[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 25 (Monday, February 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6619-6620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2551]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Project LAUNCH Cross-Site Evaluation.
    OMB No.: 0970-0373.
    Billing Accounting Code (SAC): 418422 (0994426).
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is planning to collect 
data as part of a cross-site evaluation of a new initiative called 
Project LAUNCH (Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children's Health). 
Project LAUNCH is intended to promote the healthy development and 
wellness of children ages birth to eight years. A total of 24 Project 
LAUNCH grantees are funded to improve coordination among child-serving 
systems, build infrastructure, and improve methods for providing 
services. Grantees will also implement a range of public health 
strategies to support young child wellness in a designated locality.
    Data for the cross-site evaluation of Project LAUNCH will be 
collected through: (1) Interviews conducted either via telephone or 
during site-visits to Project LAUNCH grantees, and (2) semi-annual 
reports that will be submitted electronically on a Web-based data-entry 
system. Information will be collected from all Project LAUNCH grantees.
    During either telephone interviews or the site visits, researchers 
will conduct interviews with Project LAUNCH service providers and 
collaborators in States/Tribes and local communities of focus. 
Interviewers will ask program administrators questions about all 
Project LAUNCH activities, including: Infrastructure development; 
collaboration and coordination among partner agencies, organizations, 
and service providers; and development, implementation, and refinement 
of service strategies.
    As part of the proposed data collection, Project LAUNCH staff will 
be asked to submit semi-annual electronic reports on State/Tribal and 
local systems development and on services that children and families 
receive. The electronic data reports also will collect data about other 
Project LAUNCH-funded service enhancements, such as trainings, Project 
LAUNCH systems change activities, and changes in provider settings. 
Information provided in these reports will be aggregated on a quarterly 
basis, and reported semi-annually.
    Respondents: State/Tribal Child Wellness Coordinator, State/Tribal 
Wellness Council Members, State ECCS Project Director, Local Child 
Wellness Coordinator, Local Wellness Council Members, Local Evaluator, 
and Local Service Providers.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                           of         responses per   burden hours    Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response    burden hours
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Telephone or Site Visit Interview guide.........             240               1            1.25             300
Electronic Data Reporting: Systems Measures.....              24               2               4             192
Electronic Data Reporting: Services Measures....              24               2               8             384
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 876.
    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: [email protected]. 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

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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: January 31, 2011.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-2551 Filed 2-4-11; 8:45 am]
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