82_FR_20425 82 FR 20343 - Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

82 FR 20343 - Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 82 (May 1, 2017)

Page Range20343-20345
FR Document2017-08706

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the Study to Explore Early Development, Teen Follow-Up Study (SEED Teen).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-17-17ADR; Docket No. CDC-2017-0042]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the Study to 
Explore Early Development, Teen Follow-Up Study (SEED Teen).

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 30, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0042 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 6501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of the 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of the information, including each 
new proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection 
of information, and each reinstatement of previously approved 
information collection before submitting the collection to OMB for 
approval. To comply with this requirement, we are publishing this 
notice of a proposed data collection as described below.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval. Comments are invited 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) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; (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; and (e) 
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden 
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information 
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. Written comments should be received within 60 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Study to Explore Early Development, Teen Follow-Up Study (SEED 
Teen)--New--National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental 
Disabilities (NCBDDD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder 
characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication 
and stereotyped behaviors and interests. The U.S. prevalence of ASD is 
estimated at 1% to 2%. In addition to the profound, lifelong impacts on 
individuals' functioning given the core deficits in social-
communication abilities, a high proportion of children with ASD also 
have one or more other developmental impairments such as intellectual 
disability or attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder and children 
with ASDs have higher than expected

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prevalences of health conditions such as obesity, asthma and 
respiratory disorders, eczema and skin allergies, migraine headaches, 
and gastrointestinal symptoms and disorders.
    Historically, young children have been the focus of ASD research: 
Diagnosis and symptom detection at young ages, prenatal or early-life 
risk factors, and the effect of early intervention programs. Meanwhile, 
the number of children diagnosed with ASD each year has steadily 
increased and, as children age, the prevalence of adults diagnosed with 
ASD will likewise increase for several decades. Despite this ongoing 
demographic shift --which some have called ``the autism tsunami''--
there has been relatively little research on ASD in adolescence and 
adulthood.
    While there is research showing that the majority of ASD diagnoses 
made in early childhood are retained in adolescence with mostly stable 
in symptom severity, there are major gaps in our understanding of the 
health, functioning, and experiences of adolescents with ASD and other 
developmental disabilities. Many of these topics are especially 
relevant to public health: Adolescents and adults with ASD have been 
shown to have frequent health problems, high healthcare utilization and 
specialized service needs, high caregiving burden, require substantial 
supports to perform daily activities, are likely to be bullied, or 
isolated from society, and are likely to have food allergies or put on 
restrictive diets of questionable benefit. Many of these problems 
emerge after early childhood, and more studies are needed to estimate 
the frequency, severity, and predictive factors for these important 
outcomes in diverse cohorts of individuals with autism and other 
developmental conditions.
    SEED Teen is a follow-up study of children who participated in the 
first phase of the SEED case-control study (SEED 1) in 2007-2011 when 
they were 2 to 5 years of age. SEED includes one of the largest cohorts 
of children assembled with ASD. Children will be identified from four 
SEED sites in Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. 
Three groups of children will be included: Children with ASD, children 
with other developmental (non-ASD) conditions (DD comparison group), 
and children from the general population who were initially sampled 
from birth records (POP comparison group).
    The children and parents previously enrolled in SEED 1 represent a 
