Notice2023-25720
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Performance Measures and Additional Data Collection (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0566)
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Published
November 21, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA), is requesting an extension with changes to its approved collection and reporting of performance measures about program operations, services, and clients served through the Healthy Marriage (HM) and Responsible Fatherhood (RF) grant programs. In an effort to gain a greater understanding of how HMRF programs influence program participants and staff at an individual level, ACF proposes to add one open field to the quarterly narrative reports to capture information about the experiences of HMRF participants and/or staff. ACF is requesting to extend approval, with the implementation of this change, for 3 years.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81085-81086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25720]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Healthy Marriage and
Responsible Fatherhood Performance Measures and Additional Data
Collection (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0566)
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), Office of
Family Assistance (OFA), is requesting an extension with changes to its
approved collection and reporting of performance measures about program
operations, services, and clients served through the Healthy Marriage
(HM) and Responsible Fatherhood (RF) grant programs. In an effort to
gain a greater understanding of how HMRF programs influence program
participants and staff at an individual level, ACF proposes to add one
open field to the quarterly narrative reports to capture information
about the experiences of HMRF participants and/or staff. ACF is
requesting to extend approval, with the implementation of this change,
for 3 years.
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#1b544b495e72757d74787477777e786f7274755b7a787d35737368357c746d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2edf2f0e7cbccc4cdc1cdcecec7c1d6cbcdcce2c3c1c48ccacad18cc5cdd4">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: ACF proposes to continue collecting a set of Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)-approved performance measures from all HMRF
award recipients.
The HMRF performance measures collect standardized information in
the following areas:
<bullet> Applicant characteristics;
<bullet> Program operations;
<bullet> Service delivery; and
<bullet> Participant outcomes:
[cir] Entrance survey, with five versions: (1) HM Program Entrance
Survey for Adult-Focused Programs; (2) HM Program Entrance Survey for
Youth-Focused Programs; (3) RF Program Entrance Survey for Community-
Based Fathers; (4) RF Program Entrance Survey for Community-Based
Mothers; and (5) RF Program Entrance Survey for Reentering Fathers.
[cir] Exit survey, with five versions: (1) HM Program Exit Survey
for Adult-Focused Programs; (2) HM Program Exit Survey for Youth-
Focused Programs; (3) RF Program Exit Survey for Community-Based
Fathers; (4) RF Program Exit Survey for Community-Based Mothers; and
(5) RF Program Exit Survey for Reentering Fathers.
The measures were developed in 2014 after extensive review of the
research literature and recipients' past measures. They were revised in
2020 based on a targeted analysis of existing measures, feedback from
key audiences, and discussions with ACF staff and the 2015 cohort of
recipients. OMB approved these revised measures in 2021 and has
approved a handful of non-substantive changes since then.
ACF also proposes to continue the OMB-approved quarterly reporting
on the following measures, with minor changes as described:
<bullet> Semi-annual Performance Progress Report (PPR), with two
versions: (1) Performance Progress Report for HM Programs, and (2)
Performance Progress Report for RF Programs; and
<bullet> Quarterly Performance Report (QPR), with two versions: (1)
Quarterly Performance Progress Report for HM Programs, and (2)
Quarterly Performance Progress Report for RF Programs. ACF proposes to
add a new text box to the QPRs to gather qualitative narratives of the
experiences of HMRF participants and/or staff. This information will
help build ACF's understanding of how HMRF programs influence program
participants and staff at an individual level.
ACF provides recipients with a web-based performance measures data
collection system called nFORM 2.0 (Information, Family Outcomes,
Reporting, and Management) to improve the efficiency of data collection
and reporting and the quality of data. This system allows for
streamlined and standardized submission of recipient performance data
through regular progress reports and supports recipient-led and federal
research projects.
ACF also proposes to continue the OMB-approved requirement for
recipients to document their continuous quality improvement (CQI)
planning and implementation using a CQI plan template that is completed
outside of the nFORM system.
Respondents: Respondents include HM and RF award recipient staff
and program applicants and participants (participants are called
``clients'').
Annual Burden Estimates: The estimated number of respondents for
each instrument has been adjusted to reflect experiences in the field
to date. There is no change to the average estimated time per response
of any instrument.
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Avg. burden Total burden Annual burden
Instrument Respondent (total over (total over per response (in hours) (in hours)
request request (in hours)
period) period)
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1: Applicant Characteristics........... Program applicants............. 150,000 1 0.25 37,500 12,500
Program staff.................. 330 455 0.10 15,015 5,005
2: Program Operations.................. Program staff.................. 110 12 0.32 422 141
3: Service Delivery Data............... Program staff.................. 1,650 86 0.50 70,950 23,650
4: Entrance and Exit Surveys........... Program clients (entrance)..... 141,498 1 0.42 59,429 19,810
Program clients (exit)......... 94,734 1 0.42 39,788 13,263
Program staff (entrance and 220 351 0.10 7,722 2,574
exit on paper).
5: Semi-annual Performance Progress Program staff.................. 110 6 3 1,980 660
Report (PPR).
6: Quarterly Performance Report (QPR).. Program staff.................. 110 6 1 660 220
7: CQI Plan............................ Program staff.................. 110 3 4 1,320 440
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 78,263.
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: Sec. 403. [42 U.S.C. 603].
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-25720 Filed 11-20-23; 8:45 am]
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