[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47076-47077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19239]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Cross-Site Evaluation of the Infant Adoption Awareness
Training Program for Projects Initially Funded in Fiscal Year 2006.
OMB No.: 0970-0371.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
Children's Bureau (CB), will conduct the Cross-Site Evaluation of the
Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program (IAATP). 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. Participants in the
training include individuals who provide pregnancy or adoption
information and those who will provide such services after receiving
the training, with Title X (relating to voluntary family planning
projects), Section 330 (relating to community health centers, migrant
health centers, and centers serving homeless individuals and residents
of public housing), and CHA-funded school-based health centers,
receiving priority to receive the training. A total of six
organizations were awarded IAATP funding in 2006.
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.
In addition, grantees are required to conduct local evaluation of
program outcomes and participate in the national evaluation of the
extent to which IAATP training objectives are met. The Infant Adoption
Awareness Training Program: Trainee Survey is the primary data
collection instrument for the national cross-site evaluation.
Respondents will complete the survey prior to receiving training and
approximately 90 days after the training to assess the extent to which
trainees demonstrate sustained gains in their knowledge about adoption,
and to determine the impact of the training on their subsequent work
with pregnant women.
1. Do health care workers who participate in the IAATP training:
Demonstrate enhanced knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors with
respect to adoption counseling following completion of the program?
Provide adoption information to pregnant women on an equal basis with
other pregnancy planning options? Demonstrate enhanced awareness of
community adoption-related resources and refer expectant mothers to
them as needed?
2. Are trainees more confident about discussing all three pregnancy
planning options (parenting, abortion, and adoption) in a non-directive
counseling style than they were prior to
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participating in the training? Cross-site evaluation data will be
collected on an annual basis throughout the five-year funding period.
Pre-test and follow-up versions of the survey are expected to require
approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete. Estimated response time for
the follow-up survey includes time for respondents to access the web-
based survey, complete the survey online, and electronically submit the
survey. 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 will be pre-filled with
static data from the respondents pre-test (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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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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IAATP: Trainee Survey Pre-Test Administration... 1,200 1 0.15 180
IAATP: Trainee Survey Follow-Up Administration.. 1,200 1 0.10 120
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 300.
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:
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the
title of the information collection. Email 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: 202-395-7285,
Email: [email protected]. Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration for Children and Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-19239 Filed 8-6-12; 8:45 am]
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