[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13385-13386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05776]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Subsidized and Transitional Employment Demonstration (STED)
and Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration (ETJD).
[OMB No.: 0970-0413]
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is
conducting a national evaluation called the Subsidized and Transitional
Employment Demonstration (STED). At the same time, the Employment and
Training Administration (ETA) within the Department of Labor (DOL) is
conducting an evaluation of the Enhanced Transitional Jobs
Demonstration (ETJD). These evaluations will inform the Federal
government about the effectiveness of subsidized and transitional
employment programs in helping vulnerable populations secure
unsubsidized jobs in the labor market and achieve self-sufficiency. The
projects will evaluate thirteen subsidized and transitional employment
programs nationwide, including a test of the effects of an expanded
Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income individuals without dependent
children. ACF and ETA are collaborating on the two evaluations. In
2011, ETA awarded grants to seven transitional jobs programs as part of
the ETJD, which is testing the effect of combining transitional jobs
with enhanced services to assist ex-offenders and noncustodial parents
improve labor market outcomes, reduce criminal recidivism and improve
family engagement.
The STED and ETJD projects have complementary goals and are
focusing on related program models and target populations. Thus, ACF
and ETA have collaborated on the design of data collection instruments
to promote consistency across the projects. In addition, two of the
seven DOL-funded ETJD programs are being evaluated as part of the STED
project. ACF is submitting information collection requests on behalf of
both collaborating agencies.
Data for the study is being and will continue to be collected from
the following three major sources: Baseline forms, follow-up surveys
(at 6, 12, and 30 months after study entry), and implementation
research and site visits. Data collection for all but one STED site has
been reviewed and approved by OMB (see OMB #0970-0413).
This notice is specific to a request for approval of the contact
information form and baseline information form for a new STED site.
These forms will collect important demographic and other information
from all study participants in this site prior to the point of random
assignment. These data will be important for describing the study
sample and for estimating program effects for particular groups of
interest.
Respondents: Study participants in the treatment and control groups
at one additional STED site.
Annual Burden Estimates--New Instruments
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Annual number Number of Average
Instrument Total number of responses per burden hours Annual burden
of respondents respondents respondent per response hours
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Participant contact information 4,002 1,334 1 .08 107
form...........................
Participant baseline information 4,002 1,334 1 .25 334
form...........................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 441.
In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families and the Employment and Training Administration are 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 agencies, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agencies' estimate of the burden of the
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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. 2015-05776 Filed 3-12-15; 8:45 am]
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