Notice2023-27431
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Formative Data Collections for ACF Research and Evaluation (OMB #0970-0356)
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Published
December 14, 2023
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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 to the terms of the overarching generic.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 239 (Thursday, December 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86656-86657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27431]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Formative
Data Collections for ACF Research and Evaluation (OMB #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 to the terms of the overarching generic.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a
decision about the collection of information between 30 and 60 days
after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore,
a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by
emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#014e515344686f676e626e6d6d646275686e6f416062672f6969722f666e77"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="46091614032f28202925292a2a2325322f292806272520682e2e3568212930">[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 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.
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.
Burden Estimates--Ongoing Requests
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Study Responses Burden hours
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Fatherhood Family-Focused, 861 980
Interconnected, Resilient, and
Essential (Fatherhood FIRE) Grantee
Local Evaluation Plan Template * Burden
updated from current approval..........
Child Welfare Study to Enhance Equity 100 100
with Data (CW-SEED)....................
Culture of Continuous Learning Project: 546 182
Landscape Survey.......................
Preliminary Activities to Support Future 110 110
Data Collection for the National Survey
of Child and Adolescent Well-Being
(NSCAW)................................
Soliciting Input for the Consumer 428 107
Education and Parental Choice in Early
Care and Education Project.............
Title IV-E Prevention Services 71 88
Clearinghouse..........................
Family Self-Sufficiency Demonstration 200 114
Development Grants Evaluation Support:
Data Collection for Final Report.......
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Totals.............................. 2,316 1,681
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Burden Estimates--New Requests
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Avg. 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.... 3000 1 2 6000
Interviews...................................... 1500 1 1 1500
Questionnaires/Surveys.......................... 1125 1 .5 563
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 8,063
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Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-27431 Filed 12-13-23; 8:45 am]
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