[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 45 (Thursday, March 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13125-13126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04614]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier HHS-OS-0990-New-30D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, 
and Approvals

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for a new collection. 
Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be 
provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public on 
this ICR during the review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before April 10, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-5683.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the Information Collection Request Title 
and document identifier 0990-New-30D for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Domestic Violence Housing 
First Demonstration Evaluation.
    Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation (ASPE) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services, in partnership with the Office for Victims of Crimes within 
the U.S. Department of Justice, is seeking approval by OMB for a new 
information collection request entitled, ``Domestic Violence Housing 
First (DVHF) Demonstration Evaluation.'' The Washington State Coalition 
Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV) is overseeing and coordinating an 
evaluation of the DVHF Demonstration project through a contract with 
ASPE. This quasi-experimental research study involves longitudinally 
examining the program effects of DVHF on domestic violence survivors' 
safety and housing stability. The findings will be of interest to the 
general public, to policy-makers, and to organizations working with 
domestic violence survivors.
    Data collection will include in-depth, private interviews with 320 
domestic violence survivors conducted by trained professional staff. At 
Time 1 study enrollment, they will be interviewed about their 
backgrounds, housing and safety obstacles, and services desired. There 
will be three follow-up interviews with them every six months after the 
Time 1 Interview (i.e., 6, 12, and 18 months) to examine the match 
between needs and services, as well as their safety and housing 
stability. Study enrollment will take place over 15 months, so the 
annualized burden for the Time 1 and follow-up surveys is based on 12/
15 (256) of the expected sample (320).
    The primary service providers working with the domestic violence 
survivors will complete self-administered online questionnaires to 
provide more detailed program implementation data. Service providers 
will complete a survey about their work history and demographics and a 
survey about the services provided for each domestic violence survivor 
in their caseload that is a participant in the study (approximately 16 
survivors per provider). This latter data collection will occur six 
months after a domestic violence survivor enrolls in the study over 15 
months to correspond to the study enrollment period. Finally, the study 
will also include monthly data collection for 19 months from an agency 
point of contact (POC) in order to verify agency information (e.g., the 
number of advocates working in the agency, advocate caseloads, dates of 
study participants' receipt of services).
    Likely Respondents: The respondents are domestic violence 
survivors, primary service providers, and community agency points of 
contact who work with their agency data systems.

                                Annualized Reporting Burden on Study Participants
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of        Average
           Form name                 Type of            of        responses  per   burden hours    Total annual
                                   respondent       respondents      respondent    per  response   burden hours
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Time 1 (Baseline) Interview...  Domestic                     256               1               1             256
                                 violence
                                 survivors.
Follow-up Interviews..........  Domestic                     256               2               1             512
                                 violence
                                 survivors.
Online survey about advocates'  Victim service                20               1           15/60               5
 work history and demographics.  advocates.
Online survey of advocates'     Victim service                20              13           20/60              86
 work with survivors.            advocates.
Form for community agency       Community agency               4              12           15/60              12
 points of contact to verify     point of
 agency information (monthly).   contact.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             871
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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.

Terry S. Clark,
Asst Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-04614 Filed 3-8-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4150-05-P