[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 117 (Friday, June 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29214-29215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14181]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Evaluation of the Community Healthy Marriage Initiative--
Impact Evaluation--Wave 2.
    OMB No.: 0970-0322.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is conducting a 
demonstration and evaluation called the Community Healthy Marriage 
Initiative (CHMI). Demonstration programs have been funded through 
Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grants authorized under 
section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act to support healthy 
marriage directly and to

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encourage community changes that increase support for healthy marriages 
and improve child and family wellbeing.
    The objective of the evaluation is to: (1) Assess the 
implementation of community interventions designed to provide marriage 
education by examining the way the projects operate and by examining 
child support outcomes among low-income families in the community; and 
(2) evaluate the community impacts of these interventions on marital 
stability and satisfaction, child well-being and child support outcomes 
among low income families.
    The purpose of this information collection is to conduct a follow-
up survey of respondents from Wave 1 who live in the communities where 
CHMI demonstrations are operating, and a survey of CHMI program 
participants. The impact evaluation will assess the effects of 
community healthy marriage initiatives by comparing family and child 
well-being outcomes in the CHMI communities with similar outcomes in 
comparison communities that are well matched to the demonstration 
project sites.
    Respondents: Community members and program participants in CHMI 
treatment and comparison communities.

                                             Annual Burden Estimate
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                                                                  Number of     Average  burden     Estimated
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours  per     annual burden
                                                respondents       respondent       respondent         hours
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Wave 2 Survey...............................           4,120                1              .75            3,090
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,090.

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.

    Dated: June 11, 2009.
Seth F. Chamberlain,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-14181 Filed 6-18-09; 8:45 am]
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