[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 202 (Friday, October 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61876-61877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24616]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Proposed Project:
    Title: Compassion Capital Fund Impact Evaluation.
    OMB No.: 0970-0293.
    Description: This proposed information collection activity is an 
extension of the follow-up survey of faith-based and community 
organizations participating in the Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) Impact 
Evaluation. The currently approved information collection will expire 
on December 31, 2008. This information collection request will include 
the agency's request for an extension of the initial survey instruments 
for an additional three years.
    The CCF evaluation is an important opportunity to examine the 
effectiveness of the Compassion Capital Fund Demonstration program in 
meeting its objective of improving the capacity of faith-based and 
community organizations. The evaluation includes selected CCF-funded 
intermediary organizations that provide capacity-building services and 
the faith-based and community organizations that sought those services. 
The follow-up survey will be used to collect information from the 
faith-based and community-based organizations on various areas of 
organizational capacity.
    The study design includes the random assignment of faith-based and 
community organizations to either a treatment group that receives 
capacity-building services from a CCF intermediary grantee or to a 
control group that does not. The impact of the services provided by 
intermediaries, primarily through sub-awards and/or technical 
assistance (TA), will be determined by comparing the changes reported 
through the survey in organizational and service capacity of the 
recipient organizations with those of the control group.
    Respondents: Faith-based and community organizations included in 
the CCF impact evaluation.

Annual Burden Estimates

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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response    burden hours
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Follow-up Survey................................             455               1             .42             191
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 191.
    Additional Information:
    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the 
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research 
and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, 
Attn: OPRE 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.


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    Dated: October 9, 2008.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-24616 Filed 10-16-08; 8:45 am]
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