[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58309-58310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22961]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Planning Grants to Develop a Model Intervention for Youth/
Young Adults with Child Welfare Involvement At-Risk of Homelessness.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), intends to collect 
data for an evaluation of the initiative, Planning Grants to Develop a 
Model Intervention for Youth/Young Adults with Child Welfare 
Involvement At-Risk of Homelessness. This 2-year initiative, funded by 
the Children's Bureau (CB) within ACF, will support planning grants to 
develop a model for intervening with youth who have experienced time in 
foster care and are most likely to have a challenging transition to 
adulthood, including homelessness and unstable housing experiences. CB 
anticipates awarding up to 18 planning grants (Phase I). During the 
planning phase, organizations will develop formal plans to implement 
and evaluate the model under a potential future funding opportunity 
(Phase II).
    For Phase I, CB will engage a contractor to: provide grantees with 
evaluation-related technical assistance (TA), implement evaluability 
assessments, and conduct a cross-site process evaluation. Data 
collected for the process evaluation will be used to assess grantees' 
organizational capacity and readiness to implement and evaluate the 
model interventions, and to conduct regular and periodic monitoring of 
each grantee's progress toward achieving the goals of the planning 
period.
    Data for the process evaluation will be collected through: (1) 
Telephone interviews; (2) interviews and focus groups during site 
visits; and (3) web-based data collection.
    Respondents: Grantee agency directors and staff; partner agency 
directors and staff. Partner agencies may vary by site, but are 
expected to include child welfare, mental health, and youth housing/
homelessness agencies.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of        Average
           Instrument              Total number         of        responses  per   burden hours    Total annual
                                  of respondents    respondents     respondent     per response    burden hours
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Baseline Telephone Interview of              540             270               1             1.0             270
 Organizational Readiness.......
Exit Telephone Interview of                  540             270               1             1.0             270
 Organizational Readiness.......
Grantee Site Visit--Semi-                    540             270               1             1.5             405
 Structured Interview Topic
 Guide..........................
Grantee Site Visit--Focus Group              540             270               1             1.5             405
 Guide..........................

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Web survey of program staff.....             180              90               8              .5             360
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,710.
    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 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE 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.

Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-22961 Filed 9-20-13; 8:45 am]
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