[Federal Register: May 5, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 85)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Mentoring Children of Prisoners Relationship Quality Survey.
OMB No.: 0970-0308.
Description: The Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments of
2001 (Pub. L. 107-133) amended Title IV-B of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 629-629e) to provide funding for nonprofit agencies that
recruit, screen, train, and support mentors for children with an
incarcerated parent or parents. The Family and Youth Services Bureau
(FYSB) of the Administration for Children and Families, United States
Department of Health and Human Services, administers the Monitoring
Children of Prisoners (MCP) program. The MCP program creates lasting,
high-quality one-to-one mentoring relationships that provide young
people with caring adult role models. The quality of these
relationships is an important indicator of success in mentoring
programs. Previous research has shown an association between high-
quality mentoring relationships and positive changes in youth behavior
associated with positive youth benefits, such as improved school
attendance,
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reductions in risk behavior, and other benefits.
The Relationship Quality Instrument consists of 15 rigorously
field-tested questions about the relationship, plus several questions
that establish context (age, gender, duration of relationship and
frequency of contacts, etc.). The answers to the questions help assess
how satisfied the youth (mentee) is with the relationship; whether the
mentee is happy in the relationship; whether the mentee trusts the
mentor; and whether the mentor has helped the mentee to cope with
problems. Researchers in the field of mentoring have tested and
validated the questions.
FYSB requires grantees receiving funding to provide information
that can be used to evaluate outcomes for participating children. FYSB
will use the information provided by the instrument to assure effective
service delivery and program management and to guide the development of
national monitoring and technical assistance systems. Finally, FYSB
will use data from this collection for reporting program outcomes to
Congress in the FY 2006 Performance Report during the budget process
and as the basis for outcome evaluation of the program over the long
term.
Rhodes J., Reddy, R., Roffman, J., and Grossman J.B. (March, 2005).
Promoting Successful Youth Mentoring Relationships: A Preliminary
Screening Questionnaire. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 26:2, 147-
167.
Respondents: Public, community- and faith-based organizations
receiving funding to implement the MCP program.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Relationship Quality Instrument for Mentoring 215 1 116 24,940
Children of Prisoners Program..................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 24,940.
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: 202-395-7245.
Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.
Dated: April 29, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-10205 Filed 5-4-09; 8:45 am]
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