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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for Office of Management
and Budget Review; Healthy Marriage
and Responsible Fatherhood
Performance Measures and Additional
Data Collection (Office of Management
and Budget #0970–0566)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Family Assistance (OFA), is requesting
an extension with changes to its
approved collection and reporting of
performance measures about program
operations, services, and clients served
through the Healthy Marriage (HM) and
Responsible Fatherhood (RF) grant
programs. In an effort to gain a great
understanding of how HMRF programs
influence program participants and staff
at an individual level, ACF proposes to
add one open field to the quarterly
narrative reports to capture information
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about the experiences of HMRF
participants and/or staff. ACF is
requesting to extend approval, with the
implementation of this change, for 3
years.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of
publication. OMB must make a decision
about the collection of information
between 30 and 60 days after
publication of this document in the
Federal Register. Therefore, a comment
is best assured of having its full effect
if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. You can also obtain
copies of the proposed collection of
information by emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Identify all requests by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: ACF proposes to continue
collecting a set of Office of Management
and Budget (OMB)-approved
performance measures from all HMRF
award recipients.
The HMRF performance measures
collect standardized information in the
following areas:
• Applicant characteristics;
• Program operations;
• Service delivery; and
• Participant outcomes:
Æ Entrance survey, with five versions:
(1) HM Program Entrance Survey for
Adult-Focused Programs; (2) HM
Program Entrance Survey for YouthFocused Programs; (3) RF Program
Entrance Survey for Community-Based
Fathers; (4) RF Program Entrance Survey
for Community-Based Mothers; and (5)
RF Program Entrance Survey for
Reentering Fathers.
Æ Exit survey, with five versions: (1)
HM Program Exit Survey for AdultFocused Programs; (2) HM Program Exit
Survey for Youth-Focused Programs; (3)
RF Program Exit Survey for CommunityBased Fathers; (4) RF Program Exit
Survey for Community-Based Mothers;
and (5) RF Program Exit Survey for
Reentering Fathers.
The measures were developed in 2014
after extensive review of the research
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literature and recipients’ past measures.
They were revised in 2020 based on a
targeted analysis of existing measures,
feedback from key audiences, and
discussions with ACF staff and the 2015
cohort of recipients. OMB approved
these revised measures in 2021 and has
approved a handful of non-substantive
changes since then.
ACF also proposes to continue the
OMB-approved quarterly reporting on
the following measures, with minor
changes as described:
• Semi-annual Performance Progress
Report (PPR), with two versions: (1)
Performance Progress Report for HM
Programs, and (2) Performance Progress
Report for RF Programs; and
• Quarterly Performance Report
(QPR), with two versions: (1) Quarterly
Performance Progress Report for HM
Programs, and (2) Quarterly
Performance Progress Report for RF
Programs. ACF proposes to add a new
text box to the QPRs to gather
qualitative narratives of the experiences
of HMRF participants and/or staff. This
information will help build ACF’s
understanding of how HMRF programs
influence program participants and staff
at an individual level.
ACF provides recipients with a webbased performance measures data
collection system called nFORM 2.0
(Information, Family Outcomes,
Reporting, and Management) to improve
the efficiency of data collection and
reporting and the quality of data. This
system allows for streamlined and
standardized submission of recipient
performance data through regular
progress reports and supports recipientled and federal research projects.
ACF also proposes to continue the
OMB-approved requirement for
recipients to document their continuous
quality improvement (CQI) planning
and implementation using a CQI plan
template that is completed outside of
the nFORM system.
Respondents: Respondents include
HM and RF award recipient staff and
program applicants and participants
(participants are called ‘‘clients’’).
Annual Burden Estimates: The
estimated number of respondents for
each instrument has been adjusted to
reflect experiences in the field to date.
There is no change to the average
estimated time per response of any
instrument.
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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
(in hours)
Annual burden
(in hours)
Instrument
Respondent
1: Applicant Characteristics .................
Program applicants .............................
Program staff ......................................
Program staff ......................................
Program staff ......................................
Program clients (entrance) .................
Program clients (exit) ..........................
Program staff (entrance and exit on
paper).
Program staff ......................................
150,000
330
110
1,650
141,498
94,734
220
1
455
12
86
1
1
351
0.25
0.10
0.32
0.50
0.42
0.42
0.10
37,500
15,015
422
70,950
59,429
39,788
7,722
12,500
5,005
141
23,650
19,810
13,263
2,574
110
6
3
1,980
660
Program staff ......................................
