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Submit your comments to
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690–6162.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information Collection Clearance staff,
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or (202) 690–6162.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
document identifier HHS–OS–0990–
new–30D for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Pregnancy Assistance Fund Feasibility
and Design Study (FADS).
Abstract: The Office of Adolescent
Health (OAH), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) is
requesting approval by OMB on a new
collection. The Pregnancy Assistance
Fund (PAF) evaluation will provide
information about program design,
implementation, and impacts through
two core components: A rigorous
assessment of program impacts and
ADDRESSES:

implementation, and a descriptive
examination of program design. This
proposed information collection activity
includes (a) program design and early
implementation data collected through
telephone interviews with PAF grantees
and (b) baseline data in up to three
impact sites through self-administered
questionnaires.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Design and
implementation data will build on
knowledge about the grantees and their
program plans gathered from other
sources as well as identify sites for the
impact study. Baseline survey data will
be used to confirm the integrity of the
random assignment process, define
subgroups for which impacts will be
estimated, adjust impact estimates to
account for survey non-response, and to
improve the precision of impact
estimates.
Likely Respondents: The 17 PAF
grantee administrators and expectant or

parenting young women in 2–3 grantee
sites.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide the information
requested. 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.
The total annual burden hours
estimated for this ICR are summarized
in the table below.

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Number of
respondents

Form name

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
hours

Telephone Interview Protocol ..........................................................................
Baseline Survey ...............................................................................................

6
950

1
1

2
.5

12
475

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

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487

Darius Taylor,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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Number of
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In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–7570 and
send comments to Leroy Richardson,
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GA 30333 or send an email to omb@
cdc.gov.
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; and (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. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Improving the Understanding of
Traumatic Brain Injury through Policy
and Program Evaluation Research—
New—National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control (NCIPC),
Centers for Disease Control and
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Background and Brief Description
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of
the highest priorities in public health
because of its magnitude, economic and
human impact, and preventability.
Improving the recognition and
management of mild TBIs—such as
concussions that occur during youth
sports—can help reduce the harm
caused by such injuries and prevent
future consequences.
More than 7 million U.S. high school
students participate in organized sports
each year. Sports-related concussions
are common injuries among youth and
have potentially serious consequences.
CDC’s public health efforts have
included the development of the ‘‘Heads
Up’’ education campaign, which focuses
on raising awareness of the signs and
symptoms of concussions and
improving the management of
concussions among youth athletes.
Individual states and the District of
Columbia have taken the initiative and
passed laws aimed at improving the
management of youth sports-related
concussions. In 2009, Washington State
enacted the first such law to manage
youth sports-related concussions—the

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Lystedt Law. Since there is currently no
model law for managing youth sportsrelated concussions, 48 other states and
the District of Columbia have developed
their own laws independently. While
there are similarities across the states,
an examination of the laws shows
considerable variation in the breadth
and scope of the laws. Despite the
proliferation of state laws and the
dissemination of concussion education
materials, little is known about the
reach, use, and effectiveness of these
laws in improving the management of
youth sports-related concussions.
The major danger faced by young
athletes who have experienced a
concussive event is that they are
allowed to return to play while still
experiencing symptoms. If the state laws
are effective, they should reduce the
number of athletes who return to play
while symptomatic.
The primary goal of the current
proposal is to examine the relationship
between state laws aimed at managing
youth sports-related TBIs and youth
athletes returning to play while
symptomatic. In addition, the study also
intends to assess variations in
knowledge, attitudes, and behavior

CDC will use an online data collection
tool for a pre-season survey, followed by
a brief weekly surveillance survey
administered through an automated
phone system once a week for ten
weeks. Respondents will receive a
randomly generated identification
number that will be used to complete
the online and phone surveys. The
database linking these identification
numbers to participant data will only be
available to a limited number of
evaluation contractor staff.
The pre-season survey will be
administered to the coaches, players,
and parents, while the weekly
surveillance survey will only be
completed by players and parents.
Athletes who report suffering a hit with
associated concussive symptoms and
the parent of such an athlete will also
be administered a phone interview
about the athlete’s symptoms and
management. These electronic data
collection tools provide CDC the means
to efficiently collect data from a large
number of respondents from across the
country.
There are no costs to respondents
other than their time.

regarding concussions; the use of
concussion education materials,
including Heads Up; and state policies
governing requirements for
identification and management of
concussions in youth athletics. With the
data collected during the proposed
study, CDC will be able to assess the
effectiveness of state laws in reducing
the number of youth athletes who return
to play with concussion symptoms, the
general knowledge and understanding
of concussions, and the effectiveness of
education and training about
concussions. This will enable CDC to
make recommendations for improving
state policies and improve the agency’s
Heads Up concussion education training
program.
CDC requests OMB approval for one
year to collect data from three national
subsamples: (1) Soccer coaches,
coaching boys and girls ages 14–18 on
club soccer teams; (2) boys and girls
youth soccer players ages 14–18 playing
club soccer; and (3) parents of boys and
girls ages 14–18 who are club soccer
players. The samples will be drawn
from the U.S. Youth Soccer Association,
a national youth soccer organization
with over 3 million youth players.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(hours)

Total burden
(hours)

Form name

U.S. Youth Soccer Coach .................
Parent ................................................
Parent ................................................
Parent ................................................
Athlete ...............................................
Athlete ...............................................
Athlete ...............................................

Pre-season survey ...........................
Pre-season survey ...........................
Weekly Surveillance survey .............
Injury Follow-up survey ....................
Pre-season survey ...........................
Weekly Surveillance survey .............
Injury Follow-up survey ....................

115
1,294
970
576
1,294
970
576

1
1
10
1
1
10
1

10/60
10/60
3/60
10/60
10/60
3/60
10/60

19
216
485
96
216
485
96

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

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

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

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1,613

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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Type of respondents

Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention

Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR), as part of their continuing
efforts to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
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required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA).
Under the PRA, Federal agencies are
required to publish notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information and to
allow 60 days for public comment in
response to the notice.
In accordance with the requirements
of the PRA, CDC/ATSDR may not
conduct or sponsor, and the respondent
is not required to respond to, an
information collection unless it displays
a currently valid Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) control number.
CDC/ATSDR is soliciting comment
concerning the renewal of its
information collection titled, ‘‘Generic

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