unique opportunity to better understand the long-term trajectory of 
children identified as having ASD at early ages. Mothers or other 
primary caregivers who participated in SEED 1 will be re-contacted when 
their child is 13-17 years of age and asked to complete two self-
administered questionnaires (SEED Teen Health and Development Survey 
and the Social Responsiveness Scale) about their child's health, 
development, education, and current functioning. Information from this 
study will allow researchers to assess the long-term health and 
functioning of children with ASD and other developmental disabilities, 
family impacts associated with ASD and other DDs, and service needs and 
use associated with having and ASD and other DDs, particularly during 
the teen years.
    We estimate that 1,410 SEED families are potentially eligible to 
participate in SEED Teen. Reading the letter and other materials in the 
invitation mailing will take approximately five minutes. We estimate 
that a minimum of 60% of parents/caregivers sent the invitation mailing 
or will be successfully contacted and participate in the invitation 
call (approximately 15 minutes). We estimate that 80% of the families 
who participate in the invitation call will meet the eligibility 
criteria for SEED Teen and 70% of those will enroll in SEED Teen. We 
assume all enrolled families will complete the follow-up call to 
confirm data collection packet receipt (approximately 10 minutes) and 
will review the materials in the data collection packet. Finally, we 
estimate that 90% of enrolled parents/caregivers will complete two 
self-administered questionnaires (SEED Teen Health and Development 
Survey and the Social Responsiveness Scale) and two supplemental 
consent forms. The two questionnaires will take approximately 60 
minutes to complete, plus an additional 5 minutes to read and sign the 
informed consent. Therefore, we estimate the total burden hours are 
911. There are no costs to participants other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                 Number      Average
                                                                  Number of    responses    burden per    Total
         Type of respondents                   Form name         respondents      per        response    burden
                                                                               respondent   (in hours)    hours
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Eligible families who were enrolled    Invitation Packet.......        1,410            1         5/60       118
 in SEED 1.
Eligible families who were enrolled    Invitation Call Script..          846            1        15/60       212
 in SEED 1.
Families who agreed to participate in  Follow-up Call Checklist          474            1        10/60        79
 SEED Teen.
Families who agreed to participate in  Data Collection Packet..          474            1         5/60        40
 SEED Teen.
Families who agreed to participate in  SEED Teen Health and              427            1        40/60       284
 SEED Teen.                             Development Survey.
Families who agreed to participate in  Social Responsiveness             427            1        20/60       142
 SEED Teen.                             Scale.
Families who agreed to participate in  Supplemental Consent              427            1         5/60        36
 SEED Teen.                             Forms.
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    Total............................  ........................  ...........  ...........  ...........       911
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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                                                                                                  ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Average
                                                                                                                                                                                             Number of
                                                                                                                                                                          Number of                        burden per
                                                               Type of respondents                                               Form name                                                 responses per
                                                                                                                                                                         respondents                        response
                                                                                                                                                                                             respondent     (in hours)

