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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,296 hours
Additional Information:
Copies of the proposed collection may
be obtained 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. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection. E-mail address:
grjohnson@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, Attn: Desk Officer for
ACF, E-mail address:
Katherine_T._Astrich@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: September 16, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–19011 Filed 9–22–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: DHHS/ACF/ASPE/DOL
Enhanced Services for the Hard-toEmploy Demonstration and Evaluation:
Rhode Island 15-Month Survey
Amendment.
OMB No.: 0970–0276.
Description: The Enhanced Services
for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration
and Evaluation Project (HtE) is the most
ambitious, comprehensive effort to learn
what works in this area to date and is
explicitly designed to build on previous
and on going research by rigorously
testing a wide variety of approaches to
promote employment and improve
family functioning and child well-being.
The HtE project will ‘‘conduct a multisite evaluation that studies the
implementation issues, program design,
net impact and benefit-costs of selected
programs’’ 1 designed to help Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
recipients, former TANF recipients, or
low-income parents who are hard-toemploy. The project is sponsored by the
Office of Planning, Research and
Evaluation (OPRE) of the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE) in the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), and the U.S.
Department of labor (DOL).
The evaluation involves an
experimental, random assignment
design in four sites, testing a diverse set
of strategies to promote employment for
low-income parents who face serious
obstacles to employment. The four
include: (1) Intensive care management
to facilitate the use of evidence-base
treatment for major depression among
parents receiving Medicaid in Rhode
Island; (2) job-readiness training,
worksite placements, job coaching, job
development and other training
opportunities for recent parolees in New
York City; (3) pre-employment services
and transitional employment for longterm TANF participants in Philadelphia;
and (4) home- and center-based care,
enhanced with self-sufficiency services,
for low-income families who have
young children or are expecting in
Kansas and Missouri.
Materials for follow-up surveys for
each of these sites were previously
submitted to OMB and were approved
on April 29, 2005. The purpose of this
submission is to introduce an addition
to the OMB-approved follow-up survey
effort in the Rhode Island site that will
be used to collect follow-up data on
children’s development.
The additional content we propose for
the follow-up survey effort will be used
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to address two questions: (1) What are
the effects of a telephonic care
management intervention for parents’
depression on parents’ parenting and on
children’s health, behavior, and
development; and (2) To what extent
can intervention effects on children’s
development be attributed to changes in
maternal depressive symptomatology
that result from the intervention?
Two follow-up surveys are included
in this submission:
1. A 15-month follow-up parent
survey that will supplement other
information already collected from
parents by addressing questions about
parenting and children’s well-being.
2. A 15-month follow-up direct child
assessment for up to two selected
children of these parents. For younger
children, this assessment will consist of
cognitive and behavioral assessments
conducted directly with the children;
older children will be administered a
survey, in addition to direct
assessments.
Respondents: The respondents to
these follow-up surveys will be lowincome parents and their children from
the Rhode Island site currently
participating in the HtE Project. As
described in the prior OMB submission,
these parents are Medicaid recipients
between the ages of 18 and 45 receiving
Medicaid through the managed care
provider United Behavioral Health
(UBH) in Rhode Island who meet study
criteria with regard to their risk for
depression. Children are the biological,
adopted, and step-children of these
parents, between the ages of 1 and 18
years of age.
Prior to this follow-up survey, all
parents will have completed a more
detailed baseline survey, which is
required to establish baseline measures
of depression and related conditions, in
addition to providing critical
demographic data. The baseline survey
was previously approved by OMB.
The annual burden estimates are
detailed below, and the substantive
content of each survey will be detailed
in the supporting statement attached to
the forthcoming 30-day notice.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of respondents
Instrument
Number of responses per
respondent
560
980
1
1
RI 15-month, parent survey ....................................................
RI 15-month, direct child assessment .....................................
Average burden hours
per response
45 minutes or .75 hrs ............
45 minutes or .75 hrs ............
1 From the Department of Health and Human
Services RFP No.: 233–01–0012.
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Total burden
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420
735
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,155
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, 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: September 16, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–19012 Filed 9–22–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: This survey for the Child
Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
program will request that States
Voluntarily provide information
including how they define improper
payments in their State, the process
used to identify such payments and
what actions are taken in the State to
reduce or eliminate improper payments.
HHS/ACF intends to establish a
repository for the State submissions,
which will be available to all States for
viewing on an HHS/ACF Web site. This
Web site will provide information that
will help States improve their program
integrity systems so that improper
payments in the program can be
reduced.
Respondents: The 50 States of the
United States, the District of Columbia,
and the Territories of Guam, Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands.
Title: Improper Payments Information
Survey for the CCDF Program.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
Improper Payments Information Survey for the CCDF Program ....................
54
1
24
1,296
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,296 hours.
Additional Information:
Copies of the proposed collection may
be obtained 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. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection. E-mail address:
grjohnson@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 received 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, Attn: Desk Officer for
ACF, E-mail address:
Katherine_T._Astrich_@omb.eop.gov.
VerDate Aug<31>2005
15:21 Sep 22, 2005
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Dated: September 16, 2005.
