[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55142-55143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18735]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission of OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Compassion Capital Fund Evaluation.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: This proposed information collection activity is for 
two rounds of surveys to be completed by faith-based and community 
organizations participating in two studies within the Compassion 
Capital Fund (CCF) evaluation project. The first survey will be 
conducted as a baseline survey and the second will be a follow-up 
survey conducted several months later.
    The CCF evaluation is an important opportunity to examine the 
effectiveness of the Compassion Capital Fund in meeting its objective 
of improving the capacity of faith-based and community organizations. 
The evaluation includes three distinct studies: a random assignment 
impact study, an outcome study, and a retrospective study. This notice 
pertains to the impact and outcome studies. The impact study will 
involve up to 1,000 faith-based and community organizations that seek 
services from CCF-funded intermediary organizations. Information will 
be collected from these faith-based and community-based organizations 
to assess change and improvement in various areas of capacity. The 
study design includes the random assignment of faith-based and 
community organizations to either a treatment group that receives 
capacity-building services from a CCF intermediary grantee or to a 
control group that does not. The impact of the services provided by 
intermediaries, primarily through sub-awards and/or technical 
assistance (TA), will be determined by comparing the changes in 
organizational and service capacity of the recipient organizations with 
those of the control group.
    The outcome study will examine changes and improvements in a 
representative sample of about 750 faith-based and community 
organizations served by all CCF intermediaries operating in FY2005 and 
FY2006, except those already part of the impact study. The survey 
instruments will be used to track changes in the faith-based and 
community organizations' organizational capacity between baseline and 
follow-up.
    Respondents: The respondents for both studies will be faith-based 
and community organizations that seek sub-awards or TA from CCF 
intermediary grantees. The baseline survey will be primarily self-
administered and is expected to be completed as part of the 
intermediary's sub-award application or TA request process. The follow-
up survey also will be primarily self-administered and contain 
questions similar to those in the baseline survey as well as additional 
questions related to services received from the intermediary or other 
organizations. It is expected that the follow-up survey will be 
administered approximately 12 months after the baseline survey. As 
needed to increase response rates, the survey will be administered by 
telephone to organizations that do not initially return a completed 
survey.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                           Number of
                                              Number of    responses      Average burden hours per       Total
                 Instrument                  respondents      per                 response              burden
                                                           respondent                                    hours
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Baseline Survey............................        1,750            1  .33 hours (approx. 20               577.5
                                                                        minutes).
Follow-up Survey...........................        1,750            1  .42 hours (approx. 25                 735
                                                                        minutes).
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours........        3,500  ...........  .............................     1,312.5
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    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant 
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 
Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the 
information collection. E-mail address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning 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. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Attn: Desk 
Officer for ACF, E-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: September 13, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-18735 Filed 9-19-05; 8:45 am]
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