                                                DP13–1315 Partners ......................................   Case Study Interview Guide for DP1–1315                                    2               1                 1
                                                                                                              Partners.
                                                NCCCP and NSBT Program Directors, Staff,                    Web-based survey .........................................           780                   1          15/60
                                                 Coalition Members, and Partners.
                                                NCCCP and NSBT Program Directors, Staff,                    In-Depth Interview Guide ...............................                   5               1            0.5
                                                 Coalition Members, and Partners.



                                                Leroy A. Richardson,                                           Instructions: All submissions received                     information to be collected; (d) ways to
                                                Chief, Information Collection Review Office,                 must include the agency name and                             minimize the burden of the collection of
                                                Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the                Docket number. All relevant comments                         information on respondents, including
                                                Associate Director for Science, Office of the                received will be posted without change                       through the use of automated collection
                                                Director, Centers for Disease Control and                    to Regulations.gov, including any                            techniques or other forms of information
                                                Prevention.                                                  personal information provided. For                           technology; and (e) estimates of capital
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–08705 Filed 4–28–17; 8:45 am]                  access to the docket to read background                      or start-up costs and costs of operation,
                                                BILLING CODE 4163–18–P                                       documents or comments received, go to                        maintenance, and purchase of services
                                                                                                             Regulations.gov.                                             to provide information. Burden means
                                                                                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To                          the total time, effort, or financial
                                                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                                                                                  resources expended by persons to
                                                                                                             request more information on the
                                                HUMAN SERVICES                                                                                                            generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
                                                                                                             proposed project or to obtain a copy of
                                                                                                             the information collection plan and                          provide information to or for a Federal
                                                Centers for Disease Control and                                                                                           agency. This includes the time needed
                                                Prevention                                                   instruments, contact Leroy A.
                                                                                                             Richardson, Information Collection                           to review instructions; to develop,
                                                                                                             Review Office, Centers for Disease                           acquire, install and utilize technology
                                                [60Day–17–17ADR; Docket No. CDC–2017–                                                                                     and systems for the purpose of
                                                0042]                                                        Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
                                                                                                             Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, Georgia                           collecting, validating and verifying
                                                                                                             30329; phone: 404–639–7570; Email:                           information, processing and
                                                Proposed Data Collections Submitted
                                                                                                             omb@cdc.gov.                                                 maintaining information, and disclosing
                                                for Public Comment and                                                                                                    and providing information; to train
                                                Recommendations                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
                                                                                                                                                                          personnel and to be able to respond to
                                                                                                             Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
                                                AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and                                                                                   a collection of information, to search
                                                                                                             (44 U.S.C. 6501–3520), Federal agencies                      data sources, to complete and review
                                                Prevention (CDC), Department of Health                       must obtain approval from the Office of
                                                and Human Services (HHS).                                                                                                 the collection of information; and to
                                                                                                             Management and Budget (OMB) for each                         transmit or otherwise disclose the
                                                ACTION: Notice with comment period.                          collection of the information they                           information. Written comments should
                                                                                                             conduct or sponsor. In addition, the                         be received within 60 days of this
                                                SUMMARY:   The Centers for Disease                           PRA also requires Federal agencies to
                                                Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of                                                                                  notice.
                                                                                                             provide a 60-day notice in the Federal
                                                its continuing effort to reduce public                       Register concerning each proposed                            Proposed Project
                                                burden and maximize the utility of                           collection of the information, including
                                                government information, invites the                                                                                         Study to Explore Early Development,
                                                                                                             each new proposed collection, each                           Teen Follow-Up Study (SEED Teen)—
                                                general public and other Federal                             proposed extension of existing
                                                agencies to take this opportunity to                                                                                      New—National Center on Birth Defects
                                                                                                             collection of information, and each                          and Developmental Disabilities
                                                comment on proposed and/or                                   reinstatement of previously approved
                                                continuing information collections, as                                                                                    (NCBDDD), Centers for Disease Control
                                                                                                             information collection before submitting                     and Prevention (CDC).
                                                required by the Paperwork Reduction                          the collection to OMB for approval. To
                                                Act of 1995. This notice invites                             comply with this requirement, we are                         Background and Brief Description
                                                comment on the Study to Explore Early                        publishing this notice of a proposed                            Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a
                                                Development, Teen Follow-Up Study                            data collection as described below.                          neurodevelopmental disorder
                                                (SEED Teen).                                                   Comments submitted in response to                          characterized by impairments in social
                                                DATES: Written comments must be                              this notice will be summarized and/or                        interaction and communication and
                                                received on or before June 30, 2017.                         included in the request for Office of                        stereotyped behaviors and interests. The
                                                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,                          Management and Budget (OMB)                                  U.S. prevalence of ASD is estimated at
                                                identified by Docket No. CDC–2017–                           approval. Comments are invited on: (a)                       1% to 2%. In addition to the profound,
                                                0042 by any of the following methods:                        Whether the proposed collection of                           lifelong impacts on individuals’
                                                   • Federal eRulemaking Portal:                             information is necessary for the proper                      functioning given the core deficits in
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                                                Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions                     performance of the functions of the                          social-communication abilities, a high
                                                for submitting comments.                                     agency, including whether the                                proportion of children with ASD also
                                                   • Mail: Leroy A. Richardson,                              information shall have practical utility;                    have one or more other developmental
                                                Information Collection Review Office,                        (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate                    impairments such as intellectual
                                                Centers for Disease Control and                              of the burden of the proposed collection                     disability or attention-deficit-
                                                Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS–                       of information; (c) ways to enhance the                      hyperactivity-disorder and children
                                                D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.                                 quality, utility, and clarity of the                         with ASDs have higher than expected


