[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 96 (Thursday, May 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28870-28871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4634]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Needs Assessment for Promoting Cultural Competence and 
Diversity in Youth Mentoring Programs Toolkit.
    OMB No. New Collection.
    Description: The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) 
Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP) program, administered under the 
Family Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) within the Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF), was authorized by the Promoting Safe and 
Stable Families Act of 2001 (SSFA, Pub. L. 107-133). The MCP program is 
designed to nurture children who have one or both parents incarcerated. 
The Secretary of HHS is mandated to appropriate funds for the MCP grant 
program, specifically for evaluation, research, training, and technical 
assistance. In FY 2004, grantees began submitting progress reports to 
HHS.
    FYSB will conduct an assessment of the mentoring community to 
identify and assess needs for the purpose of building a toolkit of 
practical information and tools to assist mentoring programs in 
promoting cultural competence and diversity in their programs. The 
toolkit modules address recruiting minority mentors, assessing and 
matching mentors and mentees, training, educating program staff and 
participants, and promoting ethnic identity development.
    Respondents: Mentoring Children of Prisoners grantees and National 
Mentoring Partnership (MENTOR) affiliated mentoring organizations.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Mentoring ToolKit Web-based Needs Assessment                 442               1             .75             332
 Questionnaire..................................
Mentoring ToolKit Web-based focus group.........              40               1            1                 40
Mentoring ToolKit Web-based Feedback                         100               1             .25              25
 Questionnaire..................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.........  ..............  ..............  ..............             397
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    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 
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (1) 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.

    Dated: May 12, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-4634 Filed 5-17-06; 8:45 am]
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