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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection; Public
Comment Request
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Secretary (OS), Department of Health
and Human Services, announces plans
to submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). The ICR is for revision of the
approved information collection
assigned OMB control number 0990–
0331, which expires on August 31,
2015. Prior to submitting that ICR to
OMB, OS seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate,
below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before August 4, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OS
Report Clearance Officer, Sherrette
Funn, Sherrette.Funn@hhs.gov or (202)
690–6162.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
document identifier HHS–OS–0990–
0331–60D for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Evaluation of the Responsible
Fatherhood, Marriage and Family
Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated
and Reentering Fathers and Their
Partners.
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
(ASPE) is conducting an evaluation of a
demonstration program called
Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and
Family Strengthening Grants for
Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and
Their Partners (MFS–IP). This
demonstration program, funded in 2006
by the Office of Family Assistance
within the Administration for Children
and Families (ACF), supports marriage
strengthening and responsible
fatherhood activities among
incarcerated and recently released
fathers, their partners, and children. The
MFS–IP evaluation assesses the effects
of these activities by comparing
relationship quality and stability,
positive family interactions, family
financial well-being, recidivism, and
community connectedness between
intervention and control groups.
Data collection for the entire
evaluation is expected to last 7 years,
from the time the first participant was
enrolled in late 2008 until the last
follow-back interview is administered in
early 2015. The burden table estimate
below, previously approved under OMB
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No. 0990–0331, includes sufficient
burden hours to cover completion of the
9-month, 18-month, and 34 month
surveys and for the follow-back
interviews. The focus of this proposed
amendment is approval for the
qualitative follow-back interviews for a
small group of respondents (up to 50
couples) from the cohort of 34 month
interview respondents.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Primary data for the
evaluation comes from in-person
surveys with incarcerated and released
fathers and their partners at baseline, 9,
18, and 34 month interviews and
follow-back interviews on a purposeful
subsample of 34 month interviewees.
The qualitative information from the
follow-back interviews will enable us to
better understand how reentry success
and family well-being are interrelated
for the survey population, inform future
research and evaluation with this
population (particularly development
and selection of appropriate quantitative
measures of family relationship quality),
and better identify meaningful leverage
points for reentry intervention. This
additional information will assist
Federal, state, and community
policymakers and stakeholders in
understanding what policy and
programmatic supports could help to
strengthen families and improve reentry
outcomes in this population.
Likely Respondents: Up to 50 couples
from the MFS–IP impact study sample,
which includes 1,991 fathers
incarcerated at the time of the baseline
survey and 1,481 of their female
partners.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide the information
requested. This includes the time
needed to review instructions, to
develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information, to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information, and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Annualized
number of
respondents
Forms
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden
(in hours)
per
response
Total
annualized
burden
Hourly
wage rate
Total
annualized
hourly cost
MFS–IP Follow-up Survey—Male (9 & 18
month) ..................................................
MFS–IP Follow-up Survey—Female (9 &
18 month) .............................................
MFS–IP Follow-up Survey—Male (34
month and follow-back) ........................
MFS–IP Follow-up Survey—Female (34
month and follow-back) ........................
321
1
1.5
481.5
$5.85
$2816.78
488.3
1
1.5
732.5
17.17
12577.03
462.7
1
1.5
694
5.85
4059.90
462.7
1
1.5
694
17.17
11915.98
Totals ................................................
........................
........................
........................
2602
........................
31369.69
OS specifically requests comments on
(1) the necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Darius Taylor,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
As part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline
the process to seek feedback from the
public on service delivery, AHRQ has
submitted a Generic Information
Collection Request (Generic ICR):
‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery’’ to OMB for approval under
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
August 4, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
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To
request additional information, please
contact: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The information collection
activity will garner qualitative customer
and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By
qualitative feedback we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the
Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The current clearance was approved on
July 24th, 2011 (OMB Control Number
0935–0179) and will expire on July 31st,
2014.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data
that can be generalized to the overall
population. This type of generic
clearance for qualitative information
will not be used for quantitative
information collections that are
designed to yield reliably actionable
results, such as monitoring trends over
time or documenting program
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performance. Such data uses require
more rigorous designs that address: The
target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior to
fielding the study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
Below we provide AHRQ’s projected
average annual estimates for the next
three years:
Current Actions: New collection of
information. Type of Review: New
Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of
activities: 10.
Respondents: 10,900.
Annual responses: 10,900.
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
The total number of respondents
across all 10 activities in a given year is
10,900.
Average minutes per response: 19.
Burden hours: 3,452.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s
information collection are requested
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-0990-0331-60D]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit an Information
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). The ICR is for revision of the approved information
collection assigned OMB control number 0990-0331, which expires on
August 31, 2015. Prior to submitting that ICR to OMB, OS seeks comments
from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other
aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before August 4,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OS Report Clearance Officer, Sherrette
Funn, Sherrette.Funn@hhs.gov or (202) 690-6162.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the document identifier HHS-OS-0990-0331-
60D for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Evaluation of the Responsible
Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated
and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners.
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE) is conducting an evaluation of a demonstration
program called Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family
Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their
Partners (MFS-IP). This demonstration program, funded in 2006 by the
Office of Family Assistance within the Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), supports marriage strengthening and responsible
fatherhood activities among incarcerated and recently released fathers,
their partners, and children. The MFS-IP evaluation assesses the
effects of these activities by comparing relationship quality and
stability, positive family interactions, family financial well-being,
recidivism, and community connectedness between intervention and
control groups.
Data collection for the entire evaluation is expected to last 7
years, from the time the first participant was enrolled in late 2008
until the last follow-back interview is administered in early 2015. The
burden table estimate below, previously approved under OMB No. 0990-
0331, includes sufficient burden hours to cover completion of the 9-
month, 18-month, and 34 month surveys and for the follow-back
interviews. The focus of this proposed amendment is approval for the
qualitative follow-back interviews for a small group of respondents (up
to 50 couples) from the cohort of 34 month interview respondents.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Primary data for the
evaluation comes from in-person surveys with incarcerated and released
fathers and their partners at baseline, 9, 18, and 34 month interviews
and follow-back interviews on a purposeful subsample of 34 month
interviewees. The qualitative information from the follow-back
interviews will enable us to better understand how reentry success and
family well-being are interrelated for the survey population, inform
future research and evaluation with this population (particularly
development and selection of appropriate quantitative measures of
family relationship quality), and better identify meaningful leverage
points for reentry intervention. This additional information will
assist Federal, state, and community policymakers and stakeholders in
understanding what policy and programmatic supports could help to
strengthen families and improve reentry outcomes in this population.
Likely Respondents: Up to 50 couples from the MFS-IP impact study
sample, which includes 1,991 fathers incarcerated at the time of the
baseline survey and 1,481 of their female partners.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Annualized Number of Average burden Total Total
Forms number of responses per (in hours) per annualized Hourly wage annualized
respondents respondent response burden rate hourly cost
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MFS-IP Follow-up Survey--Male (9 & 18 month)............ 321 1 1.5 481.5 $5.85 $2816.78
MFS-IP Follow-up Survey--Female (9 & 18 month).......... 488.3 1 1.5 732.5 17.17 12577.03
MFS-IP Follow-up Survey--Male (34 month and follow-back) 462.7 1 1.5 694 5.85 4059.90
MFS-IP Follow-up Survey--Female (34 month and follow- 462.7 1 1.5 694 17.17 11915.98
back)..................................................
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Totals.............................................. .............. .............. .............. 2602 .............. 31369.69
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OS specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Darius Taylor,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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