[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 234 (Thursday, December 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62871-62872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26450]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Strengthening
Relationship Education and Marriage Services (STREAMS) Evaluation
(OMB#0970-0481)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for Public Comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) within the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services has issued grants to organizations to
provide healthy marriage and relationship education (HMRE) services.
Under a previously approved data collection activity (OMB#0970-0481),
the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) within ACF is
conducting the Strengthening Relationship Education and Marriage
Services (STREAMS) evaluation with five HMRE grantees. The purpose of
STREAMS is to measure the effectiveness and quality of HMRE programs
designed to strengthen intimate relationships. This data collection
request is for an extension of previously approved data collection
instruments and for two additional data collection instruments.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. 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.
ADDRESSES: 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The STREAMS evaluation includes two components, an
impact study and a process study. The evaluation will examine HMRE
programs for youth in high school, adult couples, and adult
individuals.
1. Impact Study. The goal of the impact study is to provide
rigorous estimates of the effectiveness of program services and
interventions to improve program implementation. The impact study uses
an experimental design. Eligible program applicants are randomly
assigned to either a program group that is offered program services or
a control group that is not. STREAMS collects baseline information from
eligible program applicants prior to random assignment and administers
a follow-up survey to participants 12 months after random assignment.
2. Process study. The goal of the process study is to support the
interpretation of impact findings and document program operations to
support future replication. STREAMS conducts semi-structured interviews
with program staff and selected community stakeholders, conducts focus
groups with program participants, administers a survey to program
staff, and collects data on adherence to program curricula through an
add on to an existing program MIS (nFORM, OMB no. 0970-0460).
This data collection request is for an extension of previously
approved data collection instruments for the impact study and for two
additional data collection instruments associated with the impact
study. The two additional instruments will allow for longer-term
follow-up in two of the five evaluation sites. (1) The second follow-up
survey for youth will be administered approximately 24 to 36 months
after random assignment to study participants in the STREAMS site
serving youth. (2) The second follow-up survey for adults will be
administered approximately 30 months after random assignment to study
participants in one of the STREAMS evaluation sites serving adults.
Respondents: Study participants.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Total number Annual number responses per hours per Annual burden
of respondents of respondents respondent response hours
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Previously Approved Burden that Remains
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Introductory script, grantee 8 8 25 0.08 16
staff..........................
Introductory script, program 600 200 1 0.08 16
applicants.....................
Add-on to nFORM to conduct 8 8 25 0.08 16
random assignment..............
Follow-up survey for youth...... 690 230 1 0.5 115
Baseline survey for adults...... 600 200 1 0.5 100
Follow-up survey for adults..... 2,300 767 1 0.75 575
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Current Request for Approval
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Second follow-up survey for 1,500 500 1 0.5 250
youth..........................
Second follow-up survey for 800 267 1 0.75 200
adults.........................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........................................................ 1,288
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Comments: 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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 603; Sec. 811 (b) Healthy Marriage
Promotion and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Grants of the Claims
Resolution Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-291, 124 Stat. 3064
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-26450 Filed 12-4-18; 8:45 am]
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