[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47884-47885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15694]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Testing Identified 
Elements for Success in Fatherhood Programs (New Collection)

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

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of 
Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) launched the Testing 
Identified Elements for Success in Fatherhood Programs (Fatherhood 
TIES) project in 2022. Using a mix of research methods, this study will 
identify and test the ``core components'' of fatherhood programs in any 
effort to identify which core components are most effective at 
improving the lives of fathers who participate in fatherhood programs 
and their children. The study will ultimately include an implementation 
and an impact 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]. Identify all requests by the title of 
the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The proposed information collection request is to 
obtain consent to participate in the study, collect additional baseline 
information from program participants, and initial implementation study 
data. A future request will cover the remaining data collection 
materials associated with the impact and implementation studies. Core 
components are the essential functions, principles, and elements that 
are judged as being necessary to produce positive outcomes. Fatherhood 
programs usually offer workshops and case management services for 
fathers to provide, for example, parenting strategies to strengthen 
their relationships with their children, help finding a steady job,

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skills to enhance their relationships, and support dealing with other 
life or family challenges they might experience. Up to five Fatherhood 
Family--focused, Interconnected, Resilient, and Essential (Fatherhood 
FIRE) grant recipients will partner with the Fatherhood TIES study team 
to participate in an implementation and impact study. The 
implementation study will examine how the core components are 
implemented and what fathers think of them. The impact study will 
rigorously evaluate whether promising core components bring about 
positive outcomes for fathers and their families which may include 
understanding effects of program engagement, employment and earnings, 
father-child relationship quality and co-parenting relationship 
quality. This notice is specific to data collection activities needed 
to collect consent of participants to enter the study, collect 
additional baseline information beyond what they already provide 
(Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Performance Measures and 
Additional Data Collection; OMB #: 0970-0566), and collect some 
implementation study data. A future notice will provide information 
about additional data collection activities for the impact and 
implementation studies.
    Respondents: Fathers enrolled in the Fatherhood TIES study, and 
program staff involved in supporting and implementing the Fatherhood 
TIES study.

                                             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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Consent for those over 18 years               20             188            .167             628             314
 old (staff)....................
Additional Baseline Data                   3,000               1             .33             990             495
 Collection.....................
Program Information and                       20              80            .083             133              67
 Management Tool (TIES Table)...
Observation Form................              25              12             .75             225             113
Reflection (staff)..............              37              17             .25             157              79
Reflection (participant)........           3,000               1             .25             750             375
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    Estimated Annual Burden       ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,443
     Total......................
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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: Section 413 of the Social Security Act, as amended by 
the FY 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub. L. 115-31).

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-15694 Filed 7-24-23; 8:45 am]
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