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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 221 / Thursday, November 16, 2006 / Notices
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
QDRL Interviews:
(1) NCHS Surveys ..............................................................................................................
(2) Other questionnaire testing ...........................................................................................
(3) Research on the effects of alternative questionnaire design .......................................
(4) General Methodological Research ...............................................................................
Focus Groups (5 groups of 10) .................................................................................................
Dated: November 9, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6–19373 Filed 11–15–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30 Day–07–0607]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of
information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance
Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
The National Violent Death Reporting
System—extension—National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Violence is an important public
health problem. In the United States,
homicide and suicide are the second
and third leading causes of death,
respectively, in the 1–34 year old age
group. Unfortunately, public health
Number of
responses/participant
Number of
participants
Projects
agencies do not know much more about
the problem than the numbers and the
sex, race, and age of the victims, all
information obtainable from the
standard death certificate. Death
certificates, however, carry no
information about key facts necessary
for prevention such as the relationship
of the victim and suspect and the
circumstances of the deaths, thereby
making it impossible to discern
anything but the gross contours of the
problem. Furthermore, death certificates
are typically available 20 months after
the completion of a single calendar year.
Official publications of national violent
death rates, e.g. those in Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report, rarely use data
that is less than two years old. Public
health interventions aimed at a moving
target last seen two years ago may well
miss the mark.
Local and Federal criminal justice
agencies such as the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) provide slightly more
information about homicides, but they
do not routinely collect standardized
data about suicides, which are in fact
much more common than homicides.
The FBI’s Supplemental Homicide
Report system (SHRs) does collect basic
information about the victim-suspect
relationship and circumstances, like
death certificates, it does not link
violent deaths that are part of one
incident such as homicide-suicides. It
also is a voluntary system in which
some 10–20 percent of police
departments nationwide do not
participate. The FBI’s National Incident
Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
addresses some of these deficiencies,
but it covers less of the country than
SHRs, still includes only homicides,
and collects only police information.
Also, the Bureau of Justice Statistics
Average hours
per response
1
1
1
1
1
1.25
1.25
18/60
1.25
1.5
120
120
500
60
50
Reports do not use data that is less than
two years old.
CDC therefore proposes to continue a
state-based surveillance system for
violent deaths that will provide more
detailed and timely information. It taps
into the case records held by medical
examiners/coroners, police, and crime
labs. Data is collected centrally by each
State in the system, stripped of
identifiers, and then sent to the CDC.
Information is collected from these
records about the characteristics of the
victims and suspects, the circumstances
of the deaths, and the weapons
involved. States use standardized data
elements and software designed by CDC.
Ultimately, this information will guide
states in designing programs that reduce
multiple forms of violence.
Neither victim families nor suspects
are contacted to collect this information.
It all comes from existing records and is
collected by state health department
staff or their subcontractors. Health
departments incur an average of 2.0
hours per death in identifying the
deaths from death certificates,
contacting the police and medical
examiners to get copies of or to view the
relevant records, abstracting all the
records, various data processing tasks,
various administrative tasks, data
utilization, training, communications,
etc.
Violent deaths include all homicides,
suicides, legal interventions, deaths
from undetermined causes, and
unintentional firearm deaths. There are
50,000 such deaths annually among U.S.
residents, so the average state will
experience approximately 1,000 such
deaths each year.
There are no costs to the respondents
other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden hours are
55,000.
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Respondents
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Respondents
Record Retrieval ............................................
Dated: November 9, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6–19374 Filed 11–15–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Identifying Promising
Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) Diversion Practices.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Identifying
Promising TANF Diversion Practices
study is designed to understand States’
and local offices’ TANF diversion
policies and practices. Since the passage
of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,
a majority of States have implemented
formal diversion programs that provide
assistance to families and/or impose
program requirements on them when
they apply for TANF in order to reduce
the number of families who enroll in the
Number of
responses/
respondent
Number of
respondents
Task name
program. These programs can send a
strong signal to applicants that TANF is
a work-oriented program and/or prevent
applicants’ need to use time-limited
welfare benefits. States have
implemented three types of formal
diversion programs: (1) Lump-sum
payment programs targeted to workready applicants to help them through
short-term crises; (2) ‘‘up-front’’
program requirements, such as
mandatory participation in a program
orientation or job search as a condition
of eligibility; and (3) hybrid programs
that provide short-term cash assistance
and impose up-front requirements. The
Administration for Children and
Families has contracted with
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. to
learn more about States’ implementation
of these programs and to identify best
practices.
The study consists of a survey of
States and in-depth visits to local sites.
