81 FR 21352 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 69 (April 11, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21352-21353]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08202]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Building Bridges and Bonds (B3) Study: Data Collection.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) proposes to collect 
information as part of the Building Bridges and Bonds (B3) study. B3 
will inform policymakers, program operators, and stakeholders about 
effective ways for fatherhood programs to support fathers in their 
parenting and employment. In particular, partnering with programs that 
serve low-income fathers to promote responsible fatherhood, the B3 
study will examine the effectiveness of strategies used to (1) engage 
fathers in program activities, (2) develop and support parenting and 
co-parenting skills, and (3) advance the employment of disadvantaged 
fathers. The study will include up to six sites and specific 
interventions will vary by site.
    B3 includes an impact evaluation and a process study. The impact 
evaluation will involve randomly assigning individuals to a treatment 
or comparison condition and comparing key outcomes including 
employment; earnings; child support; father/child contact, shared 
activities, and relationship quality; father's commitment to his child, 
parenting skills, and parenting efficacy; co-parenting relationship 
quality; and criminal justice outcomes.
    The process study will describe and document each newly established 
intervention and how it operated to provide insight into the treatment 
differentials and the context for interpreting findings of the impact 
study and highlight lessons to the field.
    Data collection instruments for the B3 study include the following: 
(1) Screening for program eligibility. (2) nFORM management information 
system (MIS) to record study and participation information. (3) 
Baseline and follow-up surveys for the impact study. (4) Staff surveys 
and interviews, focus groups with participants and mothers, mobile 
device surveys for participants, and post-session debrief forms to 
inform the process study.
    Respondents: Fathers seeking services from one of the six 
Responsible Fatherhood Programs in the B3 study and staff members 
working at the B3 sites.

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                                                                 ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
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                                                                                          Annual  number     Number of        Average
                Instrument                           Respondent            Total number         of         responses per   burden hours    Annual burden
                                                                          of respondents    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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1--Screening questions for parenting        Applicant...................           4,000           1,333               1           0.083             111
 intervention.                              Staff.......................              36              12             111           0.083             111
2--Screening questions for employment       Applicant...................             900             300               1           0.250              75
 intervention.                              Staff.......................              12               4              75           0.250              75
3--Consent Materials for Parents of         Parent of Applicant.........             500             167               1           0.167              28
 Fathers under 18.                          Staff.......................              36              12              14           0.167              28
4--B3-specific eligibility data...........  Applicant...................           6,400           2,133               1           0.017              36
                                            Staff.......................              72              24              89           0.017              36
5--B3-specific enrollment data............  Applicant...................           2,700             900               1           0.153             138
                                            Staff.......................              72              24              38           0.151             138
6--B3 tracking of attendance in services    Staff.......................              72              24             363           0.008              70
 for program group members.
7--Additional nFORM burden for non-Grantee  Applicant...................             450             150               1           0.250              38
 site.                                      Staff.......................              12               4           1,969          0.0343             270
8 & 9--Baseline surveys...................  Applicant...................           2,842             947               1           0.800             758
10 & 11--6 month follow-up surveys.         Applicant...................           2,430             810               1           0.667             540
12 & 13--Staff and management semi-         Staff.......................             240              80               2             1.5             240
 structured interviews.
14 & 15--Staff surveys....................  Staff.......................             240              80               1           0.667              53
16--Participant focus groups..............  Applicant...................             160              53               1             2.0             106
17--Mother Focus Groups...................  Co-parent of Applicant......              80              27               1             1.0              27
18 & 19--Mobile device surveys............  Applicant...................           1,350             450               5           0.117             263
20--Post-session debrief for sites testing  Staff.......................              36              12             104           0.083             104
 parenting intervention.
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,245.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection. Email address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning 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. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: 
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-08202 Filed 4-8-16; 8:45 am]
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