[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21553-21554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08363]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Responding to Intimate Violence in Relationship programs
(RIViR)
OMB No.: New Collection
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Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a data
collection as part of the ``Responding to Intimate Violence in
Relationship programs'' (RIViR) study. This notice addresses testing of
intimate partner violence (IPV) and teen dating violence (TDV)
screener/protocols, to be conducted with approximately 1,200
participants from approximately six Healthy Marriage and Relationship
Education (HMRE) grantees funded by the Office of Family Assistance
(OFA).
There is little consensus on how HMRE programs should address IPV
or TDV in their programs. To date, no IPV or TDV screening tools have
been empirically tested among HMRE program participants. The objective
of the proposed data collection is to test and validate IPV and TDV
screening instruments among HMRE program participants. Findings from
this data collection will be used to develop practical, responsive
guidance on IPV and TDV screening and surrounding protocols for HMRE
programs.
Data collection will entail testing eight screening instruments:
Six closed-ended screening instruments (three for IPV, three for TDV),
and two open-ended instruments (one for IPV, one for TDV). It is
anticipated that each participant will engage in four rounds of data
collection, one round for each IPV or TDV instrument, at least two
weeks apart. Data collection is expected to occur from Winter 2016/2017
through Spring 2017.
Respondents: HMRE grantee program participants: 600 Youth
(approximately ages 14-18) will participate in the TDV screener testing
and 600 adults (ages 18 and older) will participate in the IPV screener
testing.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Total/annual Number of Average burden
Instrument number of responses per hours per Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Adult Closed-ended IPV Screening Tool #1........ 600 1 .25 150
Adult Closed-ended IPV Screening Tool #2........ 600 1 .25 150
Adult Closed-ended IPV Screening Tool #3........ 600 1 .25 150
Adult Open-ended IPV Screening Tool............. 600 1 .5 300
Youth Closed-ended TDV Screening Tool #1........ 600 1 .25 150
Youth Closed-ended TDV Screening Tool #2........ 600 1 .25 150
Youth Closed-ended TDV Screening Tool #3........ 600 1 .25 150
Youth Open-ended TDV Screening Tool............. 600 1 .5 300
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,500.
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 Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-08363 Filed 4-11-16; 8:45 am]
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