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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 45 (Thursday, March 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13125-13126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [http://www.gpo.gov/]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04614]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier HHS-OS-0990-New-30D]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions,
and Approvals

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of
Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for a new collection.
Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be
provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public on
this ICR during the review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before April 10,
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or via
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance
staff, Information.CollectionClearance@hhs.gov or (202) 690-5683.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the Information Collection Request Title
and document identifier 0990-New-30D 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.

Annualized Reporting Burden on Study Participants
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Annual number Number of Average
Form name Type of of responses per burden hours Total annual
respondent respondents respondent per response burden hours
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Time 1 (Baseline) Interview... Domestic 256 1 1 256
violence
survivors.
Follow-up Interviews.......... Domestic 256 2 1 512
violence
survivors.
Online survey about advocates' Victim service 20 1 15/60 5
work history and demographics. advocates.
Online survey of advocates' Victim service 20 13 20/60 86
work with survivors. advocates.
Form for community agency Community agency 4 12 15/60 12
points of contact to verify point of
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.

Terry S. Clark,
Asst Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-04614 Filed 3-8-17; 8:45 am]
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