[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 62178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24397]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Success Sequence 
Qualitative Interviews (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 Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS), proposes interview data collection 
activities for the Success Sequence Interviews study.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is 
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information 
collection described above.

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of 
information and submit comments by emailing 
[email protected]. All requests should be identified by 
the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: OPRE/ACF/HHS proposes qualitative data collection as 
part of the Success Sequence Interviews study. The goal of this project 
is to understand complex decisions and circumstances of youth 
transitions to adulthood and explore the complexities around achieving 
the success sequence milestones of high school graduation, full-time 
employment, getting married, and having children. The data collected 
from the interviews will help ACF and the broader research field 
understand adults' perspectives and experiences related to the 
milestones, and will provide ACF's Family and Youth Services Bureau's 
Sexual Risk Avoidance Education grant program with greater insight into 
the program content and strategies related to the success sequence 
milestones and their ordering that could best resonate with youth. To 
support these efforts, we seek approval from the Office of Management 
and Budget to collect qualitative interview data from adults ages 30-
35, recruiting from online research panels with participants across all 
U.S. regions. We propose the following data collection instruments:
    (1) Success Sequence Screener: The screener will be administered by 
telephone. Information collected through the screener will be used to 
screen interview respondents into the study based on respondent 
demographics, household income, geographic location, and life 
milestones.
    (2) Success Sequence Interview Protocol: We will administer an 
asynchronous interview with adults ages 30-35. Information collected 
through the interview protocol includes respondent life history focused 
on education, employment and work experience, family life, and 
financial status.
    Respondents: A total of 225 interview respondents will be recruited 
from existing large national online panels of research participants.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                 Total number of    Avg. burden    Total/annual
                   Instrument                     Total number    responses per    per response     burden (in
                                                 of respondents     respondent      (in hours)        hours)
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(1) Success Sequence Screener..................             675                1            .083              56
(2) Success Sequence Interview Protocol........             225                1             .75             169
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 225.
    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: Sec. 510. [42 U.S.C. 710].

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-24397 Filed 11-8-21; 8:45 am]
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