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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day–15–14CP]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
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The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) has submitted the
following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for
the proposed information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your
comments should address any of the
following: (a) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) Minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses; and (e) Assess information
collection costs.
To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the items contained in this notice
should be directed to the Attention:
CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or
by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Monitoring and Reporting System for
the State Public Health Actions
Cooperative Agreement—New—
National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 2013, CDC initiated a new
cooperative agreement program: ‘‘State
Public Health Actions to Prevent and
Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity
and Associated Risk Factors and
Promote School Health,’’ under Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA)
DP13–1305. The new program,
commonly referred to as the State Public
Health Actions program, provides
funding for integrated approaches to
preventing and managing chronic
conditions that share common risk
factors. Cooperative agreement awards
were made to all 50 states and the
District of Columbia. Thirty-two (32)
awardees were funded at the Enhanced
level to implement evidence-based
environmental approaches that address
the underlying causes of chronic
diseases, and interventions that
strengthen systems and resources for
early detection and better management
of chronic diseases. Nineteen (19)
awardees were initially funded at the
Basic level for health promotion,
epidemiology, and surveillance
activities. In 2014, all awardees received
supplemental funding to increase
program activities. Basic-level awardees
received supplemental funding to
incorporate a number of additional
interventions also being implemented
by awardees funded at the Enhanced
level. Enhanced-level awardees received
additional funds to increase the number
and intensity of activities occurring
within already selected interventions.
CDC requests OMB approval to collect
performance monitoring information
from all awardees participating in the
State Public Health Actions program.
Annually, each awardee will submit a
Work Plan, Budget, and Evaluation
Plan. The Work Plan and Budget
information will be submitted to CDC by
completing a spreadsheet template, and
uploading the information to a secure,
password-protected FTP site. Evaluation
Plans will also be submitted to CDC via
the secure FTP site, but will be based on
commonly available word processing
software. CDC initially considered
collecting information through a
customized, Web-based management
information system (MIS), but has
decided to implement a revised
information collection plan utilizing
commonly available commercial
software. By developing user-friendly
templates (tools) for this software, CDC
anticipates that the reporting and
tracking burden for awardees will be
reduced due to: (1) Awardees’
familiarity with the software, which
reduces training burden; and (2) the
compatibility of the templates with
other record keeping processes that are
already in place for many awardees.
CDC staff and contractors will be
responsible for converting each
awardee’s submissions into a secure
MIS for reporting and analysis.
CDC anticipates that respondent
burden will be greatest for the initial
Work Plan, Budget, and Evaluation Plan
submissions. A separate allocation for
the burden associated with initial
population of the reporting tools is
provided, and is annualized over the
three-year clearance period. Burden per
response for routine annual reporting is
lower since annual Work Plan, Budget,
and Evaluation progress reports will be
limited to entering changes, updates,
and new activities. Overall, CDC
anticipates that burden will be lower for
awardees funded at the Basic level
(including the 2014 supplement) than
for awardees funded at the Enhanced
level.
The information to be collected will
help CDC and awardees assure
compliance with cooperative agreement
requirements, support program
evaluation efforts, and obtain
information needed to respond to
inquiries about program activities and
effectiveness from Congress and other
sources. Budget information will be
collected and tracked to assure proper
disbursement of, and accounting for,
funds awarded.
OMB approval is requested for three
years. Participation is required as a
condition of cooperative agreement
funding. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time. The
total estimated burden hours are 665.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Form name
FOA 1305 Program Awardees Basic Level Supplement
Initial Work Plan .............................
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Number of
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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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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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-15-14CP]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Monitoring and Reporting System for the State Public Health Actions
Cooperative Agreement--New--National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 2013, CDC initiated a new cooperative agreement program: ``State
Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease,
Obesity and Associated Risk Factors and Promote School Health,'' under
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DP13-1305. The new program,
commonly referred to as the State Public Health Actions program,
provides funding for integrated approaches to preventing and managing
chronic conditions that share common risk factors. Cooperative
agreement awards were made to all 50 states and the District of
Columbia. Thirty-two (32) awardees were funded at the Enhanced level to
implement evidence-based environmental approaches that address the
underlying causes of chronic diseases, and interventions that
strengthen systems and resources for early detection and better
management of chronic diseases. Nineteen (19) awardees were initially
funded at the Basic level for health promotion, epidemiology, and
surveillance activities. In 2014, all awardees received supplemental
funding to increase program activities. Basic-level awardees received
supplemental funding to incorporate a number of additional
interventions also being implemented by awardees funded at the Enhanced
level. Enhanced-level awardees received additional funds to increase
the number and intensity of activities occurring within already
selected interventions.
CDC requests OMB approval to collect performance monitoring
information from all awardees participating in the State Public Health
Actions program. Annually, each awardee will submit a Work Plan,
Budget, and Evaluation Plan. The Work Plan and Budget information will
be submitted to CDC by completing a spreadsheet template, and uploading
the information to a secure, password-protected FTP site. Evaluation
Plans will also be submitted to CDC via the secure FTP site, but will
be based on commonly available word processing software. CDC initially
considered collecting information through a customized, Web-based
management information system (MIS), but has decided to implement a
revised information collection plan utilizing commonly available
commercial software. By developing user-friendly templates (tools) for
this software, CDC anticipates that the reporting and tracking burden
for awardees will be reduced due to: (1) Awardees' familiarity with the
software, which reduces training burden; and (2) the compatibility of
the templates with other record keeping processes that are already in
place for many awardees. CDC staff and contractors will be responsible
for converting each awardee's submissions into a secure MIS for
reporting and analysis.
CDC anticipates that respondent burden will be greatest for the
initial Work Plan, Budget, and Evaluation Plan submissions. A separate
allocation for the burden associated with initial population of the
reporting tools is provided, and is annualized over the three-year
clearance period. Burden per response for routine annual reporting is
lower since annual Work Plan, Budget, and Evaluation progress reports
will be limited to entering changes, updates, and new activities.
Overall, CDC anticipates that burden will be lower for awardees funded
at the Basic level (including the 2014 supplement) than for awardees
funded at the Enhanced level.
The information to be collected will help CDC and awardees assure
compliance with cooperative agreement requirements, support program
evaluation efforts, and obtain information needed to respond to
inquiries about program activities and effectiveness from Congress and
other sources. Budget information will be collected and tracked to
assure proper disbursement of, and accounting for, funds awarded.
OMB approval is requested for three years. Participation is
required as a condition of cooperative agreement funding. There are no
costs to respondents other than their time. The total estimated burden
hours are 665.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FOA 1305 Program Awardees Basic Level Initial Work Plan....... 6 1 6
Supplement.
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Initial Budget.......... 6 1 4
Initial Evaluation Plan. 6 1 4
Annual Work Plan 19 1 1
Progress Report.
Annual Budget Progress 19 1 1
Report.
Annual Evaluation Report 19 1 2
FOA 1305 Program Awardees Enhanced Initial Work Plan....... 11 1 12
Level.
Initial Budget.......... 11 1 9
Initial Evaluation Plan. 11 1 6
Annual Work Plan 32 1 2
Progress Report.
Annual Budget Progress 32 1 1.5
Report.
Annual Evaluation Report 32 1 3
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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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