The survey of States will be
administered in four stages: (1) A State
survey to the TANF director in all 50
States and the District of Columbia to
obtain a profile of States’ diversion
policies and practices; (2) a semistructured, one-hour follow-up
telephone interview with the State
TANF director or designee in an
20
1,000
Average
burden/
response
(in hours)
0.5
estimated 35 States with States with
current diversion programs to gather
additional information about these
programs; (3) a semi-structured, 20minute telephone interview with the
State TANF director or designee in other
States without current diversion
programs to learn about future plans for
diversion programs; and (4) a semistructured, one-hour telephone
interview with local TANF
administrators from 30 selected local
offices in States that provide local
flexibility in administering diversion
policies to learn about their practices.
To further understand the local
implementation of diversion policies
and practices, the study includes site
visits to two local offices in each of
three States with promising diversion
programs. In each office, interviews will
be conducted with one TANF
administrator, an average of two
supervisors or mid-level management
staff members, an average of three line
staff members, and an average of two
staff members from partner
organizations. Site visitors also will
observe selected activities, such as
intake, orientation, and job search.
Respondents: State TANF directors
and administrators and local TANF
administrators and line staff.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
Survey of States
Stage
Stage
Stage
Stage
1:
2:
3:
4:
State Survey .....................................................................................
Interview State TANF Director with Diversion Program ...................
Interview State TANF Director without Diversion Program ..............
Interview Local TANF Administrator .................................................
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35
16
30
1
1
1
1
0.2
1.0
0.3
1.0
10.2
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4.8
30.0
6
12
18
12
12
1
1
1
1
1
1.5
1.0
1.0
1.0
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9.0
12.0
18.0
12.0
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Supervisor ........................................................................................................
Line Staff ..........................................................................................................
Partner Organization ........................................................................................
Observation ......................................................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 131.
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of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: E6-19374]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-07-0607]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
The National Violent Death Reporting System--extension--National
Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Violence is an important public health problem. In the United
States, homicide and suicide are the second and third leading causes of
death, respectively, in the 1-34 year old age group. Unfortunately,
public health agencies do not know much more about the problem than the
numbers and the sex, race, and age of the victims, all information
obtainable from the standard death certificate. Death certificates,
however, carry no information about key facts necessary for prevention
such as the relationship of the victim and suspect and the
circumstances of the deaths, thereby making it impossible to discern
anything but the gross contours of the problem. Furthermore, death
certificates are typically available 20 months after the completion of
a single calendar year. Official publications of national violent death
rates, e.g. those in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, rarely use
data that is less than two years old. Public health interventions aimed
at a moving target last seen two years ago may well miss the mark.
Local and Federal criminal justice agencies such as the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) provide slightly more information about
homicides, but they do not routinely collect standardized data about
suicides, which are in fact much more common than homicides. The FBI's
Supplemental Homicide Report system (SHRs) does collect basic
information about the victim-suspect relationship and circumstances,
like death certificates, it does not link violent deaths that are part
of one incident such as homicide-suicides. It also is a voluntary
system in which some 10-20 percent of police departments nationwide do
not participate. The FBI's National Incident Based Reporting System
(NIBRS) addresses some of these deficiencies, but it covers less of the
country than SHRs, still includes only homicides, and collects only
police information. Also, the Bureau of Justice Statistics Reports do
not use data that is less than two years old.
CDC therefore proposes to continue a state-based surveillance
system for violent deaths that will provide more detailed and timely
information. It taps into the case records held by medical examiners/
coroners, police, and crime labs. Data is collected centrally by each
State in the system, stripped of identifiers, and then sent to the CDC.
Information is collected from these records about the characteristics
of the victims and suspects, the circumstances of the deaths, and the
weapons involved. States use standardized data elements and software
designed by CDC. Ultimately, this information will guide states in
designing programs that reduce multiple forms of violence.
Neither victim families nor suspects are contacted to collect this
information. It all comes from existing records and is collected by
state health department staff or their subcontractors. Health
departments incur an average of 2.0 hours per death in identifying the
deaths from death certificates, contacting the police and medical
examiners to get copies of or to view the relevant records, abstracting
all the records, various data processing tasks, various administrative
tasks, data utilization, training, communications, etc.
Violent deaths include all homicides, suicides, legal
interventions, deaths from undetermined causes, and unintentional
firearm deaths. There are 50,000 such deaths annually among U.S.
residents, so the average state will experience approximately 1,000
such deaths each year.
There are no costs to the respondents other than their time. The
total estimated annualized burden hours are 55,000.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden/
Respondents Task name Number of responses/ response (in
respondents respondent hours)
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State Health Departments.............. Case Abstraction........ 20 1,000 2
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Record Retrieval........ 20 1,000 0.5
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Dated: November 9, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-19374 Filed 11-15-06; 8:45 am]
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