[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33761-33762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2997]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:

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    Title: DHHS/ACF/ASPE/DOL Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ 
Demonstration and Evaluation: Rhode Island 36-Month Data Collection.
    OMB No. New Collection.
    Description: The Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ 
Demonstration and Evaluation Project (HtE) seeks to learn what services 
improve the employment prospects of low-income persons who face serious 
obstacles to steady work. The project is sponsored by the Office of 
Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), both within the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS), and the U.S. Department of Labor 
(DOL).
    The HtE project is a multi-year, multi-site evaluation that employs 
and experimental longitudinal research design to test four strategies 
aimed at promoting employment among hard-to-employ populations. The 
four include: (1) Intensive care management and job services program 
for Rhode Island Medicaid recipients with serious depression; (2) job 
readiness training, worksite placements, job coaching, job development 
and other training opportunities for recent parolees in New York City; 
(3) pre-employment services and transitional employment for long-term 
participants receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); 
and (4) two-generational Early Head Start (EHS) services providing 
enhanced self-sufficiency services for parents, parent skills training, 
and high-quality child care for children in low-income families in 
Kansas and Missouri.
    The purpose of this document is to request public comment on the 
proposed 36-month participant survey in Rhode Island for participating 
parents and their children.
    The follow-up survey and direct child assessments at the 36-month 
follow-up in Rhode Island will be used for the following purposes: 
Detecting the long-term effects of a telephonic care management 
intervention on parents' depression and general health, as well as 
their employment, income, and earnings; detecting effects of a 
telephonic care management intervention for parents' depression on 
parents' parenting and on children's health, behavior, and development 
over time, and determining the extent to which long-term intervention 
effects on children's development can be attributed to changes in their 
parents' depressive symptomatology that result from the intervention.
    Respondents: The respondents to these follow-up surveys will be 
low-income parents from the Rhode Island site currently participating 
in the HtE Project, and some of their children.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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RI 36-month, parent survey......................             400               1             .75          300.00
RI 36-month, youth survey.......................             298               1             .75          223.50
RI 36-month, direct child assessment............             164               1             .75          123.00
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 646.50.
    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) 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: June 13, 2007.
Brendan Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-2997 Filed 6-18-07; 8:45 am]
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