80 FR 17048 - Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 61 (March 31, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17048-17049]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07316]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Same-sex relationships: Updates to Healthy Marriage and 
Relationship Education.
    OMB No.: New Collection
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) 
will examine how healthy marriage programs currently approach, and 
could approach, serving sexual minority populations, that is, lesbian, 
gay, and bisexual populations. ACF expects to collect and analyze data 
from a range of information collection efforts--including interviews 
with program administrators, program managers, healthy marriage and 
relationship programming experts, and focus groups with program 
applicants and program attendees--to propose methods and practices for 
serving such couples/individuals/youth.
    Respondents: Current healthy marriage program applicants and 
participants, program managers and facilitators, and experts in the 
field.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                   Total/annual      Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                        number of     responses per     hours per     Annual burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Focus Group Guide for Program Applicants........              30               1             1.5              45
Focus Group Guide for Program Attendees.........              60               1             1.5              90
Focus Group Guide for Program Attendees.........              60               1             1.5              90
Interview Guide for Program Managers............               6               1               1               6
Interview Guide for Program Facilitators........              12               1               1              12
Interview Guide for Program Experts.............              12               1               1              12
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 255.
    In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. Email 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be 
identified by the title of the information collection.
    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.

Karl Koerper,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-07316 Filed 3-30-15; 8:45 am]
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