83 FR 22268 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 93 (May 14, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22268-22269]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10178]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Implementation Grants to Develop a Model Intervention for 
Youth/Young Adults with Child Welfare Involvement at Risk of 
Homelessness: Phase II--Extension.
    OMB NO.: 0970-0445.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at 
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to 
collect data for an evaluation of the initiative, Implementation Grants 
to Develop a Model Intervention for Youth/Young Adults with Child 
Welfare Involvement at Risk of Homelessness: Phase II. This builds on 
the previously approved ``Planning Grants to Develop a Model 
Intervention for Youth/Young Adults with Child Welfare Involvement at 
Risk of Homelessness'' (Phase I). The Phase II data collection 
described in this Notice was approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget in July 2017. This request is for a time extension for data 
collection under OMB# 0970-0445. There are no changes to the previously 
approved information collection. Due to delays, data collection has not 
begun and will need to extend beyond the current expiration date of 
July 2018. Grantees are receiving an additional year to conduct their 
work. To capture data at a similar point in the development of their 
efforts, data collection will be delayed.
    Phase II is an initiative, funded by the Children's Bureau (CB) 
within ACF, that will support implementation grants for interventions 
designed to intervene with youth who have experienced time in foster 
care and are most likely to have a challenging transition into 
adulthood, including homelessness and unstable housing experiences. CB 
awarded six implementation grants (Phase II) in September 2015. During 
the implementation phase, organizations will conduct a range of 
activities to fine-tune their comprehensive service model, determine 
whether their model is being implemented as intended, and develop plans 
to evaluate the model

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under a potential future funding opportunity (Phase III). During Phase 
II, ACF will engage a contractor to: Conduct a cross-site process 
evaluation. Data collected for the process evaluation will be used to 
assess grantees' organizational capacity to implement and evaluate the 
model interventions and to monitor each grantee's progress toward 
achieving the goals of the implementation period.
    Data for the process evaluation will be collected through: 
Interviews during site visits.
    Respondents: Grantee agency directors and staff; partner agency 
directors and staff. Partner agencies may vary by site, but are 
expected to include child welfare, mental health, and youth housing/
homelessness agencies.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                Total/annual      Number of     Average  burden
                 Instrument                      number of      responses  per     hours per       Total/annual
                                                respondents       respondent        response       burden hours
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Grantee Site Visit-Semi-Structured Interview              60                1              1.5               90
 Topic Guide................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.....  ...............  ...............  ...............              90
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    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.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-10178 Filed 5-11-18; 8:45 am]
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