[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 82 (Monday, April 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 21266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2090]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed projects:
    Title: Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) Project: Control Services 
Survey.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is conducting a 
demonstration and evaluation called the Supporting Healthy Marriage 
(SHM) Project. Supporting Healthy Marriage is designed to inform 
program operators and policymakers of the most effective ways to help 
low-income married couples strengthen and maintain healthy marriages. 
In particular, the project will measure the effectiveness of marriage 
education programs by randomly assigning eligible volunteer couples to 
SHM program groups and control groups.
    In order to conduct a strong test of the SHM program, the 
researchers must understand whether marriage education services similar 
to SHM are readily accessible to control group members elsewhere in the 
communities where SHM is offered. To measure the difference between 
services received by the program group and control group, the evaluator 
will administer a brief survey to participants in each SHM 
demonstration pilot site. The purpose of this survey is to identify the 
kinds of services that participants have received over the last six 
months, either from the SHM program or from other agencies in the 
community. This survey will allow the research team to determine 
whether there is a sufficient differential between the services 
received by the participants in the program group and those in the 
control group to constitute a strong test of the SHM intervention.
    Respondents: Low-income married couples with children.

                                             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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SHM Control Services Survey.................             808                1              .17            137.4
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 137.4.
    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: April 23, 2007.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-2090 Filed 4-27-07; 8:45 am]
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