[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 162 (Monday, August 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 51821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20800]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Projects of National Significance--Family Support 360.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Administration on Developmental Disabilities 
(ADD), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is funding a major 
Project of National Significance called Family Support 360 (FS 360). As 
with any program of Federal assistance to the States, it is in the 
public interest to determine the extent to which it has the desired 
impacts. To do this job with scientific rigor, it will be necessary to 
collect high quality survey data from the participants in the 17 funded 
programs across the nation.
    ADD has already designed the instruments, methodologies, 
procedures, and analytical techniques for this task. Moreover, they 
have been pilot tested in 11 States. The tools and techniques were 
submitted for review, and were approved, by Institutional Review Boards 
for the Protection of Human Subjects (IRB) in those States in which IRB 
approval was necessary. The tools and techniques were repeatedly 
revised and improved, then applied successfully, and now they are ready 
to apply across the nation as soon as Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval is received.
    These instruments and methods are all aimed to answer the 
elementary scientific outcome questions: Are the participants in the FS 
360 programs ``better off'' because of their participation? If so, how 
much, in what way(s), and at what public cost?
    This information will inform public policy regarding the best 
methods to deliver important supports to families of people with 
developmental disabilities.
    Respondents: The respondents are the families of and individuals 
with developmental disabilities who participate in the ADD Family 
Supports 360 grant programs at 17 sites across the nation. Ten of the 
sites are focused on military families, and the other seven are focused 
on civilian families. Each year will consist of a pre and post 
assessment. For each year we project 680 participating families. Of 
them we estimate interviews will be completed with 510 or 75 percent 
(some families may not give informed consent or may miss the 
appointment for interviews).

                                             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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The survey instrument is called the Impact                   680               1            1.50           1,020
 Assessment for Family Support 360 Participants.
 It does not have a common acronym or ACF report
 number. It is a very brief two page protocol
 derived from twenty years of quality of life
 research in the developmental disabilities
 field..........................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,020
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
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. E-mail 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: August 18, 2010
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-20800 Filed 8-20-10; 8:45 am]
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