Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections;

Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the

Secretary will periodically publish summaries of proposed information

collections projects and solicit public comments in compliance with the

requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995. To request more information on the project or to obtain a copy of

the information collection plans and instruments, call the OS Reports

Clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207.

Comments are invited 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) ways to enhance 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.

Proposed Project 1. First Follow-Up Survey of Youth and Site Visit

and Focus Group Protocols for the Federal Evaluation of Initiatives

Funded Under Section 510 of the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant

Program--The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity

Reconciliation Act (Pub. L. 104-193) established section 510 of the

Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program, the purpose of which is

to support state efforts promoting abstinence only education. The

Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-33) established a requirement

to ``evaluate programs under Section 510.'' This proposed information

collection will gather follow-up information for the evaluation--NEW--

Respondents: Individuals, state or local governments--Burden

Information for First Follow-Up Survey--Number of Respondents: 6,510;

Average Burden per Response: .75 hours; Burden: 4,883 hours--Burden

Information for Focus Groups--Number of Respondents: 380; Average

Burden per Response: 2 hours; Burden: 760 hours--Burden Information for

Executive Interviews--Number of Respondents: 350; Average Burden per

Response: 1.5 hours; Burden: 495 hours--Total Burden: 6,138 hours. Send

comments to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports Clearance Officer, Room

503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington DC,

20201. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this

notice.

Dated: December 23, 1999.

Dennis Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

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