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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 17, 2009 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Building Strong Families (BSF)
Demonstration and Evaluation—Impact
Study Second Follow-up.
OMB No.: 0970–0304.
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF),
U.S.Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), anticipates continuing

data collection for the 15-month followup surveys of the Building Strong
Families (BSF) Demonstration and
Evaluation. Data collection will
continue for an additional 6 months
beyond the current date of expiration
(July 31, 2009).
This data collection is a part of the
BSF evaluation, which is an important
opportunity to learn if well-designed
interventions can help low-income
couples develop the knowledge and
relationship skills that research has
shown are associated with healthy
marriages. The BSF evaluation uses an
experimental design that randomly

assigns couples who volunteer to
participate in BSF programs to a
program or control group.
Materials for the original 15-month
data collection effort, previously
submitted to OMB, covered impact and
implementation data collections. Data
collection for the impact study is
complete. ACF anticipates collecting
data for an additional 6 months in order
to complete data collection for the entire
sample of participants.
Respondents: Couples enrolled in the
BSF evaluation, including program and
control groups.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Annual number of respondents

Instrument
15-month telephone survey (female partner) ..................................................
15-month telephone survey (male partner) .....................................................

Total Burden Hours: 2,495
Additional Information: Copies of the
proposed collection may be obtained by
writing to the Administration for
Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research andEvaluation, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: OPREReports Clearance
Officer. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection. E-mail 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 FederalRegister.
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, Fax: 202–395–6974,
Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration for Children and
Families.
Dated: February 6, 2009.
Brendan C. Kelly,
Clearance Officer.
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Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: Grant Application Data
Summary (GADS) Form.
OMB No.: 0970–0328.
Description: The purpose of this
request is to obtain emergency OMB
clearance of the Grant Application Data
Summary (GADS) form so information
collected from all FY09 ANA grant
applicants (in March 2009) is accurate.
The GADS collects information from
applicants seeking grants from the
Administration for Native Americans
(ANA). ANA awards annual grants in
nine competitive areas. Previously,
ANA collected information using the
GADS form for 4 competitive areas, not
9. The GADS form, which is part of the
ANA discretionary grant application
package, has been revised to comply
with required changes made to the ANA
FY09 Program Announcements (PAs).
The PAs were changed to comply with
a new policy established by ACF
requiring that subcategories within a PA
be broken down into a stand-alone PA.
On 12/5/08, ANA published nine PAs to
support this new requirement for
separate PAs, it was necessary for ANA
to change the GADS form to reflect the
new PAs. Below are the changes to the
GADS form: (please select relevant topic
under one heading)

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Average burden hours per
response

Estimated annual burden
hours

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1

.91
.83

1,305
1,190

1,434
1,434

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

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Number of responses per
respondent

(1) Special Initiative: Family
Preservation: Improving the Well-Being
of Children Planning
Curriculum Development; Community
Assessment; Develop a Family
Preservation Strategic Plan
Please choose all relevant topics from
the selection below:
Relationship and Marriage Education for
Adults; Relationship and Marriage
Education for Youth; Marriage
Enrichment activities and services;
Pre-marital education and marriage
skills; Relationships Skills;
Responsible Fatherhood or Parenting;
Family preservation activities offered
in a culturally appropriate and
traditional manner; Absentee parent
services, education and activities;
Reduce child/infant abuse and neglect
and family domestic violence; Needs
of grandparents raising grandchildren;
Foster Parent Training Family
strengthening services to individuals
with substance abuse issues; Public
Advertising Campaigns; Research
(2) Special Initiative: Family
Preservation: Improving the Well-Being
of Children Implementation
Relationship & Marriage Education for
Adults; Relationship & Marriage
Education for Youth; Marriage
Enrichment activities & services; Premarital education & marriage skills;
Relationships Skills; Responsible
Fatherhood; Parenting; Family
preservation activities in a culturally
appropriate & traditional manner;
Absentee parent services, education &
activities; Family Domestic Violence;

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