[Federal Register: June 19, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 117)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Evaluation of the Community Healthy Marriage Initiative--
Impact Evaluation--Wave 2.
OMB No.: 0970-0322.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is conducting a
demonstration and evaluation called the Community Healthy Marriage
Initiative (CHMI). Demonstration programs have been funded through
Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grants authorized under
section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act to support healthy
marriage directly and to
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encourage community changes that increase support for healthy marriages
and improve child and family wellbeing.
The objective of the evaluation is to: (1) Assess the
implementation of community interventions designed to provide marriage
education by examining the way the projects operate and by examining
child support outcomes among low-income families in the community; and
(2) evaluate the community impacts of these interventions on marital
stability and satisfaction, child well-being and child support outcomes
among low income families.
The purpose of this information collection is to conduct a follow-
up survey of respondents from Wave 1 who live in the communities where
CHMI demonstrations are operating, and a survey of CHMI program
participants. The impact evaluation will assess the effects of
community healthy marriage initiatives by comparing family and child
well-being outcomes in the CHMI communities with similar outcomes in
comparison communities that are well matched to the demonstration
project sites.
Respondents: Community members and program participants in CHMI
treatment and comparison communities.
Annual Burden Estimate
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Number of Average burden Estimated
Instrument Number of responses per hours per annual burden
respondents respondent respondent hours
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Wave 2 Survey............................... 4,120 1 .75 3,090
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,090.
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: June 11, 2009.
Seth F. Chamberlain,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-14181 Filed 6-18-09; 8:45 am]
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