Robert Sargin,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–19013 Filed 9–22–05; 8:45am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 2005N–0363]
Preparation for International
Conference on Harmonization
Meetings in Chicago, Illinois; Public
Meeting
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing a
public meeting entitled ‘‘Preparation for
ICH meetings in Chicago, Illinois’’ to
provide information and receive
comments on the International
Conference on Harmonization (ICH) as
well as the upcoming meetings in
Chicago, IL. The topics to be discussed
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are the topics for discussion at the
forthcoming ICH Steering Committee
Meeting. The purpose of the meeting is
to solicit public input prior to the next
Steering Committee and Expert Working
Groups meetings in Chicago, IL,
November 7 through 10, 2005, at which
discussion of the topics underway and
the future of ICH will continue.
Date and Time: The meeting will be
held on October 20, 2005, from 1:30
p.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: The meeting will be held at
5600 Fishers Lane, 3rd Fl., Maryland
Conference Room, Rockville, MD 20857.
For security reasons, all attendees are
asked to arrive no later than 1:25 p.m.,
as you will be escorted from the front
entrance of 5600 Fishers Lane to the
Maryland Conference Room.
Contact: Sema Hashemi, Office of the
Commissioner (HFG–1), Food and Drug
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857, 301–827–3050,
FAX: 301–480–0716, e-mail:
Sema.Hashemi@fda.hhs.gov.
Registration and Requests for Oral
Presentations: Send registration
information (including name, title, firm
name, address, telephone, and fax
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: DHHS/ACF/ASPE/DOL Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ
Demonstration and Evaluation: Rhode Island 15-Month Survey Amendment.
OMB No.: 0970-0276.
Description: The Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ
Demonstration and Evaluation Project (HtE) is the most ambitious,
comprehensive effort to learn what works in this area to date and is
explicitly designed to build on previous and on going research by
rigorously testing a wide variety of approaches to promote employment
and improve family functioning and child well-being. The HtE project
will ``conduct a multi-site evaluation that studies the implementation
issues, program design, net impact and benefit-costs of selected
programs'' \1\ designed to help Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
(TANF) recipients, former TANF recipients, or low-income parents who
are hard-to-employ. The project is sponsored by the Office of Planning,
Research and Evaluation (OPRE) of the Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), and the U.S. Department of labor (DOL).
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\1\ From the Department of Health and Human Services RFP No.:
233-01-0012.
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The evaluation involves an experimental, random assignment design
in four sites, testing a diverse set of strategies to promote
employment for low-income parents who face serious obstacles to
employment. The four include: (1) Intensive care management to
facilitate the use of evidence-base treatment for major depression
among parents receiving Medicaid in Rhode Island; (2) job-readiness
training, worksite placements, job coaching, job development and other
training opportunities for recent parolees in New York City; (3) pre-
employment services and transitional employment for long-term TANF
participants in Philadelphia; and (4) home- and center-based care,
enhanced with self-sufficiency services, for low-income families who
have young children or are expecting in Kansas and Missouri.
Materials for follow-up surveys for each of these sites were
previously submitted to OMB and were approved on April 29, 2005. The
purpose of this submission is to introduce an addition to the OMB-
approved follow-up survey effort in the Rhode Island site that will be
used to collect follow-up data on children's development.
The additional content we propose for the follow-up survey effort
will be used to address two questions: (1) What are the effects of a
telephonic care management intervention for parents' depression on
parents' parenting and on children's health, behavior, and development;
and (2) To what extent can intervention effects on children's
development be attributed to changes in maternal depressive
symptomatology that result from the intervention?
Two follow-up surveys are included in this submission:
1. A 15-month follow-up parent survey that will supplement other
information already collected from parents by addressing questions
about parenting and children's well-being.
2. A 15-month follow-up direct child assessment for up to two
selected children of these parents. For younger children, this
assessment will consist of cognitive and behavioral assessments
conducted directly with the children; older children will be
administered a survey, in addition to direct assessments.
Respondents: The respondents to these follow-up surveys will be
low-income parents and their children from the Rhode Island site
currently participating in the HtE Project. As described in the prior
OMB submission, these parents are Medicaid recipients between the ages
of 18 and 45 receiving Medicaid through the managed care provider
United Behavioral Health (UBH) in Rhode Island who meet study criteria
with regard to their risk for depression. Children are the biological,
adopted, and step-children of these parents, between the ages of 1 and
18 years of age.
Prior to this follow-up survey, all parents will have completed a
more detailed baseline survey, which is required to establish baseline
measures of depression and related conditions, in addition to providing
critical demographic data. The baseline survey was previously approved
by OMB.
The annual burden estimates are detailed below, and the substantive
content of each survey will be detailed in the supporting statement
attached to the forthcoming 30-day notice.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of
Instrument Number of responses per Average burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RI 15-month, parent survey............ 560 1 45 minutes or .75 hrs... 420
RI 15-month, direct child assessment.. 980 1 45 minutes or .75 hrs... 735
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,155
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, 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: September 16, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-19012 Filed 9-22-05; 8:45 am]
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