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respondents
Type of respondents
Form name
FOA 1305 Program Awardees Enhanced Level ............
Initial Budget ...................................
Initial Evaluation Plan .....................
Annual Work Plan Progress Report
Annual Budget Progress Report ....
Annual Evaluation Report ...............
Initial Work Plan .............................
Initial Budget ...................................
Initial Evaluation Plan .....................
Annual Work Plan Progress Report
Annual Budget Progress Report ....
Annual Evaluation Report ...............
Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Proposed Healthy Marriage and
Responsible Fatherhood performance
measures and additional data collection
(part of the Fatherhood and Marriage
Local Evaluation and Cross-site (FaMLE
Cross-site) Project).
OMB No.: New Collection.
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Background
For decades various organizations and
agencies have been developing and
operating programs to strengthen
families through healthy marriage and
relationship education and responsible
fatherhood programming. The
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), Office of Family
Assistance (OFA), has had
administrative responsibility for federal
funding of such programs since 2006
through the Healthy Marriage (HM) and
Responsible Fatherhood (RF) Grant
Programs. The authorizing legislation
for the programs may be found in
Section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security
Act [1]. Responsible Fatherhood
grantees provide a comprehensive set of
services designed to promote
responsible fatherhood including
activities related to promoting economic
stability, fostering responsible
parenting, and promoting healthy
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marriage. Grantees receiving funding for
Healthy Marriage offer a broad array of
services designed to promote healthy
marriage.
The federal government currently
collects a set of performance measures
from HM and RF grantees. The purpose
of this previously approved information
collection is to allow OFA and ACF to
carry out their responsibilities for
program accountability. Descriptions of
the information collection may be found
at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=2012060970-005; all measures may be found at
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAICList?ref_nbr=201206-0970-005.
The Fatherhood and Marriage Local
Evaluation (FaMLE) Cross-Site Project
The Offices of Family Assistance
(OFA) and Planning, Research and
Evaluation (OPRE) in the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) are
proposing new data collection activities
to replace existing performance
measures as part of the Fatherhood and
Marriage Local Evaluation and Crosssite (FaMLE Cross-site) Project. The
purpose of the FaMLE Cross-site Project
is to support high quality data
collection, strengthen local evaluations,
and conduct cross-site analysis for the
Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy
Marriage grantees.
The FaMLE Cross-site project will
answer three main research questions:
(1) What strategies did grantees use to
design well-conceived programs? (2)
What strategies did grantees use to
successfully implement well-conceived
programs? (3) What were the reported
outcomes for participants in the
programs? In order to answer these
questions, we are considering a new set
of data collection activities.
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Number of
responses per
respondent
6
6
19
19
19
11
11
11
32
32
32
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
4
4
1
1
2
12
9
6
2
1.5
3
Current Request
ACF is engaged in a learning agenda
to increase our understanding of
Healthy Marriage and Responsible
Fatherhood programs. This means that
we incorporate multiple opportunities
and options for learning throughout a
program’s implementation that provide
a range of insights and perspectives.
These opportunities help programming
constantly develop and advance. For
example, data provide the opportunity
to feed information back to decisionmakers and leaders—both those on the
ground and those in management—to
inform program design, operation, and
oversight.
ACF is requesting comment on the
following:
Performance measures. ACF is
proposing a new set of performance
measures to be collected by all grantees,
beginning with the next round of HMRF
grants. These measures will collect
standardized information in the
following areas:
• Applicant characteristics;
• Program operations (including
program characteristics and service
delivery); and
• Participant outcomes (will be
measured both at initiation of program
services (pre-test) and completion (posttest)).
These draft measures were developed
per extensive review of the research
literature and grantees’ past measures.
The next set of grantees will be
required to submit data on a set of
standardized measures covering these
areas on a regular basis (e.g., quarterly).
In addition to the performance measures
mention above, ACF seeks comment on
draft instruments for these data
submissions:
• Quarterly Performance Report
(QPR), and
• Semi-annual Performance Progress
Report (PPR).
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A new management information
system is being developed which would
improve efficiency and the quality of
data, and make reporting easier.
Standardized measures and reporting
in these areas will enable ACF to track
programming outputs and outcomes
across programs, and will allow grantees
to self-monitor progress.
