Given the
exploratory nature of this research into the links between cortisol
and genetics and depression, this ICR is approved on the
understanding that ACF does not expect analyses addressing these
kinds of issues to be definitive, rather it is expected that they
would point the way toward more detailed explorations in future
studies. Accordingly, all publications that stem from this research
will include the appropriate disclaimers.
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Previously Approved
12/31/2009
6 Months From Approved
06/30/2009
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4,760
3,512
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2,973
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The Enhanced Services for the
Hard-to-Employ Demo and Evaluation (HtE) seeks to learn what works
in this area to date and is explicitly designed to build on past
research by rigorously testing a wide variety of approaches to
promoting employment and improving family functioning and child
well-being. HtE is designed to help Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) recipients, former TANF recipients, or low-income
parents who are hard-to-employ. The Evaluation involves random
assignment experiments in 4 sites. The follow-up surveys will be
used for the following purposes: to study the extent to which
different HtE approaches impact employment, earnings, income,
welfare dependence, and the presence or persistence of employment
barriers; to study how different HtE strategies impact child
well-being, when programs are directed toward parents, and when
they are designed to target both generations; to collect data on a
wider range of outcome measures than is available through Welfare,
Medicaid, Food Stamps, Social Security, the Criminal Justice System
or UI records; to conduct non-experimental analyses to explain
participation decisions and provide a descriptive picture of the
circumstances of individuals who are hard-to-employ; to obtain
participation information important to the evaluation's
benefit-cost component; and to obtain contact information for
possible future follow-up, information that will be important to
achieving high response rates for additional surveys. The Rhode
Island site in the Enhanced Services to the Hard to Employ
Demonstration and Evaluation Project (the HtE evaluation) is
intended to address the effects of telephonic care management on
adult depression, and the child component of the study is intended
to address the effects of experimentally-induced changes in
maternal depression on outcomes for children and adolescents. The
data collection elements for the main study, and for the addition
of child assessments to the 15 month follow-up effort have been
approved by OMB (# 0970-0276). In this document, we provide the
rational and procedures to add physiological measures to this
follow-up to the Rhode Island study, which will be fully funded by
a grant from the William T. Grant Foundation. Doing so will
significantly add to this study's contribution to the research
literature. And, physiological processes can now be examined using
simple, non-invasive procedures, collected from participants in
their homes by lay interviewers. Examining the neurobiological
sequelae of experimentally-induced changes in maternal depression
can help us better understand the pathways through which maternal
depression alters outcomes for both adults and children, and for
whom it does so. Specifically, while there are a number of studies
linking cortisol and adverse life experiences, research
investigating whether this system might be sensitive to
intervention effects is severely lacking. Therefore, we know very
little about how quickly this physiological system responds to
changes and how any effects of an intervention might be manifest in
physiological as well as behavioral outcomes. Similarly, while
there are a number of studies studying the interplay between genes
and environments, few if any have examined how genetic variation
influences an individuals sensitivity to intervention effects. For
these reasons, adding in physiological assessments to this project
can significantly advance the scientific knowledge gained from this
research study.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form a Youth Component
OMB HtE RI Physiology_Supporting Statement_1-16-07 rev.doc
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