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use the core competencies to improve
performance evaluations by providing a
framework to discuss and assess
performance.
Core competencies have the potential
to contribute to a ‘‘culture of
competence’’ in which peer workers
could use the competencies to engage in
accurate self-assessment and seek out
experiences to improve their
competencies. For peer workers, core
competencies could help to clarify what
is expected in their role and will assist
them in assessing their own strengths
and limitations as a provider of peer
support.
At this time, SAMHSA is requesting
approval to use these two forms. The
forms are described here:
1. Peer Worker Telephone Interviews:
Peer worker interviews will be
conducted by telephone with 20 peer
workers to gather descriptive details
about the interviewees’ use of the core
competencies included in the
quantitative surveys, their opinions
about specific competencies, and their

beliefs about the usefulness of
articulating core competencies for their
peer worker roles. Qualitative
interviews may also produce examples
of how peer workers use specific
competencies.
The information gathered by the Core
Competencies Survey and the Peer
Worker Telephone Interview will help
SAMHSA guide the behavioral health
field with workforce development
efforts related to peer workers. This
information is crucial to providing
technical assistance to states, behavioral
health organizations, peer-run and
recovery community organizations, and
organizations and institutions that
provide training to peer workers in
behavioral health.
2. Core Competencies Survey: The
Core Competencies Survey was
developed through an extensive process
of literature reviews, synthesis of the
competencies, expert panel review, and
consensus-building activities. The Core
Competencies Survey has 61 items and
uses a 5-point Likert scale from 1Number of
respondents

Type of respondent

Total number
of responses

Total annual
burden
hours

Hours per
response

Peer workers for interview ...................................................
Peer workers for survey .......................................................

20
100

1
1

20
100

1
1

20
100

Total ..............................................................................

120

........................

120

........................

120

Written comments and
recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
be sent by November 10, 2014 to the
SAMHSA Desk Officer at the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB. To ensure timely receipt of
comments, and to avoid potential delays
in OMB’s receipt and processing of mail
sent through the U.S. Postal Service,
commenters are encouraged to submit
their comments to OMB via email to:
[email protected].
Although commenters are encouraged to
send their comments via email,
commenters may also fax their
comments to: 202–395–7285.
Commenters may also mail them to:
Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, New Executive Office Building,
Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503.
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Responses
per
respondent

unimportant to 5-very important. The
items on the survey are specific
competencies that were developed by
the BRSS TACS team, their partners,
and experts in peer-provided services in
behavioral health. Respondents to the
Core Competencies Survey will also
complete a section on demographic
characteristics of the participant’s
gender, age, race/ethnicity, geographic
location, level of education, monthly
income, length of time as a peer worker,
current field of employment, and
certification status. Demographic data
will be used to describe the survey
respondents. The response to the
current field of employment questions
will be used to categorize the
respondent as working primarily in
addiction services, mental health
services, or services for people with cooccurring disorders, a variable that will
be included in specific analyses of the
data.
The chart below summarizes the
annualized burden for this project.

Summer King,
Statistician.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0106]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Petition for Qualifying
Family Member of a U–1
Nonimmigrant, Form I–929; Extension,
Without Change, of a Currently
Approved Collection
ACTION:

60-day notice.

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) invites
the general public and other Federal
agencies to comment upon this
proposed extension of a currently
approved collection of information. In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the
information collection notice is
published in the Federal Register to
obtain comments regarding the nature of
the information collection, the
categories of respondents, the estimated
burden (i.e. the time, effort, and
resources used by the respondents to

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respond), the estimated cost to the
respondent, and the actual information
collection instruments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
December 8, 2014.
ADDRESSES: All submissions received
must include the OMB Control Number
1615–0106 in the subject box, the
agency name and Docket ID USCIS–
2009–0010. To avoid duplicate
submissions, please use only one of the
following methods to submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site at
www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID
number USCIS–2009–0010;
(2) Email. Submit comments to
[email protected];
(3) Mail. Submit written comments to
DHS, USCIS, Office of Policy and
Strategy, Chief, Regulatory Coordination
Division, 20 Massachusetts Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20529–2140.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
Regardless of the method used for
submitting comments or material, all
submissions will be posted, without
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Portal at http://www.regulations.gov,
and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore,
submitting this information makes it
public. You may wish to consider
limiting the amount of personal
information that you provide in any
voluntary submission you make to DHS.
DHS may withhold information
provided in comments from public
viewing that it determines may impact
the privacy of an individual or is
offensive. For additional information,
please read the Privacy Act notice that
is available via the link in the footer of
http://www.regulations.gov.
Note: The address listed in this notice
should only be used to submit comments
concerning this information collection.
Please do not submit requests for individual
case status inquiries to this address. If you
are seeking information about the status of
your individual case, please check ‘‘My Case
Status’’ online at: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/
Dashboard.do, or call the USCIS National
Customer Service Center at 1–800–375–5283.

Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
should address one or more of the
following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.

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Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Extension, Without Change, of a
Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Petition for Qualifying Family Member
of a U–1 Nonimmigrant.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–929; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
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Immigration and Nationality Act (Act)
allows certain qualifying family
members who have never held U
nonimmigrant status to seek lawful
permanent residence or apply for
immigrant visas. Before such family
members may apply for adjustment of
status or seek immigrant visas, the U–
1 nonimmigrant who has been granted
adjustment of status must file an
immigrant petition on behalf of the
qualifying family member using Form I–
929. Form I–929 is necessary for USCIS
to make a determination that the
eligibility requirements and conditions
are met regarding the qualifying family
member.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: The estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection I–929 is 2,000 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
1 hour.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total estimated annual
hour burden associated with this
collection is 2,000 hours.
(7) An estimate of the total public
burden (in cost) associated with the
collection: The estimated total annual
cost burden associated with this
collection of information is $245,000.
If you need a copy of the information
collection instrument with instructions,
or additional information, please visit
the Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
http://www.regulations.gov. We may
also be contacted at: USCIS, Office of
Policy and Strategy, Regulatory
Coordination Division, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20529–2140,
Telephone number 202–272–8377.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0037]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Refugee/Asylee Relative
Petition, Form I–730; Extension,
Without Change, of a Currently
Approved Collection
ACTION:

60-Day Notice.

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The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) invites
the general public and other Federal
agencies to comment upon this
proposed extension of a currently
approved collection of information. In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the
information collection notice is
published in the Federal Register to
obtain comments regarding the nature of
the information collection, the
categories of respondents, the estimated
burden (i.e. the time, effort, and
resources used by the respondents to
respond), the estimated cost to the
respondent, and the actual information
collection instruments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
December 8, 2014.
ADDRESSES: All submissions received
must include the OMB Control Number
1615–0037 in the subject box, the
agency name and Docket ID USCIS–
2007–0030. To avoid duplicate
submissions, please use only one of the
following methods to submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site at
www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID
number USCIS–2007–0030;
(2) Email. Submit comments to
[email protected];
(3) Mail. Submit written comments to
DHS, USCIS, Office of Policy and
Strategy, Chief, Regulatory Coordination
Division, 20 Massachusetts Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20529–2140.
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Comments

Dated: October 2, 2014.
Laura Dawkins,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
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Regardless of the method used for
submitting comments or material, all
submissions will be posted, without
change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov,
and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore,
submitting this information makes it
public. You may wish to consider
limiting the amount of personal

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