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                                                prevalences of health conditions such as                                 restrictive diets of questionable benefit.                                     health and functioning of children with
                                                obesity, asthma and respiratory                                          Many of these problems emerge after                                            ASD and other developmental
                                                disorders, eczema and skin allergies,                                    early childhood, and more studies are                                          disabilities, family impacts associated
                                                migraine headaches, and                                                  needed to estimate the frequency,                                              with ASD and other DDs, and service
                                                gastrointestinal symptoms and                                            severity, and predictive factors for these                                     needs and use associated with having
                                                disorders.                                                               important outcomes in diverse cohorts                                          and ASD and other DDs, particularly
                                                   Historically, young children have                                     of individuals with autism and other                                           during the teen years.
                                                been the focus of ASD research:                                          developmental conditions.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          We estimate that 1,410 SEED families
                                                Diagnosis and symptom detection at                                          SEED Teen is a follow-up study of
                                                young ages, prenatal or early-life risk                                  children who participated in the first                                         are potentially eligible to participate in
                                                factors, and the effect of early                                         phase of the SEED case-control study                                           SEED Teen. Reading the letter and other
                                                intervention programs. Meanwhile, the                                    (SEED 1) in 2007–2011 when they were                                           materials in the invitation mailing will
                                                number of children diagnosed with ASD                                    2 to 5 years of age. SEED includes one                                         take approximately five minutes. We
                                                each year has steadily increased and, as                                 of the largest cohorts of children                                             estimate that a minimum of 60% of
                                                children age, the prevalence of adults                                   assembled with ASD. Children will be                                           parents/caregivers sent the invitation
                                                diagnosed with ASD will likewise                                         identified from four SEED sites in                                             mailing or will be successfully
                                                increase for several decades. Despite                                    Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, and                                         contacted and participate in the
                                                this ongoing demographic shift —which                                    Pennsylvania. Three groups of children                                         invitation call (approximately 15
                                                some have called ‘‘the autism                                            will be included: Children with ASD,                                           minutes). We estimate that 80% of the
                                                tsunami’’—there has been relatively                                      children with other developmental                                              families who participate in the
                                                little research on ASD in adolescence                                    (non-ASD) conditions (DD comparison                                            invitation call will meet the eligibility
                                                and adulthood.                                                           group), and children from the general                                          criteria for SEED Teen and 70% of those
                                                   While there is research showing that                                  population who were initially sampled                                          will enroll in SEED Teen. We assume all
                                                the majority of ASD diagnoses made in                                    from birth records (POP comparison                                             enrolled families will complete the
                                                early childhood are retained in                                          group).                                                                        follow-up call to confirm data collection
                                                adolescence with mostly stable in                                           The children and parents previously                                         packet receipt (approximately 10
                                                symptom severity, there are major gaps                                   enrolled in SEED 1 represent a unique                                          minutes) and will review the materials
                                                in our understanding of the health,                                      opportunity to better understand the                                           in the data collection packet. Finally,
                                                functioning, and experiences of                                          long-term trajectory of children                                               we estimate that 90% of enrolled
                                                adolescents with ASD and other                                           identified as having ASD at early ages.                                        parents/caregivers will complete two
                                                developmental disabilities. Many of                                      Mothers or other primary caregivers                                            self-administered questionnaires (SEED
                                                these topics are especially relevant to                                  who participated in SEED 1 will be re-                                         Teen Health and Development Survey
                                                public health: Adolescents and adults                                    contacted when their child is 13–17                                            and the Social Responsiveness Scale)
                                                with ASD have been shown to have                                         years of age and asked to complete two                                         and two supplemental consent forms.
                                                frequent health problems, high                                           self-administered questionnaires (SEED                                         The two questionnaires will take
                                                healthcare utilization and specialized                                   Teen Health and Development Survey                                             approximately 60 minutes to complete,
                                                service needs, high caregiving burden,                                   and the Social Responsiveness Scale)                                           plus an additional 5 minutes to read and
                                                require substantial supports to perform                                  about their child’s health, development,                                       sign the informed consent. Therefore,
                                                daily activities, are likely to be bullied,                              education, and current functioning.                                            we estimate the total burden hours are
                                                or isolated from society, and are likely                                 Information from this study will allow                                         911. There are no costs to participants
                                                to have food allergies or put on                                         researchers to assess the long-term                                            other than their time.

