[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35549-35550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14566]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity: Comment Request
Title: Innovative Strategies for Increasing Self-Sufficiency:
Follow-Up Data Collections.
OMB No.: 0970-0397.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing a data
collection activity as part of the Innovative Strategies for Increasing
Self-Sufficiency (ISIS) evaluation. ISIS is an evaluation of 9
promising career pathways strategies to promote education, employment,
and self-sufficiency. The major goal of ISIS is to increase the
empirical knowledge about the effectiveness of programs for low-income
individuals and families to achieve educational credentials, attain
employment and advance to positions that enable self-sufficiency.
ISIS is one project within the broader portfolio of research that
OPRE is utilizing to assess the success of the career pathways programs
and models. In addition to ISIS, this strategy includes a multi-pronged
research and evaluation approach for the Health Profession Opportunity
Grants (HPOG) Program to better understand and assess the activities
conducted and their results. In order to maximize learning across this
portfolio, survey development for the HPOG and ISIS baseline and follow
up surveys is being coordinated, and the majority of the data elements
collected in these surveys are similar.
Two data collection efforts have been approved for ISIS, including
one for baseline data collection (approved November 2011), a second for
data collection activities to document program implementation, data
collection activities for an initial follow-up survey of participants
to be administered approximately 15 months after random assignment, and
data collection through in-depth interviews for a small sample of study
participants (approved August 2013). Additionally, three related data
collection efforts for HPOG research were approved by OMB under OMB
0970-0394. These include approval of a Performance Reporting
System (PRS) (approved September 2011), for collection of additional
baseline data for the HPOG-Impact study (approved October 2012), and
for collection of data for the National Implementation Evaluation
(approved August 2013). Additionally, a new request is being submitted
at the same time as this request.
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
a proposed new information collection activity for ISIS--a second
follow-up survey for ISIS participants approximately 36 months after
program enrollment. The purpose of the survey is to follow-up with
study participants to document their education and training
experiences, employment experiences, and parenting practices and child
outcomes for participants with children.
Data collection activities to submit in a future information
collection request include a third follow-up survey for ISIS study
participants approximately 60 months after study enrollment.
Previously approved collection activities under 0970-0397 will
continue under this new request, including additional data collection
using the following previously approved instruments: The Basic
Information Form; the Self-Administered Questionnaire; 15-Month Follow-
Up Survey; 15-Month Follow-Up Survey Tracking Letters; Study
Participant In-depth Interview Guide; and Study Participant Check-in
Call the estimated number of study participants for the 15-Month Survey
and in-depth interviews is reduced from the previous OMB submission.
Total sample size targets were reduced at a number of ISIS program
sites to reflect actual study enrollment experiences. The number of in-
depth interviews projected was also reduced to incorporate experiences
to date recruiting participants.
Respondents: Individuals enrolled in the ISIS study.
Annual Burden Estimates
[This information collection request is for a three-year period]
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Total number Annual number Number of Average burden
Instrument of of responses per hours per Annual burden
respondents respondents respondent response hours
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Previously Approved Instruments
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Baseline data collection: Basic 24 8 1 .25 2
Information Form...............
Baseline data collection: Self- 24 8 1 .33 3
administered Questionnaire.....
15 Month Follow-up Survey....... 2,900 967 1 0.833 805
15-Month Follow-up Survey 1,782 594 3 0.083 148
Tracking Letters...............
Study Participant In-depth 144 48 1 1 48
Interview Guide................
Study Participant Check-in Call. 144 48 1 .16 8
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Current Request for Approval
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36-Month Follow-up Survey....... 7,386 2,462 1 1 2,462
36-Month Follow-up Survey 7,386 2,462 6 0.083 1,226
Tracking Letters...............
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,702.
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
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: [email protected]. 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
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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.
Karl Koerper,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-14566 Filed 6-20-14; 8:45 am]
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