[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46633-46634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4062]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    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.

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                                             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.

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 informatino 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: August 15, 2007.
Brendan Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-4062 Filed 8-20-07; 8:45 am]
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