[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 22 (Thursday, February 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4657-4658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01987]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Implementation Grants to Develop a Model Intervention for 
Youth/Young Adults with Child Welfare Involvement at Risk of 
Homelessness: Phase II--Extension OMB No.: 0970-0445.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at 
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to 
collect data for an evaluation of the initiative, Implementation Grants 
to Develop a Model Intervention for Youth/Young Adults with Child 
Welfare Involvement at Risk of Homelessness: Phase II. This builds on 
the previously approved ``Planning Grants to Develop a Model 
Intervention for Youth/Young Adults with Child Welfare Involvement at 
Risk of Homelessness'' (Phase I). The Phase II data collection 
described in this Notice was approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget in July 2017. This request is for a time extension for data 
collection under OMB #0970-0445. There are no changes to the previously 
approved information collection. Due to delays, data collection has not 
begun and will need to extend beyond the current expiration date of 
July 2018. Grantees are receiving an additional year to conduct their 
work. To capture data at a similar point in the development of their 
efforts, data collection will be delayed.
    Phase II is an initiative, funded by the Children's Bureau (CB) 
within ACF, that will support implementation grants for interventions 
designed to intervene with youth who have experienced time in foster 
care and are most likely to have a challenging transition into 
adulthood, including homelessness and unstable housing experiences. CB 
awarded six implementation grants (Phase II) in September 2015.
    During the implementation phase, organizations will conduct a range 
of activities to fine-tune their comprehensive service model, determine 
whether their model is being implemented as intended, and develop plans 
to evaluate the model under a potential future funding opportunity 
(Phase III). During Phase II, ACF will engage a contractor to: Conduct 
a cross-site process evaluation. Data collected for the process 
evaluation will be used to assess grantees' organizational capacity to 
implement and evaluate the model interventions and to monitor each 
grantee's progress toward achieving the goals of the implementation 
period.
    Data for the process evaluation will be collected through: 
Interviews during site visits.
    Respondents: Grantee agency directors and staff; partner agency 
directors and staff. Partner agencies may vary by site, but are 
expected to include child welfare, mental health, and youth housing/
homelessness agencies.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                   Total/annual      Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        number of     responses per   burden hours    Total/annual
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response    burden hours
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Grantee Site Visit-Semi-Structured Interview                  60               1             1.5              90
 Topic Guide....................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.........  ..............  ..............  ..............              90
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    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.

Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-01987 Filed 1-31-18; 8:45 am]
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