[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32297-32298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12850]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-0990-0331-60D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary.

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 an Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). The ICR is for revision of the approved information 
collection assigned OMB control number 0990-0331, which expires on 
August 31, 2015. 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 August 4, 
2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OS Report Clearance Officer, Sherrette 
Funn, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier HHS-OS-0990-0331-
60D for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Evaluation of the Responsible 
Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated 
and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners.
    Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation (ASPE) is conducting an evaluation of a demonstration 
program called Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family 
Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their 
Partners (MFS-IP). This demonstration program, funded in 2006 by the 
Office of Family Assistance within the Administration for Children and 
Families (ACF), supports marriage strengthening and responsible 
fatherhood activities among incarcerated and recently released fathers, 
their partners, and children. The MFS-IP evaluation assesses the 
effects of these activities by comparing relationship quality and 
stability, positive family interactions, family financial well-being, 
recidivism, and community connectedness between intervention and 
control groups.
    Data collection for the entire evaluation is expected to last 7 
years, from the time the first participant was enrolled in late 2008 
until the last follow-back interview is administered in early 2015. The 
burden table estimate below, previously approved under OMB No. 0990-
0331, includes sufficient burden hours to cover completion of the 9-
month, 18-month, and 34 month surveys and for the follow-back 
interviews. The focus of this proposed amendment is approval for the 
qualitative follow-back interviews for a small group of respondents (up 
to 50 couples) from the cohort of 34 month interview respondents.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Primary data for the 
evaluation comes from in-person surveys with incarcerated and released 
fathers and their partners at baseline, 9, 18, and 34 month interviews 
and follow-back interviews on a purposeful subsample of 34 month 
interviewees. The qualitative information from the follow-back 
interviews will enable us to better understand how reentry success and 
family well-being are interrelated for the survey population, inform 
future research and evaluation with this population (particularly 
development and selection of appropriate quantitative measures of 
family relationship quality), and better identify meaningful leverage 
points for reentry intervention. This additional information will 
assist Federal, state, and community policymakers and stakeholders in 
understanding what policy and programmatic supports could help to 
strengthen families and improve reentry outcomes in this population.
    Likely Respondents: Up to 50 couples from the MFS-IP impact study 
sample, which includes 1,991 fathers incarcerated at the time of the 
baseline survey and 1,481 of their female partners.
    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.



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                                                                 Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                            Annualized       Number of    Average burden       Total                           Total
                          Forms                              number of     responses per  (in hours) per    annualized      Hourly wage     annualized
                                                            respondents     respondent       response         burden           rate         hourly cost
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MFS-IP Follow-up Survey--Male (9 & 18 month)............             321               1             1.5           481.5           $5.85        $2816.78
MFS-IP Follow-up Survey--Female (9 & 18 month)..........           488.3               1             1.5           732.5           17.17        12577.03
MFS-IP Follow-up Survey--Male (34 month and follow-back)           462.7               1             1.5             694            5.85         4059.90
MFS-IP Follow-up Survey--Female (34 month and follow-              462.7               1             1.5             694           17.17        11915.98
 back)..................................................
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    Totals..............................................  ..............  ..............  ..............            2602  ..............        31369.69
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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,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-12850 Filed 6-3-14; 8:45 am]
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