[Federal Register: March 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 54)]
[Notices]
[Page 12135]
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: Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) Demonstration and
Evaluation Project--Wave 2 Survey.
OMB No. 0970-0339.
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 a second adult survey
instrument and new instruments to obtain information from children and
youth about 30 months after study entry and for an extension of the
period of approval for the first survey and observation instruments,
which are 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 the 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 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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12-month adult survey........................... 4,267 1 0.83 3,542
12-month adult observational study.............. 1,632 1 0.66 1,077
12-month child observational study.............. 816 1 0.33 269
2nd wave (30-month) adult survey................ 4,267 1 0.83 3,542
Youth survey (30-month)......................... 633 1 0.50 317
Child observational study (30-month)............ 1,329 1 0.50 665
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,412.
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 Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370
L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports
Clearance Officer. E-mail address: opreinfocollection@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: March 11, 2009.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-6039 Filed 3-20-09; 8:45 am]
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