Additional data collection. As an
additional component of the learning
agenda, the FaMLE Cross-Site contractor
will collect information from a sub-set
of grantees on how they designed and
implemented their programs
(information on outcomes associated
with programs will also be assessed).
This sub-set of grantees will be required
to participate in the additional data
collection noted below. The following
protocols have been developed:
• Staff interview protocol on program
design (will be collected from about half
of all grantees);
• Staff interview protocols on
program implementation (will be
collected from about 10 grantees); and
• Program participant focus group
protocol (will be conducted with about
10 grantees).
ACF also seeks comment on these
draft protocols.
Respondents
Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage
Program grantees (e.g., grantee staff) and
program participants.
Annual Burden Estimates
The table below is required by law for
Federal Register notices like this one.
The federal government’s Office of
Management and Budget requires
federal agencies, including ACF, to
estimate how many hours it will take
respondents to complete data collection,
and to publish these estimates in the
Federal Register. The following table
provides our estimates.
The respondents to the data collection
instruments include Responsible
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 75,976.
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Note: The annual number of hours shown
for ‘‘applicant characteristics (staff burden)’’
(13,140) is slightly higher than the annual
number of hours shown for ‘‘applicant
characteristics (applicant burden)’’ (13,125)
due to rounding up the average number of
responses per staff to the nearest whole
number (146).
How To Obtain Copies of the Data
Collection Instruments
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 Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447,
Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
Email address: RFHM.FRN.response@
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Number of
responses per
respondent
157,500
1080
52,500
360
1
146
0.25
0.25
13,125
13,140
360
432
110,700
84,600
120
144
36,900
28,200
1
257
1
1
0.75
0.50
0.42
0.42
90
18,504
15,498
11,844
144
72
360
60
300
200
Applicant characteristics (applicant burden) ............
Applicant characteristics (staff burden) ...................
Program operations (related to program characteristics) ....................................................................
Program operations (related to service delivery) ....
Participant outcomes (pre-test) ................................
Participant outcomes (post-test) ..............................
Data entry (for grantees that do not use new management information system, includes applicant
characteristics and participant outcomes) ............
Quarterly Performance Form (QPR) ........................
Semi-annual Performance Progress Report (PPR)
Staff interview protocol on program design .............
Staff interview protocol on program implementation
Program participant focus group protocol ...............
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Annual number of
respondents
48
24
120
20
100
67
274
1
2
1
1
1
0.21
1
3.2
1
1
1.50
2,762
24
768
20
100
101
Total number of
respondents
Instrument
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Average
burden hours
per response
Annual burden
hours
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection.
Reference
Specific Areas for Comment
Karl Koerper,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
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.
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[1] https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/
ssact/title04/0403.htm.
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AGENCY:
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Native American Programs Act of 1974
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Proposed Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood
performance measures and additional data collection (part of the
Fatherhood and Marriage Local Evaluation and Cross-site (FaMLE Cross-
site) Project).
OMB No.: New Collection.
Background
For decades various organizations and agencies have been developing
and operating programs to strengthen families through healthy marriage
and relationship education and responsible fatherhood programming. The
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family
Assistance (OFA), has had administrative responsibility for federal
funding of such programs since 2006 through the Healthy Marriage (HM)
and Responsible Fatherhood (RF) Grant Programs. The authorizing
legislation for the programs may be found in Section 403(a)(2) of the
Social Security Act [1]. Responsible Fatherhood grantees provide a
comprehensive set of services designed to promote responsible
fatherhood including activities related to promoting economic
stability, fostering responsible parenting, and promoting healthy
marriage. Grantees receiving funding for Healthy Marriage offer a broad
array of services designed to promote healthy marriage.
The federal government currently collects a set of performance
measures from HM and RF grantees. The purpose of this previously
approved information collection is to allow OFA and ACF to carry out
their responsibilities for program accountability. Descriptions of the
information collection may be found at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=201206-0970-005; all measures may be found
at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAICList?ref_nbr=201206-0970-005.
The Fatherhood and Marriage Local Evaluation (FaMLE) Cross-Site Project
The Offices of Family Assistance (OFA) and Planning, Research and
Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families
(ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are proposing
new data collection activities to replace existing performance measures
as part of the Fatherhood and Marriage Local Evaluation and Cross-site
(FaMLE Cross-site) Project. The purpose of the FaMLE Cross-site Project
is to support high quality data collection, strengthen local
evaluations, and conduct cross-site analysis for the Responsible
Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage grantees.
