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LEGAL STATUS
LEGAL STATUS

Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request;
Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Performance
Measures and Additional Data Collection (Part of the Fatherhood
and Marriage Local Evaluation and Cross-Site (FaMLE Cross-Site)
Project)-Extension
A Notice by the Children and Families Administration on 02/08/2018

DOCUMENT DETAILS

Printed version:
PDF (https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-08/pdf/2018-02494.pdf)
Publication Date:
02/08/2018 (/documents/2018/02/08)
Agencies:
Administration for Children and Families (https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration)
Document Type:
Notice
Document Citation:
83 FR 5631
Page:
5631-5633 (3 pages)
Agency/Docket Number:
OMB NO.: 0970-0460
Document Number:
2018-02494

DOCUMENT DETAILS
PUBLISHED DOCUMENT

Description
Background
For decades various organizations and agencies have been developing and operating programs to strengthen
families through healthy marriage and relationship education and responsible fatherhood programming. The
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA), has had administrative
responsibility for federal funding of such programs since 2006 through the Healthy Marriage (HM) and
Responsible Fatherhood (RF) Grant Programs. The authorizing legislation for the programs may be found in
Section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act [1].

Extension of Current Approval

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The Offices of Family Assistance (OFA) and Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are
proposing to extend performance measure and other data collection activities, in service to the HM and RF
programs. This data collection is part of the Fatherhood and Marriage Local Evaluation and Cross-site
(FaMLE Cross-site) project, whose purpose is to support high quality data collection, strengthen local
evaluations, and conduct cross-site analysis for the Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage grantees.
ACF is requesting comment on the following data collection, which has been ongoing under OMB #09700460 since 2016. There are no changes proposed to the information collection, we are only requesting an
extension to continue data collection with the current grantees through 2020.
Performance measures. ACF is proposing to extend collection of a set of performance measures that are
collected by all grantees. These measures collect standardized information in the following areas:
■ Applicant characteristics;
■ Program operations (including program characteristics and service delivery); and
■ Participant outcomes:
○ Entrance survey, with four versions: (1) Healthy Marriage Program Pre-Program Survey for Adult-Focused
Programs; (2) Healthy Marriage Program Pre-Program Survey for Youth-Focused Programs; (3) Responsible
Fatherhood  Program Pre-Program Survey for Community-Based-Fathers; and (4) Responsible Fatherhood
Program Pre-Program Survey for Incarcerated Fathers.

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○ Exit survey, with four versions: (1) Healthy Marriage Program Post-Program Survey for Adult-Focused
Programs; (2) Healthy Marriage Program Post-Program Survey for Youth-Focused Programs; (3)
Responsible Fatherhood Program Post-Program Survey for Community-Based-Fathers; and (4) Responsible
Fatherhood Program Post-Program Survey for Incarcerated Fathers.
These measures were developed per extensive review of the research literature and grantees' past measures.
Grantees are required to submit data on these standardized measures on a regular basis (e.g., quarterly). In
addition to the performance measures mention above, ACF proposes to extend collection for these data
submissions:
■ Semi-annual Performance Progress Report (PPR), with two versions: (1) Performance Progress Report
for Healthy Marriage Programs, and (2) Performance Progress Report for Responsible Fatherhood
Programs; and
■ Quarterly Performance Report (QPR), with two versions: (1) Quarterly Performance Progress Report for
Healthy Marriage Programs, and (2) Quarterly Performance Progress Report for Responsible
Fatherhood Programs.
A management information system has been implemented which improves efficiency and the quality of data,
and makes reporting easier.
Additional data collection. We also seek to extend the approval to collect information from a sub-set of
grantees on how they designed and implemented their programs (information on outcomes associated with
programs will also be assessed), per the following protocols:
■ Staff interview protocol on program design (will be collected from about half of all grantees);
■ Staff interview protocols on program implementation (will be collected from about 10 grantees); and
■ Program participant focus group protocol (will be conducted with about 10 grantees).

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Respondents: Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage Program grantees (e.g., grantee staff) and
program applicants and participants—participants are called “clients.”

Annual Burden Estimates

Instrument

Respondent

Total
number of
respondents

Annual
number of
respondents

Number of
responses
per
respondent

Average
burden
hours per
response

Annual
burden
hours

Data Collection by Grantees (DCS, or Data Collected by Sites)

Instrument DCS-1:
Applicant
characteristics

Program
applicants
Program staff

265,838 360

87,504 360

1 243

0.25 0.10

21,876
8,750

Instrument DCS-2: Program staff
Grantee program
operations

120

120

1

0.75

90

Instrument DCS-3: Program staff
Service receipt in
MIS

1,540

1,540

156

0.50

39,916

239,493

79,831

1

0.42

33,529

132,087

44,029

1

0.42

18,492

Program staff
(Entrance and
Exit surveys
on paper)

60

20

1,285

0.30

7,712

Instrument DCS-5: Program staff
Semi-annual
(2 versions)
report

120

120

2

3

720

Instrument DCS-6: Program staff
(2 versions)
Quarterly
performance
report

120

120

2

1

240

Instrument DCS-4: Program
Entrance and Exit clients
Surveys
(Entrance
Survey; 4
versions)
Program
clients (Exit
Survey; 4
versions)

Data Collection by the Contractor (DCI, or Data collected by the Contractor Itself)

Instrument DCI-1:
Topic guide on
program design

Program staff

60

20

1

1

20

Instrument DCI-2:
Topic guide on
program
implementation

Program staff

300

100

1

1

100

Instrument DCI-3:
Focus group
protocol

Program
clients

801

267

1

1.50

401

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 131,846.

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In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed collection of information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded 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.
Email address: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]). All requests
should be identified by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments 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) 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. Consideration will be given to comments
and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.

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Reference
[1] http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title04/0403.htm
(http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title04/0403.htm).
Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-02494 (/a/2018-02494) Filed 2-7-18; 8:45 am]
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