[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 230 (Tuesday, December 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75117-75119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30337]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Building Bridges and Bonds (B3) Study: Data Collection.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) proposes to collect
information as part of the Building Bridges and Bonds (B3) study. B3
will inform policymakers, program operators, and stakeholders about
effective ways for fatherhood programs to support fathers in their
parenting and employment. In particular, partnering with programs that
serve low-income fathers to promote responsible fatherhood, the B3
study will examine the effectiveness of strategies used to (1) engage
fathers in program activities, (2) develop and support parenting and
co-parenting skills, and (3) advance the employment of disadvantaged
fathers. B3 will test innovative, evidence-informed approaches that
will be added to the core components of fatherhood programs and will
reflect the most recent developments in behavioral science, adult
skill-building, child development, and other relevant disciplines. The
study will include up to six sites and specific interventions will vary
by site.
B3 includes an impact evaluation and a process study. The impact
evaluation will involve randomly assigning individuals to a treatment
or comparison condition and comparing key outcomes. In addition, the
study will collect information on employment, criminal justice and
child support outcomes from administrative records. These data will be
used to estimate the effects of the parenting or employment
intervention on a range of outcomes including employment; earnings;
child support; father/child contact, shared activities, and
relationship quality; father's commitment to his child, parenting
skills, and parenting efficacy; co-parenting relationship quality; and
criminal justice outcomes.
The process study will describe and document each newly established
intervention and how it operated to provide insight into the treatment
differentials and the context for interpreting findings of the impact
study. The process study will also highlight lessons to the field
including what it takes to engage participants, the challenges sites
face when implementing the parenting or employment intervention, and
the participants' perspectives on whether the program components
offered met their needs.
Data collection instruments for the B3 study include the following:
(1) Screening for program eligibility to help ensure that only eligible
fathers enroll in the study.
(2) nFORM management information system (MIS) to record study and
participation information. Note: Only B3-specific burden is included
with this request. All Responsible Fatherhood Grantees (funded by the
ACF Office of Family Assistance) are required to use nFORM. nFORM is
being developed by the Fatherhood and Marriage Local Evaluation and
Cross-site (FaMLE Cross-site) Project and burden for these sites are
captured under OMB #0970-0460. (3) Applicant characteristics and
program operations data for one non-grantee site. We expect most of the
B3 sites will be federally funded Responsible Fatherhood grantees, but
it is possible that one site will not and therefore, this request
includes burden for one site to use nFORM. (4) Baseline and follow-up
surveys for the impact study. There will be two versions of each
survey, specific to the intervention tested. (5) Baseline and follow-up
questionnaires, interviews, focus groups, and surveys to inform the
process study; these will also be specific to the intervention tested.
The sites that are part of the B3 study will use a slightly
modified version of nFORM that includes B-3 specific information, such
as: (1) B3-specific enrollment data (2) B3-specific information about
focal child and co-parent in in sites testing a parenting intervention,
and (3) B3 tracking of child and co-parent attendance in services with
the father for program group members in sites testing a parenting
intervention.
RESPONDENTS: Fathers seeking services from one of the six
Responsible Fatherhood Programs in the B3 study and staff members
working at the B3 sites.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Total number Annual number responses per hours per Annual burden
of respondents of respondents respondent response hours
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Instruments for Recruitment and Screening
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Screening questions for 4,000 1,333 1 0.03 44
parenting intervention
(applicant burden).............
Screening questions for 48 16 83 0.03 44
parenting intervention (staff
burden)........................
Screening questions for 2,000 667 1 0.17 111
employment intervention
(applicant burden).............
Screening questions for 24 8 83 0.17 111
employment intervention (staff
burden)........................
Consent/Assent Materials for 2,500 833 1 0.17 139
Fathers (applicant burden).....
Consent/Assent Materials for 72 24 35 0.17 139
Fathers (staff burden).........
Consent Materials for Parents of 833 278 1 0.17 46
Fathers under 18 (applicant
burden)........................
Consent Materials for Parents of 72 24 12 0.17 46
Fathers under 18 (staff burden)
Recruitment script for parenting 1,500 500 1 0.08 42
intervention (applicant burden)
Recruitment script for parenting 48 16 31 0.08 42
intervention (staff burden)....
Recruitment script for 1,000 333 1 0.08 28
employment intervention
(applicant burden).............
Recruitment script for 24 8 42 0.08 28
employment intervention (staff
burden)........................
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Instruments for Impact Study
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B3-specific enrollment data 2,500 833 1 0.12 97
collected in the nFORM MIS from
all sample members (applicant
burden)........................
B3-specific enrollment data 72 24 35 0.12 97
collected in the nFORM MIS from
all sample members (staff
burden)........................
B3-specific information 750 250 1 0.17 42
collected about focal child and
co-parent in the nFORM MIS from
program group members in sites
testing parenting intervention
(applicant burden).............
B3-specific information 48 16 16 0.17 42
collected about focal child and
co-parent in the nFORM MIS from
program group members in sites
testing parenting intervention
(staff burden).................
B3 tracking of child and co- 48 16 156 0.01 21
parent attendance in services
with the father for program
group members in sites testing
parenting intervention (staff
burden)........................
Additional nFORM burden for non- 600 200 1 0.25 50
Grantee site (applicant burden)
Additional nFORM burden for non- 12 4 2,625 0.03 363
Grantee site (staff burden)....
Baseline survey for sites 1,500 500 1 0.67 333
testing parenting intervention.
Baseline survey for sites 1,000 333 1 0.67 222
testing employment intervention
6 month follow-up survey for 1,200 400 1 0.67 267
sites testing parenting
intervention...................
6 month follow-up survey for 800 267 1 0.67 178
sites testing employment
intervention...................
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Instruments for Process Study
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In-program participant 1,500 500 1 0.5 250
questionnaire for program and
control group members in sites
testing parenting intervention.
In-program participant 1,000 333 1 0.5 167
questionnaire for program and
control group members in sites
testing employment intervention
Staff baseline questionnaire for 208 69 1 0.5 35
sites testing parenting
intervention...................
Staff baseline questionnaire for 104 35 1 0.5 17
sites testing employment
intervention...................
Staff and management semi- 160 53 2 1.5 160
structured interviews for sites
testing parenting intervention.
Staff and management semi- 80 27 2 1.5 80
structured interviews for sites
testing employment intervention
Staff follow-up questionnaire 160 53 1 1.0 53
for sites testing parenting
intervention...................
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Staff follow-up questionnaire 80 27 1 1.0 27
for sites testing employment
intervention...................
Participant focus groups........ 96 32 1 1.5 48
Mother focus groups in sites 80 27 1 1.0 27
testing parenting intervention.
Mobile device process survey.... 2,000 667 5 0.08 278
Mobile device employment survey. 400 133 5 0.08 56
Mobile device parenting and co- 600 200 5 0.08 83
parenting survey...............
Post-workshop questionnaires for 750 250 5 0.05 63
sites testing parenting
intervention...................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,876.
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, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC
20201, 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.
Robert Sargis,
ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-30337 Filed 11-30-15; 8:45 am]
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