[Federal Register: July 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 131)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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
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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 hrs 137.4
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Estimated Total Annual Burden ................ ................ ................ 137.4
Hours:.........................
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Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained 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. All requests should be identified by the title of the
information collection. E-mail address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202-395-
6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and
Families.
Dated: July 5, 2007.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-3337 Filed 7-9-07; 8:45 am]
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