[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7455-7456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02641]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-21376-60D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Adolescent Health, Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit a new Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting that ICR to OMB, OS seeks 
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any 
other aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before April 8, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 
[email protected] or by calling (202) 690-6162.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier HHS-OS-21376-60D 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Pregnancy Assistance Fund 
Feasibility and Design Study (FADS).
    Abstract: The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH), U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting approval by OMB on a new 
collection. The Pregnancy Assistance Fund (PAF) evaluation will provide 
information about program design, implementation, and impacts through 
two core components: A rigorous assessment of program impacts and 
implementation, and a descriptive examination of program design. This 
proposed information collection activity includes (a) program design 
and early implementation data collected through telephone interviews 
with PAF grantees and (b) baseline data in up to three impact sites 
through self-administered questionnaires.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Design and implementation 
data will build on knowledge about the grantees and their program plans 
gathered from other sources as well as identify sites for the impact 
study. Baseline survey data will be used to confirm the integrity of 
the random assignment process, define subgroups for which impacts will 
be estimated, adjust impact estimates to account for survey non-
response, and to improve the precision of impact estimates.
    Likely Respondents: The 17 PAF grantee administrators and expectant 
or parenting young women in 2-3 grantee sites.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information.
    The total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR are summarized 
in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
                    Form name                       respondents    responses per   response (in        hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Telephone Interview Protocol....................               6               1               2              12
Baseline Survey.................................             950               1           30/60             475
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             487
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    OS specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.

Darius Taylor,
Deputy, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-02641 Filed 2-6-14; 8:45 am]
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