[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21553-21554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08363]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Responding to Intimate Violence in Relationship programs 
(RIViR)
    OMB No.: New Collection

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    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a data 
collection as part of the ``Responding to Intimate Violence in 
Relationship programs'' (RIViR) study. This notice addresses testing of 
intimate partner violence (IPV) and teen dating violence (TDV) 
screener/protocols, to be conducted with approximately 1,200 
participants from approximately six Healthy Marriage and Relationship 
Education (HMRE) grantees funded by the Office of Family Assistance 
(OFA).
    There is little consensus on how HMRE programs should address IPV 
or TDV in their programs. To date, no IPV or TDV screening tools have 
been empirically tested among HMRE program participants. The objective 
of the proposed data collection is to test and validate IPV and TDV 
screening instruments among HMRE program participants. Findings from 
this data collection will be used to develop practical, responsive 
guidance on IPV and TDV screening and surrounding protocols for HMRE 
programs.
    Data collection will entail testing eight screening instruments: 
Six closed-ended screening instruments (three for IPV, three for TDV), 
and two open-ended instruments (one for IPV, one for TDV). It is 
anticipated that each participant will engage in four rounds of data 
collection, one round for each IPV or TDV instrument, at least two 
weeks apart. Data collection is expected to occur from Winter 2016/2017 
through Spring 2017.
    Respondents: HMRE grantee program participants: 600 Youth 
(approximately ages 14-18) will participate in the TDV screener testing 
and 600 adults (ages 18 and older) will participate in the IPV screener 
testing.


                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                   Total/annual      Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                        number of     responses per     hours per     Annual burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Adult Closed-ended IPV Screening Tool #1........             600               1             .25             150
Adult Closed-ended IPV Screening Tool #2........             600               1             .25             150
Adult Closed-ended IPV Screening Tool #3........             600               1             .25             150
Adult Open-ended IPV Screening Tool.............             600               1              .5             300
Youth Closed-ended TDV Screening Tool #1........             600               1             .25             150
Youth Closed-ended TDV Screening Tool #2........             600               1             .25             150
Youth Closed-ended TDV Screening Tool #3........             600               1             .25             150
Youth Open-ended TDV Screening Tool.............             600               1              .5             300
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,500.
    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, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 
20201, 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.

Robert Sargis,
ACF Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-08363 Filed 4-11-16; 8:45 am]
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