[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22275-22276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08715]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Phase II Evaluation Activities for Implementing a Next
Generation Evaluation Agenda for the Chafee Foster Care Independence
Program.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
Office of Planning Research and Evaluation (OPRE) is proposing an
information collection activity as part of the Phase II Evaluation
Activities for Implementing a Next Generation Evaluation Agenda for the
Chafee Foster Care Independence Program. The proposed information
collection consists of site visits by staff from the Urban Institute
and Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago to conduct formative
evaluations of programs serving transition-age foster youth. The
evaluations will include preliminary visits to discuss the evaluation
process with program administrators. Then, the research team will
conduct site visits to each program to speak with program leaders,
partners and key stakeholders, front-line staff, and participants.
These formative evaluations will determine programs' readiness for more
rigorous evaluation in the future. The activities and products from
this project will help ACF to fulfill their ongoing legislative mandate
for program evaluation specified in the Foster Care Independence Act of
1999.
Respondents: Program leaders, partners and stakeholders, and front-
line staff as well as young adults being served by the programs.
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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Discussion Guide for program 48 24 4 1 96
leaders........................
Discussion Guide for program 80 40 2 1 80
partners and stakeholders......
Discussion Guide for program 128 64 1 1 64
front-line staff...............
Focus Group Guide for program 200 100 1 2 200
participants...................
Compilation and Submission of 24 12 2 12 288
Administrative Data Files......
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 728.
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 St 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
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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. 2016-08715 Filed 4-14-16; 8:45 am]
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