65972 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 215 / Thursday, November 6, 2014 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–15–14CP] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) has submitted the 

following information collection request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for 

the proposed information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information are encouraged. Your 

comments should address any of the 

following: (a) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agencies estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) Minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses; and (e) Assess information 

collection costs. 

To request additional information on 

the proposed project or to obtain a copy 

of the information collection plan and 

instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or 

send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written 

comments and/or suggestions regarding 

the items contained in this notice 

should be directed to the Attention: 

CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management 

and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or 

by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Monitoring and Reporting System for 

the State Public Health Actions 

Cooperative Agreement—New— 

National Center for Chronic Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion 

(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

In 2013, CDC initiated a new 

cooperative agreement program: ‘‘State 

Public Health Actions to Prevent and 

Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity 

and Associated Risk Factors and 

Promote School Health,’’ under Funding 

Opportunity Announcement (FOA) 

DP13–1305. The new program, 

commonly referred to as the State Public 

Health Actions program, provides 

funding for integrated approaches to 

preventing and managing chronic 

conditions that share common risk 

factors. Cooperative agreement awards 

were made to all 50 states and the 

District of Columbia. Thirty-two (32) 

awardees were funded at the Enhanced 

level to implement evidence-based 

environmental approaches that address 

the underlying causes of chronic 

diseases, and interventions that 

strengthen systems and resources for 

early detection and better management 

of chronic diseases. Nineteen (19) 

awardees were initially funded at the 

Basic level for health promotion, 

epidemiology, and surveillance 

activities. In 2014, all awardees received 

supplemental funding to increase 

program activities. Basic-level awardees 

received supplemental funding to 

incorporate a number of additional 

interventions also being implemented 

by awardees funded at the Enhanced 

level. Enhanced-level awardees received 

additional funds to increase the number 

and intensity of activities occurring 

within already selected interventions. 

CDC requests OMB approval to collect 

performance monitoring information 

from all awardees participating in the 

State Public Health Actions program. 

Annually, each awardee will submit a 

Work Plan, Budget, and Evaluation 

Plan. The Work Plan and Budget 

information will be submitted to CDC by 

completing a spreadsheet template, and 

uploading the information to a secure, 

password-protected FTP site. Evaluation 

Plans will also be submitted to CDC via 

the secure FTP site, but will be based on 

commonly available word processing 

software. CDC initially considered 

collecting information through a 

customized, Web-based management 

information system (MIS), but has 

decided to implement a revised 

information collection plan utilizing 

commonly available commercial 

software. By developing user-friendly 

templates (tools) for this software, CDC 

anticipates that the reporting and 

tracking burden for awardees will be 

reduced due to: (1) Awardees’ 

familiarity with the software, which 

reduces training burden; and (2) the 

compatibility of the templates with 

other record keeping processes that are 

already in place for many awardees. 

CDC staff and contractors will be 

responsible for converting each 

awardee’s submissions into a secure 

MIS for reporting and analysis. 

CDC anticipates that respondent 

burden will be greatest for the initial 

Work Plan, Budget, and Evaluation Plan 

submissions. A separate allocation for 

the burden associated with initial 

population of the reporting tools is 

provided, and is annualized over the 

three-year clearance period. Burden per 

response for routine annual reporting is 

lower since annual Work Plan, Budget, 

and Evaluation progress reports will be 

limited to entering changes, updates, 

and new activities. Overall, CDC 

anticipates that burden will be lower for 

awardees funded at the Basic level 

(including the 2014 supplement) than 

for awardees funded at the Enhanced 

level. 

The information to be collected will 

help CDC and awardees assure 

compliance with cooperative agreement 

requirements, support program 

evaluation efforts, and obtain 

information needed to respond to 

inquiries about program activities and 

effectiveness from Congress and other 

sources. Budget information will be 

collected and tracked to assure proper 

disbursement of, and accounting for, 

funds awarded. 

