[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46915-46916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6923]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request, 
Proposed Projects

    Title: Evaluation of the Community Healthy Marriage Initiative.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families, United 
States Department of Health and Human Services, is conducting a 
demonstration and evaluation called the Community Healthy Marriage 
Initiative (CHMI). Demonstration programs will be funded to support 
healthy marriage directly as well as encourage community changes in 
norms that increase support for healthy marriages and improve child and 
family well-being. The objective of the impact evaluation is to 
evaluate the community effects of these

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interventions on marital stability and satisfaction and child and 
family well-being outcomes among low-income families. Primary data for 
the impact evaluation will come from three waves of in-person data 
collection. This collection is a baseline survey of community members 
where CHMI demonstrations are operating, the first of three CHMI 
surveys. The impact evaluation will assess the effects of community 
healthy marriage initiatives by comparing family and child well-being 
outcomes in the CHMI communities with similar outcomes in comparison 
communities that are well matched to the demonstration project sites.
    Respondents: Community members aged 18-49 in three study sites and 
three comparison communities.

                                             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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CHMI Baseline Survey........................           4,200                1                1            4,200
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4200/
    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 (a) 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: August 9, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-6923 Filed 8-14-06; 8:45am]
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