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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88247-88248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [http://www.gpo.gov/]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29362]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-0990-New-60D]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit a new Information
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, OS seeks comments
from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other
aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before February 6,
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
Information.CollectionClearance@hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690-5683.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherrette Funn, Sherrette.funn@hhs.gov
or (202) 690-5683.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the document identifier HHS-OS-0990-New-60D
for reference.

Information Collection Request Title: Domestic Violence Housing First
Demonstration Evaluation

Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, in partnership with the Office for Victims of Crimes within
the U.S. Department of Justice, is seeking approval by OMB for a new
information collection request entitled, ``Domestic Violence Housing
First (DVHF) Demonstration Evaluation.'' The Washington State Coalition
Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV) is overseeing and coordinating an
evaluation of the DVHF Demonstration project through a contract with
ASPE. This quasi-experimental research study involves longitudinally
examining the program effects of DVHF on domestic violence survivors'
safety and housing stability. The findings will be of interest to the
general public, to policy-makers, and to organizations working with
domestic violence survivors.
Data collection will include in-depth, private interviews with 320
domestic violence survivors conducted by trained professional staff. At
Time 1 study enrollment, they will be interviewed about their
backgrounds, housing and safety obstacles, and services desired. There
will be three follow-up interviews with them every six months after the
Time 1 Interview (i.e., 6, 12, and 18 months) to examine the match
between needs and services, as well as their safety and housing
stability. Study enrollment will take place over 15 months, so the
annualized burden for the Time 1 and follow-up surveys is based on 12/
15 (256) of the expected sample (320).
The primary service providers working with the domestic violence
survivors will complete self-administered online questionnaires to
provide more detailed program implementation data. Service providers
will complete a survey about their work history and demographics and a
survey about the services provided for each domestic violence survivor
in their caseload that is a participant in the study (approximately 16
survivors per provider). This latter data collection will occur six
months after a domestic violence survivor enrolls in the study over 15
months to correspond to the study enrollment period. Finally, the study
will also include monthly data collection for 19 months from an agency
point of contact (POC) in order to verify agency information (e.g., the
number of advocates working in the agency, advocate caseloads, dates of
study participants' receipt of services).
Likely Respondents: The respondents are domestic violence
survivors, primary service providers, and community agency points of
contact who work with their agency data systems.

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Annualized Reporting Burden on Study Participants
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Number of
Form name Type of respondent Annual number of responses per Average burden Total annual
respondents respondent hours per response burden hours
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Time 1 (Baseline) Interview................ Domestic violence survivors... 256 1 1 256
Follow-up Interviews....................... Domestic violence survivors... 256 2 1 512
Online survey about advocates' work history Victim service advocates...... 20 1 15/60 5
and demographics.
Online survey of advocates' work with Victim service advocates...... 20 13 20/60 86
survivors.
Form for community agency points of contact Community agency point of 4 12 15/60 12
to verify agency information (monthly). contact.
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Total.................................. .............................. ................. ................. .................. 871
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OS specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.

Darius Taylor,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-29362 Filed 12-6-16; 8:45 am]
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