OMB approval is requested for three 

years. Participation is required as a 

condition of cooperative agreement 

funding. There are no costs to 

respondents other than their time. The 

total estimated burden hours are 665. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

FOA 1305 Program Awardees Basic Level Supplement Initial Work Plan ............................. 6 1 6 

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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Initial Budget ................................... 6 1 4 

Initial Evaluation Plan ..................... 6 1 4 

Annual Work Plan Progress Report 19 1 1 

Annual Budget Progress Report .... 19 1 1 

Annual Evaluation Report ............... 19 1 2 

FOA 1305 Program Awardees Enhanced Level ............ Initial Work Plan ............................. 11 1 12 

Initial Budget ................................... 11 1 9 

Initial Evaluation Plan ..................... 11 1 6 

Annual Work Plan Progress Report 32 1 2 

Annual Budget Progress Report .... 32 1 1.5 

Annual Evaluation Report ............... 32 1 3 

Leroy A. Richardson, 

Chief, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the 

Associate Director for Science, Office of the 

Director, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26352 Filed 11–5–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Title: Proposed Healthy Marriage and 

Responsible Fatherhood performance 

measures and additional data collection 

(part of the Fatherhood and Marriage 

Local Evaluation and Cross-site (FaMLE 

Cross-site) Project). 

OMB No.: New Collection. 

Background 

For decades various organizations and 

agencies have been developing and 

operating programs to strengthen 

families through healthy marriage and 

relationship education and responsible 

fatherhood programming. The 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), Office of Family 

Assistance (OFA), has had 

administrative responsibility for federal 

funding of such programs since 2006 

through the Healthy Marriage (HM) and 

Responsible Fatherhood (RF) Grant 

Programs. The authorizing legislation 

for the programs may be found in 

Section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security 

Act [1]. Responsible Fatherhood 

grantees provide a comprehensive set of 

services designed to promote 

responsible fatherhood including 

activities related to promoting economic 

stability, fostering responsible 

parenting, and promoting healthy 

marriage. Grantees receiving funding for 

Healthy Marriage offer a broad array of 

services designed to promote healthy 

marriage. 

The federal government currently 

collects a set of performance measures 

from HM and RF grantees. The purpose 

of this previously approved information 

collection is to allow OFA and ACF to 

carry out their responsibilities for 

program accountability. Descriptions of 

the information collection may be found 

at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/

PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=201206- 

0970-005; all measures may be found at 

http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/

PRAICList?ref_nbr=201206-0970-005. 

The Fatherhood and Marriage Local 

Evaluation (FaMLE) Cross-Site Project 

The Offices of Family Assistance 

(OFA) and Planning, Research and 

Evaluation (OPRE) in the 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) are 

proposing new data collection activities 

to replace existing performance 

measures as part of the Fatherhood and 

Marriage Local Evaluation and Crosssite (FaMLE Cross-site) Project. The 

purpose of the FaMLE Cross-site Project 

is to support high quality data 

collection, strengthen local evaluations, 

and conduct cross-site analysis for the 

Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy 

Marriage grantees. 

The FaMLE Cross-site project will 

answer three main research questions: 

(1) What strategies did grantees use to 

design well-conceived programs? (2) 

What strategies did grantees use to 

successfully implement well-conceived 

programs? (3) What were the reported 

outcomes for participants in the 

programs? In order to answer these 

questions, we are considering a new set 

of data collection activities. 

Current Request 

ACF is engaged in a learning agenda 

to increase our understanding of 

Healthy Marriage and Responsible 

Fatherhood programs. This means that 

we incorporate multiple opportunities 

and options for learning throughout a 

program’s implementation that provide 

a range of insights and perspectives. 

These opportunities help programming 

constantly develop and advance. For 

example, data provide the opportunity 

to feed information back to decisionmakers and leaders—both those on the 

ground and those in management—to 

inform program design, operation, and 

oversight. 

ACF is requesting comment on the 

following: 

Performance measures. ACF is 

proposing a new set of performance 

measures to be collected by all grantees, 

beginning with the next round of HMRF 

grants. These measures will collect 

standardized information in the 

following areas: 

• Applicant characteristics; 

• Program operations (including 

program characteristics and service 

delivery); and 

• Participant outcomes (will be 

measured both at initiation of program 

services (pre-test) and completion (posttest)). 

These draft measures were developed 

per extensive review of the research 

literature and grantees’ past measures. 

The next set of grantees will be 

required to submit data on a set of 

standardized measures covering these 

areas on a regular basis (e.g., quarterly). 

In addition to the performance measures 

mention above, ACF seeks comment on 

draft instruments for these data 

submissions: 

• Quarterly Performance Report 

(QPR), and 

• Semi-annual Performance Progress 

Report (PPR). 

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