                                                                                                                        ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Number                 Average              Total
                                                                                                                                                                                               Number of               responses             burden per
                                                                       Type of respondents                                                            Form name                                                                                                    burden
                                                                                                                                                                                              respondents                 per                 response              hours
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      respondent              (in hours)

                                                Eligible families who were enrolled in SEED 1 ...........                            Invitation Packet ...........................                       1,410                        1                 5/60          118
                                                Eligible families who were enrolled in SEED 1 ...........                            Invitation Call Script .....................                          846                        1                15/60          212
                                                Families who agreed to participate in SEED Teen .....                                Follow-up Call Checklist ..............                               474                        1                10/60           79
                                                Families who agreed to participate in SEED Teen .....                                Data Collection Packet ................                               474                        1                 5/60           40
                                                Families who agreed to participate in SEED Teen .....                                SEED Teen Health and Develop-                                         427                        1                40/60          284
                                                                                                                                       ment Survey.
                                                Families who agreed to participate in SEED Teen .....                                Social Responsiveness Scale ......                                     427                       1                20/60          142
                                                Families who agreed to participate in SEED Teen .....                                Supplemental Consent Forms .....                                       427                       1                 5/60           36

                                                     Total .....................................................................     ......................................................   ....................   ....................   ....................      911



                                                Leroy A. Richardson,
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                                                Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
                                                Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
                                                Associate Director for Science, Office of the
                                                Director, Centers for Disease Control and
                                                Prevention.
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                                                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                   1. Implementation Study. The goal of               assignment to a subset of the sample.
                                                HUMAN SERVICES                                           the implementation study is to provide               The survey will gather information on
                                                                                                         a detailed description of the PJAC                   participant experiences with the child
                                                Administration for Children and                          programs—how they are implemented,                   support program and family court,
                                                Families                                                 their participants, the contexts in which            family relationships, parenting and co-
                                                                                                         they are operated, and their promising               parenting, informal child support
                                                Proposed Information Collection                          practices. The implementation study                  payments, and job characteristics. In an
                                                Activity; Comment Request                                will also assess whether the PJAC                    effort to enhance response rates, the
                                                Proposed Projects                                        interventions are implemented as                     PJAC survey firm will attempt to track
                                                                                                         intended (implementation fidelity) as                survey sample members at a few points
                                                  Title: Procedural Justice Informed                     well as how the treatment implemented                over the 12-month follow-up period in
                                                Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC).                         differed from the status quo (treatment              order to stay in touch with them and
                                                  OMB No.: 0970—NEW.                                     contrast). The detailed descriptions will            gather updated contact information from
                                                Description                                              assist in interpreting program impacts               them.
                                                                                                         and identifying program features and                    3. Benefit-Cost Study: The benefit-cost
                                                  The Office of Child Support                            conditions necessary for effective                   study will estimate the costs and
                                                Enforcement (OCSE) within the                            program replication or improvement.                  benefits associated with the
                                                Administration for Children and                          Key activities of the implementation                 implementation and impact of the PJAC
                                                Families (ACF) is proposing data                         study will include: (1) A Management                 interventions. The study will examine
                                                collection activity as part of the                       Information System (MIS) for collection              the costs and benefits from the
                                                Procedural Justice Informed                              and analysis of program participation                perspective of the government,
                                                Alternatives to Contempt Demonstration                   data to track participant engagement in              noncustodial parents, custodial parents
                                                (PJAC). In September 2016, OCSE issued                   PJAC activities; (2) semi-structured                 and their children, and society. Once
