[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 193 (Friday, October 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69641-69642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22269]


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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 30 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 baseline 
information from program participants, and collect 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, 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 baseline information, and collect some 
implementation study data. A future notice will provide information 
about additional data collection activities for the impact and 
implementation studies.

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    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 (recordkeeping burden for
 staff to conduct)..............
Baseline Survey.................           3,000               1            .367            1101             551
Program Information and                       20              80            .083             133              67
 Management Tool (TIES Table)...
Reflection (staff)..............              37               8            .250              74              37
Reflection (participant)........           3,000               1            .250             750             375
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    Estimated Annual Burden       ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,344
     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 30 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. 2023-22269 Filed 10-5-23; 8:45 am]
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