[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 22 (Thursday, February 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4657-4658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01987]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Implementation Grants to Develop a Model Intervention for
Youth/Young Adults with Child Welfare Involvement at Risk of
Homelessness: Phase II--Extension OMB No.: 0970-0445.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to
collect data for an evaluation of the initiative, Implementation Grants
to Develop a Model Intervention for Youth/Young Adults with Child
Welfare Involvement at Risk of Homelessness: Phase II. This builds on
the previously approved ``Planning Grants to Develop a Model
Intervention for Youth/Young Adults with Child Welfare Involvement at
Risk of Homelessness'' (Phase I). The Phase II data collection
described in this Notice was approved by the Office of Management and
Budget in July 2017. This request is for a time extension for data
collection under OMB #0970-0445. There are no changes to the previously
approved information collection. Due to delays, data collection has not
begun and will need to extend beyond the current expiration date of
July 2018. Grantees are receiving an additional year to conduct their
work. To capture data at a similar point in the development of their
efforts, data collection will be delayed.
Phase II is an initiative, funded by the Children's Bureau (CB)
within ACF, that will support implementation grants for interventions
designed to intervene with youth who have experienced time in foster
care and are most likely to have a challenging transition into
adulthood, including homelessness and unstable housing experiences. CB
awarded six implementation grants (Phase II) in September 2015.
During the implementation phase, organizations will conduct a range
of activities to fine-tune their comprehensive service model, determine
whether their model is being implemented as intended, and develop plans
to evaluate the model under a potential future funding opportunity
(Phase III). During Phase II, ACF will engage a contractor to: Conduct
a cross-site process evaluation. Data collected for the process
evaluation will be used to assess grantees' organizational capacity to
implement and evaluate the model interventions and to monitor each
grantee's progress toward achieving the goals of the implementation
period.
Data for the process evaluation will be collected through:
Interviews during site visits.
Respondents: Grantee agency directors and staff; partner agency
directors and staff. Partner agencies may vary by site, but are
expected to include child welfare, mental health, and youth housing/
homelessness agencies.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Total/annual Number of Average
Instrument number of responses per burden hours Total/annual
respondents respondent per response burden hours
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Grantee Site Visit-Semi-Structured Interview 60 1 1.5 90
Topic Guide....................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours......... .............. .............. .............. 90
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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.
Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-01987 Filed 1-31-18; 8:45 am]
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