[Federal Register: August 15, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 157)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request,
Proposed Projects
Title: Evaluation of the Community Healthy Marriage Initiative.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families, United
States Department of Health and Human Services, is conducting a
demonstration and evaluation called the Community Healthy Marriage
Initiative (CHMI). Demonstration programs will be funded to support
healthy marriage directly as well as encourage community changes in
norms that increase support for healthy marriages and improve child and
family well-being. The objective of the impact evaluation is to
evaluate the community effects of these
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interventions on marital stability and satisfaction and child and
family well-being outcomes among low-income families. Primary data for
the impact evaluation will come from three waves of in-person data
collection. This collection is a baseline survey of community members
where CHMI demonstrations are operating, the first of three CHMI
surveys. The impact evaluation will assess the effects of community
healthy marriage initiatives by comparing family and child well-being
outcomes in the CHMI communities with similar outcomes in comparison
communities that are well matched to the demonstration project sites.
Respondents: Community members aged 18-49 in three study sites and
three comparison communities.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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CHMI Baseline Survey........................ 4,200 1 1 4,200
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4200/
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
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade,
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 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.
Dated: August 9, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-6923 Filed 8-14-06; 8:45am]
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