[Federal Register: December 4, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 234)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

 
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Project

    Title: Building Strong Families (BSF) Demonstration and 
Evaluation--Impact Study Second Follow-up.
    OMB No.: 0970-0304.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), anticipates 
continuing data collection for the 15-month follow-up surveys of the 
Building Strong Families (BSF) Demonstration and Evaluation. Data 
collection will continue for an additional 6 months beyond the current 
date of expiration (July 31, 2009).
    This data collection is a part of the BSF evaluation, which is an 
important opportunity to learn if well-designed interventions can help 
low-income couples develop the knowledge and relationship skills that 
research has shown are associated with healthy marriages. The BSF 
evaluation uses an experimental design that randomly assigns couples 
who volunteer to participate in BSF programs to a program or control 
group.
    Materials for the original 15-month data collection effort, 
previously submitted to OMB, covered impact and implementation data 
collections. Data collection for the impact study is complete. ACF 
anticipates collecting data for an additional 6 months in order to 
complete data collection for the entire sample of participants.
    Respondents: Couples enrolled in the BSF evaluation, including 
program and control groups.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden     Estimated
                   Instrument                     Annual  number   responses per     hours per     annual burden
                                                  of respondents    respondent       response          hours
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15-month telephone survey (female partner)......           1,434               1             .91           1,305
15-month telephone survey (male partner)........           1,434               1             .83           1,190
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    Total Burden Hours                            ..............  ..............  ..............           2,495
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    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the

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information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail 
address: OPREinfocollection@acfjov. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    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.

    Dated: November 28, 2008.
Steven M. Hanmer,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-28656 Filed 12-3-08; 8:45 am]

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