[Federal Register: February 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 27)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; 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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Number of Average burden Estimated
Instrument Annual number responses per hours per annual burden
of respondents respondent response hours
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36-month telephone survey (female 2,099 1 .9166666 1,924
partner)............................... (55 minutes)
36-month telephone survey (male partner) 1,978 1 .8333333 1,648
(50 minutes)
Child/family observations............... 1,125 1 .6666666 750
(40 minutes)
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,322
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 made 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 ACF.
Dated: February 1, 2008.
Brendan Kelly,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 08-555 Filed 2-7-08; 8:45 am]
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