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 Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families
 Proposed Projects *Title:*
                     Cross-Site Evaluation of the Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program for Projects Initially Funded in Fiscal Year 2006. *OMB No.:*
                     New Collection. *Description:*
                     The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Children's Bureau (CB), will conduct the Cross-Site Evaluation of the Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program (IAATP). Title XII, Subtitle A, of the Children's Health Act of 2000 (CHA) authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to make Infant Adoption Awareness Training grants available to national, regional, and local adoption organizations for the purposes of developing and implementing programs that train the staff of public and non-profit private health service organizations to provide adoption information and referrals to pregnant women on an equal basis with all other courses of action included in non-directive counseling of pregnant women. Participants in the training include individuals who provide pregnancy or adoption information and those who will provide such services after receiving the training, with Title X (relating to voluntary family planning projects), Section 330 (relating to community health centers, migrant health centers, and centers serving homeless individuals and residents of public housing), and CHA-funded school-based health centers, receiving priority to receive the training. A total of six organizations were awarded IAATP funding in 2006. Section 1201(a)(2)(A) of the IAATP legislation requires grantees to develop and deliver trainings that are consistent with the 
                    *Best Practice Guidelines for Infant Adoption Awareness Training.*
                     The IAATP guidelines address training goals, basic skills, curriculum and training structure. A complete description of the guidelines is available at 
                    *http://www.acf.hhs.gov/​programs/​cb/​programs_​fund/​discretionary/​iaatp.htm.*
                     In addition, grantees are required to conduct local evaluation of program outcomes and participate in the national evaluation of the extent to which IAATP training objectives are met. The 
                    *Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program: Trainee Survey*
                     is the primary data collection instrument for the national cross-site evaluation. Respondents will complete the survey prior to receiving training and approximately 90 days after the training to assess the extent to which trainees demonstrate sustained gains in their knowledge about adoption, and to determine the impact of the training on their subsequent work with pregnant women. Data collected through the proposed survey will enable ACF to objectively assess the knowledge and skills gained, retained, and applied by trainees as a result of their participation in the Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program, and will answer the following research questions: 1. Do health care workers who participate in the IAATP training: Demonstrate enhanced knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors with respect to adoption counseling following completion of the program?
Provide adoption information to pregnant women on an equal basis with other pregnancy planning options?
Demonstrate enhanced awareness of community adoption-related resources and refer expectant mothers to them as needed? 2. Are trainees more confident about discussing all three pregnancy planning options (parenting, abortion, and adoption) in a non-directive counseling style than they were prior to participating in the training? Cross-site evaluation data will be collected on an annual basis throughout the five-year funding period. Pre-test and follow-up versions of the survey are expected to require approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete. Estimated response time for the follow-up survey includes time for respondents to access the web-based survey, complete the survey online, and electronically submit the survey. Respondents will not need to implement a recordkeeping system or compile source data in order to complete the survey. Where possible, fields in the follow-up version of the survey will be pre-filled with static data from the respondent's  pre-test (e.g., demographics, agency type) in order to further expedite completion of the survey and minimize respondent burden. *Respondents:*
                     Infant Adoption Awareness Program Trainees. 
                    ( print page 2499) Annual Burden Estimates
Instrument
Number of 
                             respondents
Number of 
                             responses per 
                             respondent
Average 
                             hours per  
                             response
Total burden 
                             hoursIAATP: Trainee Survey Pre-Test Administration
1,200
1
.15
180IAATP: Trainee Survey Follow-Up Administration
1,200
1
.10
120
 *Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:*
                     300 In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and Families is publishing the following summary of a proposed collection for public comment. Copies of the proposed collection of information can be requested from 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: January 8, 2008. Janean Chambers, Reports Clearance Officer.


[FR Doc. 08-95  Filed 1-14-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184-01-M