[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 226 (Monday, November 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67711-67712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25946]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Understanding the Value of Centralized 
Services Study (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), U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a new data 
collection activity as part of the Understanding the Value of 
Centralized Services study. The objective of this descriptive study is 
to understand the advantages, disadvantages, and costs of centralizing 
services for individuals and families with low incomes.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a 
decision about 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 within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting

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``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Description: This descriptive study aims to provide insight into 
the models that have been used to centralize services; organizations' 
history of and impetus for centralizing services; the benefits, 
challenges, and costs of centralizing services from the perspectives of 
staff and clients; and how organizations have coordinated their 
centralized services virtually. This project will include site visits 
to three centralized community resource centers (CCRCs). The proposed 
information collection activities include interviews with staff, 
including leadership and administrative staff, frontline staff, finance 
staff, and IT/data staff, and focus groups with clients. The research 
team will also conduct observations of program activities.
    Respondents: Respondents will include leadership and administrative 
staff at the CCRC, staff who manage finances at the CCRC, staff who 
manage data and/or technology at the CCRC, staff who provide services 
directly to clients at the CCRC, and clients who have accessed services 
at the CCRC.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of
                                                     Number of     responses per
                                                    respondents     respondent      Avg. burden    Total/annual
                   Instrument                       (total over     (total over    per response     burden (in
                                                      request         request       (in hours)        hours)
                                                      period)         period)
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Interview guide for administrative/leadership                 18               1            1.25              23
 staff..........................................
Interview guide for frontline staff.............              48               1            1.25              60
Interview guide for finance staff...............               9               1               1               9
Interview guide for IT/data staff...............               9               1               1               9
Focus group guide for clients...................              30               1             1.5              45
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 146.
    Authority: Authorized by the Social Security Act 1110 [42 U.S.C. 
1310], appropriated by the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2019.

John M. Sweet Jr.,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-25946 Filed 11-26-21; 8:45 am]
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