[Federal Register: December 4, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 232)]
[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 Project
Title: Building Strong Families (BSF) Demonstration and
Evaluation--Impact Study Second Follow-up.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing a data
collection activity as part of the Building Strong Families (BSF)
Demonstration and Evaluation. The proposed collection will consist of
two elements: (1) A telephone survey to be administered to both
partners in couples enrolled in the BSF research sample about 36 months
after enrollment, and (2) observational assessments of BSF families and
their children.
These data collections are part of the BSF evaluation, which is an
important opportunity to learn if well-designed interventions can help
low-income couples develop the knowledge and relationship skills that
research has shown are associated with healthy marriages. BSF programs
provide instruction and support to improve marriage and relationship
skills and enhance couples' understanding of marriage. In addition, BSF
programs provide links to a variety of other services that could help
couples sustain a healthy relationship (e.g., employment assistance).
The BSF evaluation uses an experimental design that randomly assigns
couples who volunteer to participate in BSF programs to a program or to
a control group.
The 36-month data collection effort draws heavily from the 15-
month survey conducted in BSF sites. Materials for the 15-month data
collection effort were previously submitted to OMB and were approved
under OMB Control No. 0970-0304.
Respondents: The respondents for the telephone questionnaire will
be all couples in the BSF evaluation. The respondents for the
observational assessments will be a sub-sample of children of the
couples.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number Number of Estimated
Instrument of responses per Average burden hours per annual burden
respondents respondent response hours
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36-month telephone survey (female 2,099 1 .9166666 (55 minutes)... 1,924
partner).
36-month telephone survey (male 1,978 1 .8333333 (50 minutes)... 1,648
partner).
Child/family observations............. 1,125 1 .6666666 (40 minutes)... 750
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,322.
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: November 26, 2007.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-5916 Filed 12-03-07; 8:45 am]
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