[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28393-28394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11526]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Cross-Site Evaluation of the Infant Adoption Awareness 
Training Program for Projects Initially Funded in Fiscal Year 2006.
    OMB No.: 0970-0371.
    Background and Brief Description: The Administration for Children 
and Families' (ACF) Children's Bureau (CB), is requesting extension of 
the OMB-approved data collection instruments used in the Cross-Site 
Evaluation of the Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program (IAATP). 
The instruments that require extension include the IAATP Trainee 
Pretest Survey and the IAATP Trainee Follow-up Survey.
    Title XII, Subtitle A, of the Children's Health Act of 2000 (CHA) 
authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to make Infant 
Adoption Awareness Training grants available to national, regional, and 
local adoption organizations for the purposes of developing and 
implementing programs that train the staff of public and non-profit 
private health service organizations to provide adoption information 
and referrals to pregnant women on an equal basis with all other 
courses of action included in non-directive counseling of pregnant 
women. Section 1201(a)(2)(A) of the IAATP legislation requires grantees 
to develop and deliver trainings that are consistent with the Best 
Practice Guidelines for Infant Adoption Awareness Training. The IAATP 
guidelines address training goals, basic skills, curriculum and 
training structure. A complete description of the guidelines is 
available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/programs_fund/discretionary/iaatp.htm.
    The funded adoption organizations agree to make every effort to 
ensure that the recipients of the training are the staff of ``eligible 
health centers'' as specified in the grant. As defined in the 
legislation, these entities include: (a) Eligible health centers that 
receive grants under authority contained in Title X of the Public 
Health Service Act (relating to voluntary family planning projects); 
(b) eligible health centers that receive grants under Section 330 of 
the Public Health Service Act (relating to community health centers, 
migrant health centers, and centers regarding homeless individuals and 
residents of public housing); and (c) eligible health centers that 
receive grants under the Children's Health Act of 2000 for the 
provision of services in schools (subsection (a)(5), 42 U.S.C. 254c-
6(a)(5)(C)).
    A total of six organizations were awarded IAATP funding in FY2006. 
In 2011, each of these organizations was awarded a new grant for a 
brief (17 month) project period. The purpose of the new project period, 
which commenced October 1, 2011, is for the grantees to enhance, adopt, 
or adapt their existing IAATP curriculum; implement the modified 
training; and evaluate the outcomes of participants in

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the training. Specifically, the new cooperative agreements require the 
grantees to emphasize and strengthen four training areas that 
preliminary cross-site evaluation findings indicate require 
improvement: (1) Adoption law, (2) non-directive counseling, (3) 
adolescent development and the impact on adoption decision making, and 
(4) adoption types and practices. The cooperative agreements also 
require the grantees to increase and maximize penetration of the 
training within the target population of eligible health care centers.
    As in the previous grant period, each grantee is required to 
participate in the national cross-site evaluation of the extent to 
which the IAATP training objectives are met. The Infant Adoption 
Awareness Training Program Trainee Survey is the primary outcome data 
collection instrument for the national cross-site evaluation. 
Respondents complete the survey prior to receiving the training and 
approximately 90 days after the training, which provides an assessment 
of the extent to which trainees demonstrate sustained gains in their 
knowledge about adoption, and the impact of the training on their 
subsequent work with pregnant women. Extension of the pretest and 
follow-up data collection instruments beyond the December 31, 2012 
expiration date is necessary in order to complete a cross-site 
evaluation of the extent to which the IAATP grantees fulfill the key 
objectives of the new grant period (as stated above). The data 
collection instruments will also continue to be utilized to determine 
whether the grantees achieve the core objectives of the IAATP, which 
include enhancing adoption knowledge within the target population; 
providing adoption information on an equal basis with all other 
options; and increasing awareness of community resources for adoption.
    Pretest and follow-up versions of the survey require approximately 
15 and 10 minutes, respectively, to complete. The estimated response 
time for the follow-up survey includes time for respondents to access 
the Web-based survey and complete the survey online. Respondents will 
not need to implement a recordkeeping system or compile source data in 
order to complete the survey. Where possible, fields in the follow-up 
version of the survey are pre-filled with static data from the 
respondent's pretest (e.g., demographics, agency type) in order to 
further expedite completion of the survey and minimize respondent 
burden.
    Respondents: Infant Adoption Awareness Program Trainees.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                                                             Total
           Number of instrument                 Average        Number of     Responses per     Hours per    burden
                                                burden        respondents     respondent       response      hours
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IAATP: Trainee Survey Pretest                          870               1            0.25           217.5
 Administration...........................
IAATP: Trainee Survey Follow-Up                        870               1            0.17           147.9
 Administration...........................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 365.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(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. Email 
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.
    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 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email 
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 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.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-11526 Filed 5-11-12; 8:45 am]
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