[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20706-20707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10205]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Mentoring Children of Prisoners Relationship Quality Survey.
    OMB No.: 0970-0308.
    Description: The Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments of 
2001 (Pub. L. 107-133) amended Title IV-B of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 629-629e) to provide funding for nonprofit agencies that 
recruit, screen, train, and support mentors for children with an 
incarcerated parent or parents. The Family and Youth Services Bureau 
(FYSB) of the Administration for Children and Families, United States 
Department of Health and Human Services, administers the Monitoring 
Children of Prisoners (MCP) program. The MCP program creates lasting, 
high-quality one-to-one mentoring relationships that provide young 
people with caring adult role models. The quality of these 
relationships is an important indicator of success in mentoring 
programs. Previous research has shown an association between high-
quality mentoring relationships and positive changes in youth behavior 
associated with positive youth benefits, such as improved school 
attendance,

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reductions in risk behavior, and other benefits.
    The Relationship Quality Instrument consists of 15 rigorously 
field-tested questions about the relationship, plus several questions 
that establish context (age, gender, duration of relationship and 
frequency of contacts, etc.). The answers to the questions help assess 
how satisfied the youth (mentee) is with the relationship; whether the 
mentee is happy in the relationship; whether the mentee trusts the 
mentor; and whether the mentor has helped the mentee to cope with 
problems. Researchers in the field of mentoring have tested and 
validated the questions.
    FYSB requires grantees receiving funding to provide information 
that can be used to evaluate outcomes for participating children. FYSB 
will use the information provided by the instrument to assure effective 
service delivery and program management and to guide the development of 
national monitoring and technical assistance systems. Finally, FYSB 
will use data from this collection for reporting program outcomes to 
Congress in the FY 2006 Performance Report during the budget process 
and as the basis for outcome evaluation of the program over the long 
term.
    Rhodes J., Reddy, R., Roffman, J., and Grossman J.B. (March, 2005). 
Promoting Successful Youth Mentoring Relationships: A Preliminary 
Screening Questionnaire. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 26:2, 147-
167.
    Respondents: Public, community- and faith-based organizations 
receiving funding to implement the MCP program.

                                             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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Relationship Quality Instrument for Mentoring                215               1             116          24,940
 Children of Prisoners Program..................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 24,940.

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: 202-395-7245. 
Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.

    Dated: April 29, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-10205 Filed 5-4-09; 8:45 am]
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