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Additional Information
SEDS Special Initiative: Improving the
Well-Being of Children/Native American
Healthy Marriage Initiative (NAHMI)
ANA has the discretionary authority
to make awards in support of special
initiatives, including but not limited to,
healthy marriage and relationships,
fatherhood, positive youth
development, and emergency support to
Native communities affected by
manmade or natural disasters. In FY
2005, ANA first announced the
availability of funding for a special
initiative focusing on Native American
Healthy Marriage projects. This Notice
provides additional specific parameters
for projects funded under this initiative
in FY 2006.
(i) Project periods will be for five
years only. Project periods consist of
five, twelve-month budget periods.
(ii) The annual budget threshold
cannot exceed $200,000 per budget
period.
(iii) A request for financial assistance
for any of the special initiatives will
require a non-Federal share match
requirement (42 U.S.C. 2991b(b)).
(iv) ANA program announcements are
category- and program-specific.
Applicants must submit projects for the
Native American Healthy Marriage
Initiative (NAHMI) under this special
program area. Applicants must clearly
indicate this specific competitive area
when applying for this competition.
(v) ANA will consider only the
following list of Program Areas of
Interest:
• Projects that provide public
advertising campaigns in Native
American communities on the value of
healthy marriage as a way to improve
relationships and marriages and
strengthen family relationships;
• Projects that provide youth
education in high schools, youth
organizations, and community centers
on the value of healthy marriages and
healthy relationship skills, including
conflict resolution, communication, and
commitment. Projects should use a premarital education curriculum focused
on youth;
• Projects that offer marriage
education, marriage skills, and
relationship skills, which may include
communication skills, conflict
resolution, commitment, and parenting
skills to expectant couples, both married
and unmarried, as well as new parents,
both married and unmarried;
• Projects that offer pre-marital
education and marriage skills training
for couples, individuals, or engaged
couples interested in marriage. Training
would include a marriage education
course and couples would learn the
knowledge and skills (communication,
conflict resolution, and commitment)
necessary to choose marriage for
themselves if they so desire;
• Projects that provide marriage
enhancement/enrichment and marriage
skills training programs for married
couples to improve or strengthen their
relationship through a certified marriage
education course. The course should
include lessons in communication,
conflict resolution, and commitment;
• Projects that use married couples as
role models and mentors in at-risk
communities to teach healthy
relationship and marriage skills.
Projects should include a marriage
education course that emphasizes
communication, commitment, and
conflict resolution; weekend retreats;
and mentor groups; and
• Projects that conduct research on
the benefits of healthy marriages and
healthy marriage education.
The primary focus of projects should
be on healthy marriage education and
enrichment. Other activities such as
abstinence education, foster parenting,
and fatherhood accountability can be
included in the project but cannot be
the primary objective.
Dated: January 30, 2006.
Kimberly Romine,
Deputy Commissioner, Administration for
Native Americans.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: 45 CFR Part 1309 Head Start
Facilities Purchase, Major Renovation
and Construction.
OMB No.: 0970–0193.
Description: The Head Start Bureau is
proposing to renew, without changes, 45
CFR 1309. This rule contains the
administrative requirements for Head
Start and Early Head Start grantees who
apply for funding to purchase, renovate,
or construct Head Start program
facilities. The rule ensures that grantees
use standard business practices when
acquiring real property and that Federal
interest is preserved in properties
acquired with public funds. The rule
further ensures compliance with all
other Federal statutes applicable to the
expenditure of Federal funds when
acquiring real property.
Respondents: Head Start and Early
Head Start grantees and delegate
agencies.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Number of responses per
respondent
Average burden hours per
response
Total burden
hours
200
1
41
8,200
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: ....................................................
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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
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comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Information Services,
370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF
Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail:
inforcollection@acf.hhs.gov. All
requests should be identified by the title
of the information collection.
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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)
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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 30, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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I. Background
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Children’s Bureau Proposed Research
Priorities for Fiscal Years 2006–2008.
Administration on Children,
Youth and Families (ACYF),
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of proposed child abuse
and neglect research priorities for Fiscal
Years 2006–2008
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Children’s Bureau (CB)
within the Administration on Children,
Youth and Families (ACYF) announces
the proposed priorities for research on
the causes, prevention, assessment,
identification, treatment, cultural and
socio-economic distinctions, and the
consequences of child abuse and
neglect.
Section 104(a)(4) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA),
as amended by the Keeping Children
and Families Safe Act of 2003, Public
Law (Pub. L.). 108–36, requires the
Secretary of the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) to publish
proposed priorities for research
activities for public comment and to
maintain an official record of such
public comment. The proposed
priorities are being announced for the
two-year period required by CAPTA.
Because the amount of Federal funds
available for discretionary activities in
Fiscal Years 2006–2008 is expected to
be limited, respondents are encouraged
to recommend how the proposed issues
should be prioritized.
