[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71950-71951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28108]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Coparenting and Healthy Relationship 
and Marriage Education for Dads (New Collection)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration 
for Children and Families; HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of 
Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) proposes to collect 
information as part of the Coparenting and Healthy Relationship and 
Marriage Education for Dads (CHaRMED) study. The purpose of the CHaRMED 
study is to better understand the services that fatherhood programs 
provide in the areas of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education 
(HMRE) and coparenting to learn what strategies hold promise for 
promoting active engagement in these services.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. 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.

ADDRESSES: 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.
    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].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The proposed information collection will examine how 
fatherhood programs include HMRE and coparenting content, the types of 
activities programs use to promote fathers' healthy romantic 
relationships and coparenting relationships, barriers to addressing 
healthy romantic relationships and coparenting in fatherhood programs, 
the relevance and success of addressing healthy romantic relationships 
and coparenting with fathers alone versus with couples or both parents, 
fathers' and coparents' reactions to this programming, curriculum 
developers' perspectives on the curricula used, and what types of 
partnerships fatherhood programs have with other agencies to promote 
fathers' healthy romantic relationships and coparenting. This 
information will be collected through semi-structured interviews with 
fatherhood program staff, community partners, fathers who are no longer 
participating in the programs, and curriculum developers; and through 
focus groups with current program participants (fathers) and coparents. 
This information will inform future efforts to promote healthy romantic 
relationships and coparenting through fatherhood programming.
    Respondents: Federal and non-federal fatherhood program staff 
(e.g., program directors and facilitators), community partners, 
fathers, coparents, and curriculum developers.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                   Total/annual      Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        number of    responses  per   burden hours   Annual  burden
                                                    respondents      respondent    per  response       hours
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Screener for selecting fatherhood programs for                28               1               6             168
 visits.........................................
Semi-structured interviews with program staff...              48               1               2              96
Semi-structured interviews with partner                       14               1               2              28
 organization staff.............................
Semi-structured interviews with non-                          20               1             1.5              30
 participating fathers..........................
Focus groups with participating fathers.........             104               1               2             208
Focus groups with coparents.....................              48               1               2              96
Discussions with curriculum developers..........               7               1               1               7
Demographic questionnaire -fathers..............             124               1             .25              31
Demographic questionnaire--coparents............              48               1             .25              12
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 676

    Authority:  Title IV, Part A, Section 403(a)(2) of the Social 
Security Act [42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)].

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-28108 Filed 12-27-19; 8:45 am]
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