[Federal Register: April 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 82)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed projects:
Title: Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) Project: Control Services
Survey.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is conducting a
demonstration and evaluation called the Supporting Healthy Marriage
(SHM) Project. Supporting Healthy Marriage is designed to inform
program operators and policymakers of the most effective ways to help
low-income married couples strengthen and maintain healthy marriages.
In particular, the project will measure the effectiveness of marriage
education programs by randomly assigning eligible volunteer couples to
SHM program groups and control groups.
In order to conduct a strong test of the SHM program, the
researchers must understand whether marriage education services similar
to SHM are readily accessible to control group members elsewhere in the
communities where SHM is offered. To measure the difference between
services received by the program group and control group, the evaluator
will administer a brief survey to participants in each SHM
demonstration pilot site. The purpose of this survey is to identify the
kinds of services that participants have received over the last six
months, either from the SHM program or from other agencies in the
community. This survey will allow the research team to determine
whether there is a sufficient differential between the services
received by the participants in the program group and those in the
control group to constitute a strong test of the SHM intervention.
Respondents: Low-income married couples with children.
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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SHM Control Services Survey................. 808 1 .17 137.4
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 137.4.
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: April 23, 2007.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-2090 Filed 4-27-07; 8:45 am]
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