Notice2024-22959
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Local Evaluation Final Report (New Collection)
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Published
October 4, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is requesting approval of the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) Final Report Templates. HMRF grant programs are required to submit a final report describing their local evaluation analyses and findings. This request includes guidance for grant recipients in the form of templates. Information will inform technical assistance to support grantees in developing and submitting the final reports to ACF to fulfill a grant requirement.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 80904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22959]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Healthy Marriage and
Responsible Fatherhood Local Evaluation Final Report (New Collection)
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 Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services is requesting approval of the Healthy
Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) Final Report Templates. HMRF
grant programs are required to submit a final report describing their
local evaluation analyses and findings. This request includes guidance
for grant recipients in the form of templates. Information will inform
technical assistance to support grantees in developing and submitting
the final reports to ACF to fulfill a grant requirement.
DATES: Comments due December 3, 2024. 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#81ced1d3c4e8efe7eee2eeedede4e2f5e8eeefc1e0e2e7afe9e9f2afe6eef7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80cfd0d2c5e9eee6efe3efecece5e3f4e9efeec0e1e3e6aee8e8f3aee7eff6">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description: Since 2005, Congress has
authorized dedicated funding for discretionary awards from ACF's Office
of Family Assistance to support HMRF programs. Per the 2020 HMRF Notice
of Funding Opportunities issued by ACF, HMRF grant recipients that are
carrying out local evaluations are required to submit a final
evaluation report to ACF at the end of their grant. The final reports
must document the research questions, measures, study design, planned
and actual implementation of the program, analytic methods for their
evaluation, and evaluation findings.
OPRE is conducting the HMRF Local Evaluation Technical Assistance
(LETA) projects, jointly referred to as the HMRF-LETA projects, to
support federally funded programs in evaluating their healthy
relationship and family stability services to adult couples, adult
individuals, fathers, and youth. As part of the HMRF-LETA project,
grant recipients receive technical assistance to support planning and
executing a local evaluation and analyzing and reporting local
evaluation findings.
The purpose of the current information collection request is to
provide standardized report templates and table shells to grant
recipients to document their evaluation's analysis and findings. A
structured final report template will facilitate grant recipients'
efficient and consistent reporting of evaluation findings in their
final reports. The completed draft reports will be reviewed by the
HMRF-LETA teams to determine whether the analysis and reports meet
standards set by ACF, and to develop recommendations for grant
recipients to improve the analysis and reports before final submission
to ACF. Grant recipients will finalize and submit their final reports
to ACF, as required. This request includes the time to develop and
submit the reports.
Respondents: The respondents are HMRF grant recipients conducting a
local evaluation. There are currently 79 grant recipients conducting
local evaluations: 50 evaluations using descriptive designs
(``descriptive evaluations'') and 29 evaluations using impact designs
(``impact evaluations'').
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Avg. burden Total/annual
Instrument (total over (total over per response burden (in
request request (in hours) hours)
period) period)
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Descriptive Evaluation Final Report Template.... 50 1 40 2,000
Impact Evaluation Final Report Template......... 29 1 30 870
Impact Evaluation Final Report Table Shells..... 29 1 10 290
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,160.
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: 42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2).
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-22959 Filed 10-3-24; 8:45 am]
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