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proposed information collection 

activities include revisions to the 

Customer Satisfaction Evaluation 

approved under OMB control number 

0970–0303. 

CWIG is a service of the Children’s 

Bureau, a component within the 

Administration for Children and 

Families, and CWIG is dedicated to the 

mission of connecting professionals and 

concerned citizens to information on 

programs, research, legislation, and 

statistics regarding the safety, 

permanency, and well-being of children 

and families. CWIG’s main functions are 

identifying information needs, locating 

and acquiring information, creating 

information, organizing and storing 

information, disseminating information, 

and facilitating information exchange 

among professionals and concerned 

citizens. A number of vehicles are 

employed to accomplish these activities, 

including, but not limited to, Web site 

hosting, discussions with customers, 

and dissemination of publications (both 

print and electronic). 

The Customer Satisfaction Evaluation 

was initiated in response to Executive 

Order 12862 issued on September 11, 

1993. The order calls for putting 

customers first and striving for a 

customer-driven government that 

matches or exceeds the best service 

available in the private sector. To that 

end, CWIG’s evaluation is designed to 

better understand the kind and quality 

of services customers want, as well as 

customers’ level of satisfaction with 

existing services. The proposed data 

collection activities for the evaluation 

include customer satisfaction surveys, 

customer comment cards, selected 

publication surveys, and focus groups. 

Respondents: Child Welfare 

Information Gateway customers. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

survey respondent 

Average burden 

hours per survey 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Customer Satisfaction Survey—Web site Delivery ................. 1,545 16 .0048 118.7 

Customer Satisfaction Survey—E-mail Delivery ..................... 29 14 .0048 1.9 

Customer Satisfaction Survey—Print Delivery ........................ 31 14 .0048 2.1 

Customer Satisfaction Survey—Phone Delivery ..................... 171 14 .0063 15.1 

Comment Card ........................................................................ 264 3 .0048 3.8 

Selected Publications Survey .................................................. 85 11 .0048 4.5 

Focus Group Guide ................................................................. 28 16 .0625 28 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

174.1. 

In compliance with the requirements 

of Section 3506(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 Administration, 

Office of Information Services, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, CW, Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: infocollection@ 

acf.hhs.gov. 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 collection; 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. 

Dated: November 6, 2007. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–5610 Filed 11–9–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: Community-Based Abstinence 

Education Program (CBAE). 

OMB No.: 0970–0272. 

Description: The discretionary 

funding Community-Based Abstinence 

Education Program (CBAE) is 

authorized by Title XI, Section 1110, of 

the Social Security Act (using the 

definitions contained in Title V, Section 

510(b)(2) of the Social Security Act). 

Performance Progress Report/Program 

Narrative 

The CBAE Performance Progress 

Report/Program Narrative is a 

semiannual report form through which 

grantees report performance information 

used by the Administration for Children 

and Families (ACF) to evaluate each 

grantee’s compliance with Federal law 

and progress toward achieving its goals. 

Performance information includes: 

• Description of major activities and 

accomplishments during the reporting 

period; 

• Description of deviations or 

departures from the original project; 

• Description of significant findings 

and events; 

• Description of dissemination 

activities; 

• Description of other activities; and 

• Description of activities planned for 

the next reporting period, including 

goals and objectives. 

Program-Specific Performance Measure 

The CBAE program is developing a 

program-specific performance measure 

in response to the PART review (a 

process by which the Office of 

Management and Budget analyzes and 

rates a Federal program’s procedures 

and strategies for evaluating its 

effectiveness), for which the program 

received a rating of Adequate. In an 

effort to gather program-specific data on 

rates of abstinence pre- and postprogram participation, ACF and the 

Office of Management and Budget 

determined that a program-specific 

performance measure should be 

developed to assess key outcomes 

among program participants. The CBAE 

office convened a panel of abstinence 

education experts to gather input on the 

measure, and, based on the input 


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provided, the CBAE office is developing 

the measure. CBAE grantees will be 

required to ask ten to fifteen questions 

of the youth served in a pre- and postsurvey, as well as a representative 

sample of the youth served in a postpost-survey. 

The questions are being carefully 

constructed by an experienced evaluator 

to measure initiation and 

discontinuation of sexual intercourse as 

well as two key predictors of initiation: 

Sexual values and behavioral intentions. 

The program office will collect and 

compile data to establish baselines and 

ambitious targets for the programspecific performance measure. The data 

will be aggregated and results will be 

shared with the public as they become 

available. 

Respondents: Performance Progress 

Report/Program Narrative—Non-profit 

community-based organizations, faithbased organizations, schools/school 

districts, universities/colleges, 

hospitals, public health agencies, local 

governments, Tribal councils, small 

businesses/for-profit entities, housing 

authorities, etc. Program-Specific 

Performance Measure—Youth 

Participants 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Community-Based Abstinence Education Performance 

Progress Report/Program Narrative .................................... 60 2 50 6,000 

Community-Based Abstinence Education Program-Specific 

Performance Measure .......................................................... 1,000,000 3 1/6 500,000 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 506,000. 

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 Administration, 

Office of Information Services, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 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. 

Dated: November 6, 2007. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–5611 Filed 11–9–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: Social Services Block Grant 

(SSBG) Post-expenditure Report. 

OMB No.: 0970–0234. 

Description: The purpose of this 

information collection is to (1) extend 

the collection of post-expenditure data 

using the current OMB approved 

reporting form (OMB No. 0970–0234) 

past the current expiration date of May 

31, 2008; and (2) request that States 

voluntarily use the post-expenditure 

report format to estimate expenditures 

and recipients, by service category, as 

part of the required annual intended use 

plan. 

The Social Services Block Grant 

program (SSBG) provides funds to assist 

States in delivering critical services to 

vulnerable older adults, persons with 

disabilities, at-risk adolescents and 

young adults, and children and families 

in the State. Funds are allocated to the 

States in proportion to their 

populations. States have substantial 

discretion in their use of funds and may 

determine what services will be 

provided, who will be eligible, and how 

funds will be distributed among the 

various services. State or local SSBG 

agencies (i.e., county, city, regional 

offices) may provide the services or may 

purchase them from qualified agencies, 

organizations or individuals. States 

report as recipients of SSBG-funded 

services any individuals who receive a 

service funded in whole or in part by 

SSBG. 

States are required to report their 

annual SSBG expenditures on a 

standard post-expenditure report. This 

request seeks approval to continue the 

use of the current form with no changes. 

This standard post-expenditure report 

form includes a yearly total of adults 

and children served and annual 

expenditures in each of 29 service 

categories. The annual report is to be 

submitted within six months of the end 

of the period covered by the report, and 

must address: (1) The number of 

individuals (as well as the number of 

children and the number of adults) who 

receive services paid for, in whole or in 

part, with Federal funds under the 

SSBG; (2) the amount of SSBG funds 

spent in providing each service; (3) the 

total amount of Federal, State, and local 

funds spent in providing each service, 

including SSBG funds; and (4) the 

method(s) by which each service is 

provided, showing separately the 

services provided by public and private 

agencies. These reporting requirements 

can be found at 45 CFR 96.74. 

Information collected on the postexpenditure report is analyzed and 

described in an annual report on SSBG 

expenditures and recipients produced 

by the Office of Community Services 

(OCS), Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF). The information 

contained in this report is used for 

program planning and management. The 

data establish how SSBG funding is 

used for the provision of services in 

each State to each of many specific 

populations of needy individuals. 

Federal regulation and reporting 

requirements for the SSBG also require 

each State to develop and submit an 


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