The actual solicitation of grant
applications will be posted
electronically each fiscal year and will
be available online through https://
www.Grants.gov. Solicitations for
contracts will be announced, at later
dates, online at FedBizOps. (FY 05 was
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the last year that CB discretionary grants
were published in the Federal Register.)
No proposals, concept papers or other
forms of application should be
submitted at this time.
No acknowledgement will be made of
the comments submitted in response to
this notice, but all comments received
by the deadline will be reviewed and
given thoughtful consideration in the
preparation of the final funding
priorities for the announcements.
DATES: In order to be considered,
comments must be received no later
than April 4, 2006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
As noted above, Section 104(a)(4) of
CAPTA requires the Secretary to
publish proposed priorities for research
activities for public comment every two
years. In response to this legislative
mandate, CB has undertaken a review of
the current legislative language, the
results of the CAPTA funded research
since the last CAPTA announcement of
research priority areas in 1997, findings
from other relevant research, and input
from the field. Based on this review, this
notice of proposed research is being
disseminated for comment. The FY 2005
budget appropriated $31,640,000 for
child abuse discretionary activities to
support efforts designed to assist and
enhance national, State and local efforts
to prevent, identify and treat child
abuse and neglect. The program funds
projects to: Compile, publish and
disseminate training materials; provide
technical assistance; and demonstrate
and evaluate improved methods and
procedures to prevent and treat child
abuse and neglect. Under discretionary
funds, CB will continue to fund the
following clearinghouse and technical
assistance activities:
• The National Clearinghouse on
Child Abuse and Neglect Information;
• The National Resource Center on
Child Protective Services; and
• The National Child Abuse and
Neglect Data System (NCANDS)
technical assistance and technical
support program.
In addition, the child abuse
discretionary activities account funds a
number of research and demonstration
grants and contracts. The fourth
National Incidence Study of Child
Abuse and Neglect (NIS–4), is a
Congressionally mandated, periodic
research effort to assess the incidence of
child abuse and neglect in the United
States. Also, consistent with the
legislation’s preference for longitudinal
research efforts related to child
maltreatment, CB discretionary funds
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continue to support the Consortium for
Longitudinal Studies of Child
Maltreatment (LONGSCAN).
For those members of the public
interested in responding to this
announcement, information on previous
and continuing projects supported by
CB are available through the following
websites:
• The National Clearinghouse on
Child Abuse and Neglect Information
(https://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov);
• Children’s Bureau Reports/
Publications (https://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
programs/cb/publications/index.htm);
• LONGSCAN (https://
www.iprc.unc.edu/longscan);
• NIH Child Abuse and Neglect
Working Group Neglect Consortium
(https://obssr.od.nih.gov); and
• National Center for Children
Exposed to Violence (https://
www.nccev.org).
II. Proposed Child Abuse and Neglect
Research Priorities for Fiscal Years
2006–2008
A. Legislative Topics
A number of research topics are
suggested in the 2003 reauthorization of
CAPTA, Section 104. The legislation
states that the Secretary shall, along
with other Federal agencies and
recognized experts in the field, carry out
a continuing interdisciplinary program
of research, including longitudinal
research, that is designed to provide
information needed to better protect
children from abuse or neglect and to
improve the well-being of abused or
neglected children, with at least a
portion of such research being field
initiated. Suggested research includes:
• The nature and scope of child abuse
and neglect;
• The causes, prevention, assessment,
identification, treatment, cultural and
socio-economic distinctions and
consequences of child abuse and
neglect, including the effects of abuse
and neglect on a child’s development
and the identification of successful early
intervention services or other services
that are needed;
• Appropriate, effective and
culturally sensitive investigative,
administrative and judicial systems,
including multidisciplinary,
coordinated decision making
procedures with respect to cases of
child abuse;
• The evaluation and dissemination
of best practices consistent with the
goals of achieving improvements in
child protective services systems of the
States in accordance with CAPTA,
Section 106(a), Grants to States for Child
Abuse and Neglect Prevention and
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: 45 CFR Part 1309 Head Start Facilities Purchase, Major
Renovation and Construction.
OMB No.: 0970-0193.
Description: The Head Start Bureau is proposing to renew, without
changes, 45 CFR 1309. This rule contains the administrative
requirements for Head Start and Early Head Start grantees who apply for
funding to purchase, renovate, or construct Head Start program
facilities. The rule ensures that grantees use standard business
practices when acquiring real property and that Federal interest is
preserved in properties acquired with public funds. The rule further
ensures compliance with all other Federal statutes applicable to the
expenditure of Federal funds when acquiring real property.
Respondents: Head Start and Early Head Start grantees and delegate
agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation...................................... 200 1 41 8,200
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........ .............. .............. .............. 8,200
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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
Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail:
inforcollection@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)
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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 30, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-1013 Filed 2-2-06; 8:45 am]
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