                                                grants to six child support agencies to                  interviews with program staff and staff              measured, particular impacts or
                                                provide alternative approaches to the                    from selected community partner                      expenditures will constitute benefits or
                                                contempt process with the goal of                        organizations; (3) semi-structured                   costs, depending on which analytical
                                                increasing parents’ compliance with                      interviews with program participants to              perspective is considered. For each of
                                                child support orders by building trust                   learn about their experiences in PJAC;               the perspectives, pertinent benefits and
                                                and confidence in the child support                      and (4) a staff questionnaire to gather              costs will be added together to
                                                agency and its processes. PJAC is a five-                broader quantitative information on                  determine the net value of the program.
                                                year project (the first year of which is                 program implementation and staff                     Key hypothesized benefits and costs to
                                                dedicated to planning) that will allow                   experiences.                                         be assessed include increased PJAC
                                                grantees to learn whether incorporating                    2. Impact Study: The goal of the                   intervention costs, reduced costs for
                                                principles of procedural justice into                    impact study is to provide rigorous                  contempt actions, increased payments
                                                child support business practices                         estimates of the effectiveness of the six            from non-custodial parents, reduced
                                                increases reliable child support                         programs using an experimental                       court costs, and reduced jail time,
                                                payments. In addition to increasing                      research design. Program applicants                  among others. The benefit-cost study
                                                reliable payments, the PJAC                              who are eligible for PJAC services will              will rely on the results of the impact
                                                intervention aims to reduce arrears,                     be randomly assigned to either a                     study, analysis of participation data
                                                minimize the need for continued                          program group that is offered program                from the MIS, and results of a staff time
                                                enforcement actions and sanctions, and                   services or to a control group that is not           study in order to quantify various PJAC-
                                                reduce the inefficient use of contempt                   offered those services. The random                   related costs and benefits.
                                                proceedings.                                             assignment process will require child                   This 60-Day Notice covers the
                                                  The PJAC evaluation will yield                         support program staff to complete a                  following data collection activities: (1)
                                                information about the efficacy of                        brief data entry protocol. The impact                Staff data entry for random assignment;
                                                applying procedural justice principles                   study will rely on administrative data               (2) Study MIS to track program
                                                via a set of alternative services to the                 from state and county child support                  participation; (3) Staff and community
                                                current contempt process. It will                        systems, court records, criminal justice             partner interview topic guide; (4)
                                                generate extensive knowledge regarding                   records, and data from the National                  Participant interview topic guide; and
                                                how PJAC programs operate, the effects                   Directory of New Hires. Administrative               (5) Participant survey tracking letter.
                                                the programs have, and whether their                     records data will be used to estimate
                                                benefits exceed their costs. The                         impacts on child support payments,                   Respondents
                                                information gathered will be critical to                 enforcement actions, contempt                          Respondents for the first information
                                                informing future policy decisions                        proceedings, jail stays, and employment              collection phase include study
                                                related to contempt.                                     and earnings. The impact study will                  participants and grantee staff and
                                                  The PJAC evaluation will include the                   also include a follow-up survey of                   community partners. Specific
                                                following three interconnected                           participants that will be administered               respondents per instrument are noted in
                                                components or ‘‘studies’’:                               approximately 12 months after random                 the burden table below.

                                                                                                                ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
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                                                                                                                                           Number of          Average
                                                                                                                       Number of                                                Total burden   Total annual
                                                                           Instrument                                                    responses per      burden hours
                                                                                                                      respondents                                                  hours       burden hours
                                                                                                                                           respondent       per response

                                                Staff data entry for random assignment ............................              120                  150              0.05              900            300




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Document Created: 2017-04-29 03:16:21
Document Modified: 2017-04-29 03:16:21
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice with comment period.
DatesWritten comments must be received on or before June 30, 2017.
ContactTo request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, contact Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 20343 

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