[Federal Register: July 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 139)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Mentoring Children of Prisoners Service Delivery
Demonstration Project Data Collection (MCP) Program.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments, as
reauthorized (2006), amended Title IV-B of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 629-629e) providing funding for a service delivery demonstration
project for the Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP) program. The
grantee shall identify children of prisoners not being served by the
grant program, provide families of identified children with a voucher
for mentoring services and a list of quality mentoring programs, and
monitor the delivery of mentoring services provided. The Family and
Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) of the Administration for Children and
Families, United States Department of Health and Human Services,
administers the Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP) program. The MCP
program provides children of prisoners with caring adult mentors,
supporting one-to-one mentoring relationships. Research in other
populations has shown that such relationships can lead to reductions in
risk behaviors and improvements in academic, behavioral and
psychological outcomes in children and youth. Although the MCP program
was developed based on research documenting the efficacy of mentoring
as a general intervention strategy, it is not yet known whether or not
this particular intervention yields positive outcomes for the children
of prisoners population. Little is known about how mentoring
relationships work for these youth, and how effective mentoring
relationships for children of prisoners differ from effective mentoring
relationships for other youth. In addition, little is known about
children of prisoners in general and thus a survey of MCP program youth
has the potential to provide important data about this relatively
unstudied population.
The evaluation and data collection proposed in this notice are to
fulfill the statutory requirement under Section 8, subsection h(1) of
the Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006, as amended, that
the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services evaluate
outcomes of the MCP service delivery demonstration project and report
to Congress on the findings. The information collected will also be
used for accountability monitoring, management improvement, and
research. Data collection will ensure that the grantee knows that
mentoring relationships are meeting the established milestones and that
mentoring activities are faithful to characteristics established by
research as essential to success. Data collected will allow the
Administration for Children and Families to compare the MCP service
delivery demonstration project with the MCP grant program. Data
collected will also support the grantee as it carries out ongoing
responsibilities and manages information for internal uses.
Respondents: Public, faith-based and community organizations
applying to and implementing the MCP service delivery demonstration
project.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Program Application............................. 325 1 2 650
MentorPRO Basic Mentoring Practices and 250 120 0.50 15,000
Relationship Data..............................
Child Application............................... 4,200 1 0.50 2,100
Baseline Youth Survey........................... 3,000 1 0.50 1,500
Follow-Up Youth Survey.......................... 2,000 1 0.50 1,000
Relationship Quality Survey..................... 2,250 1 0.50 1,125
Program Survey.................................. 250 1 0.50 125
Mentor Survey................................... 2,000 1 0.50 1,000
Payment Information............................. 1 52 2 104
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 22,604.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the
information collection. E-mail address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this
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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, Fax: 202-395-
6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and
Families.
Dated: July 9, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-15898 Filed 7-17-08; 8:45 am]
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