[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37067-37068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11989]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Replication of Recovery 
and Reunification Interventions for Families-Impact Study (New 
Collection)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration 
for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is 
proposing a data collection activity as part of the Replication of 
Recovery and Reunification Interventions for Families-Impact Study (R3-
Impact). The R3-Impact Study aims to satisfy the legislative 
requirements called for by the 2018 SUPPORT for Patients and 
Communities Act by replicating and testing the efficacy of two recovery 
coaching interventions for families engaged in the child welfare system 
due to parental substance use disorders.

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]. Identify all requests by the title of 
the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The R3-Impact study will use experimental and quasi-
experimental designs to test the effectiveness of the recovery coaching 
interventions on key child welfare and parent well-being outcomes. The 
implementation study will document the fidelity of program 
implementation, describe the services participants receive under each 
approach, and provide operational lessons gathered directly from 
practitioners. These goals represent ACF's interest in understanding 
whether recovery coaching interventions yield successful parental 
recovery and child welfare outcomes, and if so, whether the potential 
exists to scale the interventions for the benefit of more affected 
families. The proposed information collection activity consists of (1) 
Baseline data collection: collection of baseline demographic and parent 
well-being data from study participants; (2) Contact form: short form 
sent to study participants quarterly for one year after study 
enrollment to keep contact information current and generally maintain 
the participant's connection to the study; (3) Validation interviews: 
short interviews with a subset of study participants to monitor the 
quality of data collection interviews and to validate that the 
interviewer spoke with the participant; (4) Implementation study 
interviews: using topic guides, collect information from program 
supervisors and frontline staff, community providers, child welfare 
staff, and parents enrolled in the programs to assess the fidelity of 
implementation, document program services, and gather operational 
lessons; and (5) Parent Interview Information Form: demographic 
information to support analysis of parent perspectives by personal 
characteristics and history. Future information collection requests 
will be submitted to collect follow-up data.
    Respondents: Parents enrolled in the R3-Impact Study, and program 
and agency staff involved in implementing the R3 interventions.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                     Number of
                                     Number of     responses per
                                    respondents     respondent      Avg. burden    Total burden    Annual burden
           Instrument               (total over     (total over    per response     (in hours)      (in hours)
                                      request         request       (in hours)
                                      period)         period)
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Baseline Parent Survey..........           2,750               1             .75            2063             688
Contact Form....................            1843               4             .17           1,253             418
Topic Guide--Child Welfare Lead               60               1               1              60              20
 Staff..........................
Topic Guide--Child Welfare                    60               1               1              60              20
 Frontline Staff................
Topic Guide--Partners...........             120               1               1             120              40
Topic Guide--Program Managers...              60               1             1.5              90              30
Topic Guide--Mentor Supervisors.              60               1             1.5              90              30
Topic Guide--Parent/Family                    60               1             1.5              90              30
 Mentors........................
Topic Guide--Parents............              30               1               1              30              10
Parent Interview Information                  30               1              .1               3               1
 Form...........................
Validation Interviews...........             275               1             .08              22               7
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,294.
    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: The Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes 
Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act. 
(SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act; Public Law 115-271)

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-11989 Filed 6-5-23; 8:45 am]
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