81 FR 6521 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 25 (February 8, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 6521]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02358]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; 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 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
         Instrument  (and appendix No.)              number of     responses per   burden hours    Annual burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Focus Group Guide for Adult Applicants                        18               1             1.5              27
 (Instrument #1)................................
Focus Group Guide for Adult Attendees                         36               1             1.5              54
 (Instrument #2)................................
Focus Group Guide for Youth (Instrument #3).....              36               1             1.5              54
Interview Guide with Experts (Instrument #4)....              12               1               1              12
Interview Guide with Program Managers                         10               1               1              10
 (Instrument #5)................................
Interview Guide with Facilitators (Instrument                 10               1               1              10
 #6)............................................
Staff Recruitment Script........................              90               1             .25              23
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    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 190.
    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 Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-02358 Filed 2-5-16; 8:45 am]
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