[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51173-51174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20350]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review: 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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Number of Average burden
Instrument Total number Annual number responses per hours per Annual burden
of respondents of 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
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
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,328.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained 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. All
requests should be identified by the title of the information
collection. Email address: [email protected].
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email:
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration for Children and Families.
Karl Koerper,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-20350 Filed 8-26-14; 8:45 am]
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