[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37534-37535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3337]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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

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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 hrs             137.4
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        Estimated Total Annual Burden     ................  ................  ................             137.4
         Hours:.........................
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    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: July 5, 2007.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-3337 Filed 7-9-07; 8:45 am]
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