110
6
1
660
220
Program staff ......................................
110
3
4
1,320
440
2: Program Operations ........................
3: Service Delivery Data ......................
4: Entrance and Exit Surveys ..............
5: Semi-annual Performance Progress
Report (PPR).
6: Quarterly Performance Report
(QPR).
7: CQI Plan ..........................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 78,263.
Authority: Sec. 403. [42 U.S.C. 603].
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024–03282 Filed 2–15–24; 8:45 am]
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Families
Submission for Office of Management
and Budget Review; Administration for
Children and Families Generic for
Engagement Efforts (New Umbrella
Generic)
Administration for Children
and Families, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) intends to request
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to establish a new
umbrella generic clearance to request
information while engaging individuals
and groups who could provide valuable
information to inform ACF programs
and work, including but not limited to
those who are served or have been
served by ACF, those with expertise in
ACF program areas, and individuals
invested in the outcomes of ACF
research and evaluation. These
engagement activities often need to be
conducted quickly, to allow for
sufficient time to inform project
direction and decision-making.
Additionally, planning for engagement
activities is most often on a quick
timeline and the standard timeline to
comply with a full request under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) often
inhibits the ability to collect
SUMMARY:
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information to inform these activities.
Therefore, an umbrella generic is
necessary to allow for quick turnaround
requests for similar information
collections related to these activities.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of
publication. OMB must decide about the
collection of information between 30
and 60 days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review-Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. You can also obtain
copies of the proposed collection of
information by emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Identify all requests by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Executive Order
(E.O.), Advancing Racial Equity and
Support for Underserved Communities
Through the Federal Government (E.O.
13985) 1 emphasizes consulting with
communities that have been historically
underserved by Federal policies and
programs and those with lived
experience 2 in ACF programs. The E.O.
on Further Advancing Racial Equity and
Support for Underserved Communities
1 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/
presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-orderadvancing-racial-equity-and-support-forunderserved-communities-through-the-federalgovernment/.
2 Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
(2021, December). Methods and Emerging Strategies
to Engage People with Lived Experience. (Contract
Number HHSP233201500071I). U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services. https://aspe.hhs.gov/
sites/default/files/documents/47f62cae96710d1fa1
3b0f590f2d1b03/lived-experience-brief.pdf.
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Through the Federal Government 3
followed in 2023 and built on E.O.
13985, calling upon agencies to increase
engagement with underserved
communities and to ‘‘collaborate with
OMB, as appropriate, to identify and
develop tools and methods’’ to meet this
goal. This generic mechanism is a tool
that could directly address these E.O.s.
Particularly many requirements
outlined in section 3 and section 5 of
the 2023 E.O.
Additionally, the Presidential
Memorandum on Restoring Trust in
Government through Scientific Integrity
and Evidence-Based Policy Making,4 the
HHS Strategic Plan fiscal year (FY)
2022–2026,5 ACF’s Strategic Plan,6 and
the ACF Evaluation Policy 7 discuss
community engagement and inclusion
in research. Consistent with these
guidance documents, and to ensure
meaningful involvement with a variety
of individuals with diverse experiences
and perspectives, ACF often conducts
active engagement activities to inform
various efforts, including research and
evaluation.
Hearing the perspective of those
affected by, experienced in, interested
in, or potentially interested in ACF
programs and similar programs is vital
to ensure ACF is responsive to the needs
of those it serves and that resources are,
and programming is appropriate, useful,
and relevant for audiences. Information
collections under this generic would
gather information from individuals
3 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/
presidential-actions/2023/02/16/executive-orderon-further-advancing-racial-equity-and-support-forunderserved-communities-through-the-federalgovernment/.
4 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/
presidential-actions/2021/01/27/memorandum-onrestoring-trust-in-government-through-scientificintegrity-and-evidence-based-policymaking/.
5 https://www.hhs.gov/about/strategic-plan/20222026/.
6 https://www.acf.hhs.gov/about/acf-strategicplan-2022.
7 https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/acfevaluation-policy.
