[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 218 (Wednesday, November 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 67167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26667]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects: Conduct an electronic survey of 2012-funded 
Family Connection grantees to collect process evaluation data to 
include as part of the Cross-Site Evaluation.
    Title: Cross-site Evaluation Survey 2012 Family Connection 
Grantees.
    OMB No.: New.
    Description: In the interest of providing as complete an evaluation 
report as possible by the end of FY15, the Children's Bureau has 
directed the contractor conducting the Cross-site Evaluation to adopt 
the most efficient means possible to collect process evaluation data 
from grantees. The proposed electronic survey will replace originally 
planned in-person and telephone discussions with electronic surveys. 
This will enable collection of key information on project design, 
implementation, maintenance, and sustainability from key grantee 
representatives in an abbreviated amount of time. The quantitative 
nature of the surveys will enable rapid data analysis and reporting.
    Respondents: The Cross-site Evaluation addresses a total of 
seventeen (17) Family Connection grantees. Four categories of 
participants will be surveyed: Project Leadership, Service Providers, 
Project Partners (public child welfare and community agencies), and 
Evaluators. For each grantee, an average of 20 respondents is 
anticipated: 4 project leadership, 9 service providers, 2 public child 
welfare agency representatives, 2 community partner representatives, 
and 3 evaluators. These numbers of participants, per category, are used 
in the table below to calculate the number of respondents, across the 
17 projects to be surveyed. Differences in burden estimates for the 
different instruments reflect the number of questions in each.

                                             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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Project Leadership Protocol.......................              79               1            .75          59.25
Service Provider Protocol.........................             153               1            .5           76.5
Public Child Welfare Partner Protocol.............              34               1            .25           8.5
Community Partner Protocol........................              34               1            .25           8.5
Evaluator Protocol................................              51               1            .75          38.25
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours...........  ..............  ..............  .............         191.00
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    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 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. 2014-26667 Filed 11-10-14; 8:45 am]
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