The FaMLE Cross-site project will answer three main research
questions: (1) What strategies did grantees use to design well-
conceived programs? (2) What strategies did grantees use to
successfully implement well-conceived programs? (3) What were the
reported outcomes for participants in the programs? In order to answer
these questions, we are considering a new set of data collection
activities.
Current Request
ACF is engaged in a learning agenda to increase our understanding
of Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood programs. This means
that we incorporate multiple opportunities and options for learning
throughout a program's implementation that provide a range of insights
and perspectives. These opportunities help programming constantly
develop and advance. For example, data provide the opportunity to feed
information back to decision-makers and leaders--both those on the
ground and those in management--to inform program design, operation,
and oversight.
ACF is requesting comment on the following:
Performance measures. ACF is proposing a new set of performance
measures to be collected by all grantees, beginning with the next round
of HMRF grants. These measures will collect standardized information in
the following areas:
Applicant characteristics;
Program operations (including program characteristics and
service delivery); and
Participant outcomes (will be measured both at initiation
of program services (pre-test) and completion (post-test)).
These draft measures were developed per extensive review of the
research literature and grantees' past measures.
The next set of grantees will be required to submit data on a set
of standardized measures covering these areas on a regular basis (e.g.,
quarterly). In addition to the performance measures mention above, ACF
seeks comment on draft instruments for these data submissions:
Quarterly Performance Report (QPR), and
Semi-annual Performance Progress Report (PPR).
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A new management information system is being developed which would
improve efficiency and the quality of data, and make reporting easier.
Standardized measures and reporting in these areas will enable ACF
to track programming outputs and outcomes across programs, and will
allow grantees to self-monitor progress.
Additional data collection. As an additional component of the
learning agenda, the FaMLE Cross-Site contractor will collect
information from a sub-set of grantees on how they designed and
implemented their programs (information on outcomes associated with
programs will also be assessed). This sub-set of grantees will be
required to participate in the additional data collection noted below.
The following protocols have been developed:
Staff interview protocol on program design (will be
collected from about half of all grantees);
Staff interview protocols on program implementation (will
be collected from about 10 grantees); and
Program participant focus group protocol (will be
conducted with about 10 grantees).
ACF also seeks comment on these draft protocols.
Respondents
The respondents to the data collection instruments include
Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage Program grantees (e.g.,
grantee staff) and program participants.
Annual Burden Estimates
The table below is required by law for Federal Register notices
like this one. The federal government's Office of Management and Budget
requires federal agencies, including ACF, to estimate how many hours it
will take respondents to complete data collection, and to publish these
estimates in the Federal Register. The following table provides our
estimates.
Annual Burden Estimates
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average
Instrument Total number of Annual number of responses per burden hours Annual burden
respondents respondents respondent per response hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Applicant characteristics (applicant burden)...................... 157,500 52,500 1 0.25 13,125
Applicant characteristics (staff burden).......................... 1080 360 146 0.25 13,140
Program operations (related to program characteristics)........... 360 120 1 0.75 90
Program operations (related to service delivery).................. 432 144 257 0.50 18,504
Participant outcomes (pre-test)................................... 110,700 36,900 1 0.42 15,498
Participant outcomes (post-test).................................. 84,600 28,200 1 0.42 11,844
Data entry (for grantees that do not use new management 144 48 274 0.21 2,762
information system, includes applicant characteristics and
participant outcomes)............................................
Quarterly Performance Form (QPR).................................. 72 24 1 1 24
Semi-annual Performance Progress Report (PPR)..................... 360 120 2 3.2 768
Staff interview protocol on program design........................ 60 20 1 1 20
Staff interview protocol on program implementation................ 300 100 1 1 100
Program participant focus group protocol.......................... 200 67 1 1.50 101
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 75,976.
Note: The annual number of hours shown for ``applicant
characteristics (staff burden)'' (13,140) is slightly higher than
the annual number of hours shown for ``applicant characteristics
(applicant burden)'' (13,125) due to rounding up the average number
of responses per staff to the nearest whole number (146).
How To Obtain Copies of the Data Collection Instruments
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
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: RFHM.FRN.response@acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information collection.
Specific Areas for Comment
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.
Reference
[1] https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title04/0403.htm.
Karl Koerper,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
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