Notice2024-16431
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Testing Identified Elements for Success in Fatherhood Programs (0970-0622)
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Published
July 26, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
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 test "core components" of fatherhood programs to identify program elements that are effective at improving the lives of fathers who participate in fatherhood programs and their children. The study includes an implementation and an impact study. A request for initial data collection materials was approved by the Office of Management and Budget in December 2023. This notice provides information about additional data collection activities to support this study.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60642-60643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16431]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Testing
Identified Elements for Success in Fatherhood Programs (0970-0622)
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) 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
test ``core components'' of fatherhood programs to identify program
elements that are effective at improving the lives of fathers who
participate in fatherhood programs and their children. The study
includes an implementation and an impact study. A request for initial
data collection materials was approved by the Office of Management and
Budget in December 2023. This notice provides information
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about additional data collection activities to support this study.
DATES: Comments due August 26, 2024. The Office of Management and
Budget (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#0e415e5c4b676068616d6162626b6d7a6761604e6f6d682066667d20696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8cc3dcdec9e5e2eae3efe3e0e0e9eff8e5e3e2ccedefeaa2e4e4ffa2ebe3fa">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the
title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: 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. Five Fatherhood FIRE grant recipients are partnering 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, economic
stability, father-child relationship quality and co-parenting
relationship quality.
Initial study (Phase 1) materials, including consent to participate
in the study, additional baseline information from program
participants, and initial implementation study data were approved and
are in use by the study team. We are now requesting approval of Phase 2
data collection materials including semi-structured interviews, focus
groups, and the participatory research methods of photo voice and audio
journaling. Audio journaling and photo voice are participatory research
methods that the study team will use with up to 60 fathers in total to
generate information about how fathers are applying knowledge and
skills gained through their participation in the fatherhood program.
Respondents: Fathers enrolled in the Fatherhood TIES study, co-
parents of fathers enrolled, and program staff involved in supporting
and implementing the Fatherhood TIES study.
Annual Burden Estimates
Data collection time frames vary by instrument. Instruments with a
star (*) will be fielded in the first year. The follow-up survey is
anticipated to continue into early 2027. Therefore, this request is for
two and a half years of approval and annual burden estimates reflect
this timeframe (total burden/2.5).
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Average 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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Staff Interview (including 50 2 1 100 40
consent) *.....................
Co-Parent Interview (including 4 1 1 4 2
consent) *.....................
Father focus group (including 80 1 1 80 32
consent) *.....................
Photo Voice (collection + focus 5 1 3.25 16 7
group + debrief) *.............
Audio Journaling (collection + 55 1 1 55 22
debrief) *.....................
Nine-month Follow-up survey..... 1369 1 0.75 1027 411
Photo Voice Training *.......... 5 1 2 10 4
Audio Journaling Training *..... 55 1 0.5 28 11
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Estimated Annual Burden .............. .............. .............. .............. 529
Total......................
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Authority: Section 413 of the Social Security Act, as amended by
the fiscal year 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub. L.
115-31).
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-16431 Filed 7-25-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-73-P
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