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[FR Doc No: 2024-03282]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Healthy
Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Performance Measures and Additional
Data Collection (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0566)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Family Assistance (OFA), is requesting an extension with changes to its
approved collection and reporting of performance measures about program
operations, services, and clients served through the Healthy Marriage
(HM) and Responsible Fatherhood (RF) grant programs. In an effort to
gain a great understanding of how HMRF programs influence program
participants and staff at an individual level, ACF proposes to add one
open field to the quarterly narrative reports to capture information
about the experiences of HMRF participants and/or staff. ACF is
requesting to extend approval, with the implementation of this change,
for 3 years.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a
decision about the collection of information between 30 and 60 days
after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore,
a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by
emailing [email protected]. Identify all requests by the
title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description: ACF proposes to continue
collecting a set of Office of Management and Budget (OMB)-approved
performance measures from all HMRF award recipients.
The HMRF performance measures collect standardized information in
the following areas:
Applicant characteristics;
Program operations;
Service delivery; and
Participant outcomes:
[cir] Entrance survey, with five versions: (1) HM Program Entrance
Survey for Adult-Focused Programs; (2) HM Program Entrance Survey for
Youth-Focused Programs; (3) RF Program Entrance Survey for Community-
Based Fathers; (4) RF Program Entrance Survey for Community-Based
Mothers; and (5) RF Program Entrance Survey for Reentering Fathers.
[cir] Exit survey, with five versions: (1) HM Program Exit Survey
for Adult-Focused Programs; (2) HM Program Exit Survey for Youth-
Focused Programs; (3) RF Program Exit Survey for Community-Based
Fathers; (4) RF Program Exit Survey for Community-Based Mothers; and
(5) RF Program Exit Survey for Reentering Fathers.
The measures were developed in 2014 after extensive review of the
research literature and recipients' past measures. They were revised in
2020 based on a targeted analysis of existing measures, feedback from
key audiences, and discussions with ACF staff and the 2015 cohort of
recipients. OMB approved these revised measures in 2021 and has
approved a handful of non-substantive changes since then.
ACF also proposes to continue the OMB-approved quarterly reporting
on the following measures, with minor changes as described:
Semi-annual Performance Progress Report (PPR), with two
versions: (1) Performance Progress Report for HM Programs, and (2)
Performance Progress Report for RF Programs; and
Quarterly Performance Report (QPR), with two versions: (1)
Quarterly Performance Progress Report for HM Programs, and (2)
Quarterly Performance Progress Report for RF Programs. ACF proposes to
add a new text box to the QPRs to gather qualitative narratives of the
experiences of HMRF participants and/or staff. This information will
help build ACF's understanding of how HMRF programs influence program
participants and staff at an individual level.
ACF provides recipients with a web-based performance measures data
collection system called nFORM 2.0 (Information, Family Outcomes,
Reporting, and Management) to improve the efficiency of data collection
and reporting and the quality of data. This system allows for
streamlined and standardized submission of recipient performance data
through regular progress reports and supports recipient-led and federal
research projects.
ACF also proposes to continue the OMB-approved requirement for
recipients to document their continuous quality improvement (CQI)
planning and implementation using a CQI plan template that is completed
outside of the nFORM system.
Respondents: Respondents include HM and RF award recipient staff
and program applicants and participants (participants are called
``clients'').
Annual Burden Estimates: The estimated number of respondents for
each instrument has been adjusted to reflect experiences in the field
to date. There is no change to the average estimated time per response
of any instrument.
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Average burden Total burden Annual burden
Instrument Respondent (total over (total over per response (in hours) (in hours)
request request (in hours)
period) period)
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1: Applicant Characteristics.............. Program applicants.......... 150,000 1 0.25 37,500 12,500
Program staff............... 330 455 0.10 15,015 5,005
2: Program Operations..................... Program staff............... 110 12 0.32 422 141
3: Service Delivery Data.................. Program staff............... 1,650 86 0.50 70,950 23,650
4: Entrance and Exit Surveys.............. Program clients (entrance).. 141,498 1 0.42 59,429 19,810
Program clients (exit)...... 94,734 1 0.42 39,788 13,263
Program staff (entrance and 220 351 0.10 7,722 2,574
exit on paper).
5: Semi-annual Performance Progress Report Program staff............... 110 6 3 1,980 660
(PPR).
6: Quarterly Performance Report (QPR)..... Program staff............... 110 6 1 660 220
7: CQI Plan............................... Program staff............... 110 3 4 1,320 440
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 78,263.
Authority: Sec. 403. [42 U.S.C. 603].
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-03282 Filed 2-15-24; 8:45 am]
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