Notice2023-17205
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Formative Data Collections for ACF Research and Evaluation (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0356)
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Published
August 11, 2023
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) proposes to extend data collection under the existing overarching generic clearance for Formative Data Collections for ACF Research and Evaluation (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0356). There are no changes proposed.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 154 (Friday, August 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54614-54615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17205]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Formative Data
Collections for ACF Research and Evaluation (Office of Management and
Budget #0970-0356)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) proposes to
extend data collection under the existing overarching generic clearance
for Formative Data Collections for ACF Research and Evaluation (Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0356). There are no changes
proposed.
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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4807181a0d21262e272b2724242d2b3c21272608292b2e6620203b662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="206f707265494e464f434f4c4c454354494f4e604143460e4848530e474f56">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: ACF programs promote the economic and social well-
being of families, children, individuals, and communities. The Office
of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) studies ACF programs, and
the populations they serve, through rigorous research and evaluation
projects. These include evaluations of existing programs, evaluations
of innovative approaches to helping low-income children and families,
research syntheses, and descriptive and exploratory studies. OPRE's
research
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offers further understanding of current programs and service
populations, explores options for program improvement, and assesses
alternative policy and program designs. OPRE anticipates undertaking a
variety of new research projects related to welfare, employment and
self-sufficiency, Head Start, child care, healthy marriage and
responsible fatherhood, family and youth services, home visiting, child
welfare, trafficking, community services, and other areas of interest
to ACF. Some ACF program offices conduct their own research and
evaluation projects and may utilize this generic.
Under this generic clearance, ACF engages in a variety of formative
data collections with researchers, practitioners, technical assistance
providers, service providers, and potential participants throughout the
field to fulfill the following goals: (1) inform the development of ACF
research, (2) maintain a research agenda that is rigorous and relevant,
(3) ensure that research products are as current as possible, and (4)
inform the provision of technical assistance and supports around
research and evaluation. ACF envisions using a variety of techniques
including semi-structured discussions, focus groups, surveys, and
telephone or in-person interviews, in order to reach these goals.
Information collected under this overarching generic is meant to inform
ACF research activities and may be incorporated into documents or
presentations that are made public.
The following are some examples of ways in which we may share
information resulting from these data collections: research design
documents or reports; research or technical assistance plans;
background materials for technical workgroups; concept maps, process
maps, or conceptual frameworks; contextualization of research findings
from a follow-up data collection that has full PRA approval;
informational reports to TA providers; or project specific reports, or
other documents relevant to the field, such as federal leadership and
staff, grantees, local implementing agencies.
Following standard OMB requirements, ACF has and will continue to
submit to OMB information about individual information collection
activities proposed under the generic clearance. ACF will provide OMB
with a copy of the individual instruments or questionnaires, as well as
other materials describing the project. ACF requests OMB's review
within 10 days of submission of individual requests under this generic.
Respondents: Respondents could include key groups involved in ACF
projects and programs, state or local government officials, service
providers, participants in ACF programs or similar comparison groups,
experts in fields pertaining to ACF research and programs, or others
involved in conducting ACF research or evaluation projects.
Annual Burden Estimates
Find currently approved information collections here: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAOMBHistory?ombControlNumber=0970-0356">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAOMBHistory?ombControlNumber=0970-0356</a>. The
request to OMB will include an extension request for approved
information collections that are planned to continue beyond November
2023.
Annual Burden Estimates--New Requests
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Average burden Total burden
Instrument (total over (total over per response (in hours)
request request (in hours)
period) period)
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Semi-Structured Discussions and Focus Groups.... 3,000 1 2 6,000
Interviews...................................... 1,500 1 1 1,500
Questionnaires/Surveys.......................... 1,125 1 .5 563
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 8,063
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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.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-17205 Filed 8-10-23; 8:45 am]
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