[Federal Register: June 5, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 107)]
[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
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) Demonstration and
Evaluation Project--Wave 2 Survey
OMB No.: 0970-0339.
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. SHM is a test of marriage education demonstration
programs in eight sites that will enroll about 800 couples per site,
with half assigned to participate in the SHM program and the other half
assigned to the control group.
SHM is designed to inform program operators and policymakers of the
effectiveness of programs designed to help low-income married couples
strengthen and maintain healthy marriages and improve outcomes for
adults and children.
This notice of information collection is for two activities. One is
a second adult survey and new instruments to obtain information from
children and youth about 30 months after study entry. The other is for
an extension of the period of approval for the first survey and
observation instruments used to obtain information from research
participants about 12 months after study entry.
The proposed second wave of information collection will involve:
An adult survey instrument to assess study participants'
longer term marital status and stability, quality of relationships, and
a range of other measures.
A survey of focal children of study participants in both
the program and control groups who are over 8 years of age (the youth
survey).
A direct child assessment of focal children of study
participants in both the program and control groups who are 8 years of
age or younger.
Respondents: Low-income married couples and their children in the
SHM evaluation research sample.
Annual Burden Estimate
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Average
Number of Number of burden hours Estimated
Instrument respondents responses per per annual burden
respondent respondent hours
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Adult Survey Wave 1............................. 4,267 1 .83 3,542
Adult-Child Observation Study Wave 1............ 2,448 1 .55 1,346
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Total Wave 1 Burden......................... .............. .............. .............. 4,888
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Adult Survey Wave 2............................. 4,267 1 .83 3,542
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Youth Survey Wave 2............................. 633 1 .50 317
Child Observation Study Wave 2.................. 1,329 1 .50 665
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Total Wave 2 Burden......................... .............. .............. .............. 4,524
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,412.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade,
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests should be identified by the title of the information
collection. E-mail address: OPREinfocollection@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: May 27, 2009.
Seth Chamberlain,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-12972 Filed 6-4-09; 8:45 am]
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