[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78835-78836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27034]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Responding to Intimate Violence in Relationship Programs 
(RIViR).
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    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). Trained HMRE 
grantee staff at approximately 6 grant programs will implement the four 
IPV screening tools among approximately 600 adult participants and the 
four TDV screening tools among approximately 600 youth participants. 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 through Spring 2019.
    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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                                                                                      Average
                                   Total  number  Annual  number     Number of      burden per     Total annual
            Activity              of respondents  of respondents   responses per   response (in    burden hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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IPV Screener 1..................             600             300               1            .167              50
IPV Screener 2..................             600             300               1            .167              50
IPV Screener 3..................             600             300               1             .25              75
TDV Screener 1..................             600             300               1            .167              50
TDV Screener 2..................             600             300               1            .167              50
TDV Screener 3..................             600             300               1             .25              75
Locator section for adults......             600             300               1              .1              30
Contact information form for                 600             300               1              .1              30
 parents of youth younger than
 18.............................
Post screener questions for                  600             300               1              .1              30
 adults.........................
Post screener questions for                  600             300               1              .1              30
 youth..........................
Participant recruitment.........             600             300               1              .1              30

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Administration of data                       600             300               1            .167              50
 collection protocol and record-
 keeping........................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 520.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection. Email address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: 
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.

Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-27034 Filed 11-8-16; 8:45 am]
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