[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 29930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11868]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


New Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service 
(hereinafter the ``Corporation''), has submitted a proposed new public 
information collection request (ICR) entitled Parent Corps Evaluation 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), 
(44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Copies of this ICR, with applicable supporting 
documentation, may be obtained by calling the Corporation for National 
and Community Service, Kelly Arey, (202) 606-5000, ext. 197. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY-TDD) 
may call (202) 565-2799 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. eastern time, 
Monday through Friday.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 25, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted, identified by the title of the 
information collection activity, by any of the following two methods:
    (1) By fax to: (202) 395-6974, Attention: Ms. Katherine Astrich, 
OMB Desk Officer for the Corporation for National and Community 
Service; and
    (2) Electronically by e-mail to: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OMB is particularly interested in 
comments which:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Corporation, including whether the information will have practical 
utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Propose ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and
     Propose ways to 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 submissions of responses.
    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: Parent Corps Evaluation.
    OMB Number: None.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Total Respondents: 3,700.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,654 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.

Description

    Parent Corps Evaluation: The Corporation proposes to conduct an 
evaluation of the Parent Corps program. The Parent Corps is a three-
year effort to create a national training system and network of 
volunteer parents engaged in a nationwide substance abuse prevention 
effort. Using a ``training the trainer'' model, organizations will work 
with volunteer coordinators to train and support volunteer parents of 
children aged 18 or younger in providing drug prevention training.
    The specific aims of this evaluation are to describe the 
implementation of the Parent Corps program (implementation evaluation) 
and to evaluate its impact on desired outcomes (experimental impact 
evaluation). The implementation evaluation will include all 20 schools 
to be targeted by the Parent Corps. The randomized experiment impact 
evaluation will include parents and children at 18 schools (9 schools 
targeted by the Parent Corps and 9 control schools). These 18 treatment 
and control schools will be selected via the Parent Corps' request for 
applications process.
    Key research questions include changes in the following outcomes: 
perceived risk/harm from youth substance use (tobacco, alcohol, or 
illicit drug use), accuracy of perceptions about youth substance use, 
parents' perceived susceptibility of their own youth to substance use, 
parents' self-efficacy to influence their youth's substance use, 
intervention activities among parents aware of their youth's substance 
use, treatment-seeking for their youth's substance use, and parenting 
skills. In addition, information will be collected from youths aged 12 
to 18 living with surveyed parents about involvement in drug-free 
activities, their parents' parenting skills, parent-child 
communication, perceived risk/harm from youth substance use, accuracy 
of perceptions about youth substance use, association with drug-using 
peers, perceived susceptibility to substance use and intentions to use 
substances, substance use, exposure to prevention program activities, 
and demographic characteristics. Implementation evaluation data will be 
collected primarily through questionnaires mailed to parent leaders and 
parent volunteers delivering the program, and impact evaluation data 
will be collected via computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) with 
parents and their children aged 12 to 18 who attend treatment or 
control schools.

    Dated: May 19, 2004.
David Reingold,
Director, Research and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 04-11868 Filed 5-25-04; 8:45 am]
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