[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 35 (Thursday, February 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7998-7999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-790]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; 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 of 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.
    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
 Questionannaire................................
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
    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, Fax: 202-395-
6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and 
Families.

    Dated: February 15, 2007.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-790 Filed 2-21-07; 8:45 am]
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