Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request, 19762 [05-7517]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• Administration for Children and Families
• Children and Families Administration

[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 71 (Thursday, April 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 19762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7517]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Compassion Capital Fund Evaluation.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: This proposed information collection activity is for 
two rounds of surveys to be completed by faith-based and community 
organizations participating in the Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) 
evaluation project. The first survey will be conducted as a baseline 
survey and the second will be a follow-up survey conducted several 
months later.
    The CCF evaluation is an important opportunity to examine the 
effectiveness of the Compassion Capital Fund in meeting its objective 
of improving the capacity of faith-based and community organizations. 
The evaluation will involve up to 1,000 faith-based and community 
organizations that seek services from CCF-funded intermediary 
organizations. Information will be collected from these faith-based and 
community-based organizations to assess change and improvement in 
various areas of capacity. The study design includes the random 
assignment of faith-based and community organizations to either a 
treatment group that receives capacity-building services from a CCF 
intermediary grantee or to a control group that does not. The impact of 
the services provided by intermediaries, primarily through sub-awards 
and/or technical assistance (TA), will be determined by comparing the 
changes in organizational and service capacity of the recipient 
organizations with those of the control group.
    Respondents: The respondents for both the baseline and follow-up 
data collection will be faith-based and community organizations that 
seek sub-awards or TA from selected CCF intermediary grantees. The 
baseline survey will be primarily self-administered and is expected to 
be completed as part of the intermediary's sub-award application or TA 
request process. The follow-up survey also will be primarily self-
administered and contain questions similar to those in the baseline 
survey as well as additional questions related to services received 
from the intermediary or other organizations. It is expected that the 
follow-up survey will be administered approximately 9-12 months after 
random assignment. As needed to increase response rates, the survey 
will be administered by telephone to organizations that do not 
initially return a completed survey.

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                                                             Number of                                    Total
                Instrument                   Number of     responses per     Average burden hours per     burden
                                            respondents     respondent               response             hours
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Baseline Survey...........................        1,000  ................  1.33 hours (20 minutes).....      330
Follow-up Survey..........................        1,000  ................  1.42 hours (25 minutes).....      420
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours...  ...........  ................  ............................      750
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Annual Burden Estimates

    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 
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, 
SW., Washington, DC 20447. Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail 
address: grjohnson@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. Consideration will be given to comments 
and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: April 11, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-7517 Filed 4-13-05; 8:45 am]
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