[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18669-18673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07881]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2015-0015]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of
information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law 104-13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes revisions of OMB-approved information collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden
estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to
enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Mail, email, or fax your
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following
addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB)
Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, Fax: 202-
395-6974, Email address: [email protected]
(SSA), Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: [email protected].
Or you may submit your comments online through www.regulations.gov,
referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2015-0015].
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I. The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will
submit them to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than June
8, 2015. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instruments by
writing to the above email address.
1. Statement of Claimant or Other Person--20 CFR 404.702 &
416.570--0960-0045. SSA uses Form SSA-795 in special situations where
there is no authorized form or questionnaire, yet we require a signed
statement from the applicant, claimant, or other persons who have
knowledge of facts, in connection with claims for Social Security
benefits or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The information we
request on the SSA-795 is of sufficient importance that we need both a
signed statement and a penalty clause. SSA uses this information to
process, in addition to claims for benefits, issues about continuing
eligibility; ongoing benefit amounts; use of funds by a representative
payee; fraud investigation; and a myriad of other program-related
matters. The most typical respondents are applicants for Social
Security, SSI, or recipients of these programs. However, respondents
also include friends and relatives of the involved parties, coworkers,
neighbors, or anyone else in a position to provide information
pertinent to the issue(s).
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
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SSA-795..................................... 305,500 1 15 76,375
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2. Statement of Care and Responsibility for Beneficiary--20 CFR
404.2020, 404.2025, 408.620, 408.625, 416.620, 416.625--0960-0109. SSA
uses the information from Form SSA-788 to verify payee applicants'
statements of concern and to identify other potential payees. SSA is
concerned with selecting the most qualified representative payee who
will use Social Security benefits in the beneficiary's best interest.
SSA considers factors such as the payee applicant's capacity to perform
payee duties; awareness of the beneficiary's situation and needs;
demonstration of past; and current concern for the beneficiary's well-
being, etc. If the payee applicant does not have custody of the
beneficiary, SSA will obtain information from the custodian for
evaluation against information provided by the applicant. Respondents
are individuals who have custody of the beneficiary in cases where
someone else has filed to be the beneficiary's representative payee.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
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SSA-788..................................... 130,000 1 10 21,667
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3. Request for Internet Services--Authentication; Automated
Telephone Speech Technology--Knowledge-Based Authentication (RISA-
KBA)--20 CFR 401.45--0960-0596. The Request for Internet Services and
800# Automated Telephone Services Knowledge-Based Authentication is one
of the authentication methods SSA uses to allow individuals access to
their personal information through our Internet and Automated Telephone
Services. SSA asks individuals and third parties who seek personal
information from SSA records, or who register to participate in SSA's
online business services, to provide certain identifying information.
As an extra measure of protection, SSA asks requestors who use the
Internet and telephone services to provide additional identifying
information unique to those services so SSA can authenticate their
identities before releasing personal information. The respondents are
current beneficiaries who are requesting personal information from SSA,
as well as individuals and third parties who register for SSA's online
business services.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
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Internet Requestors......................... 10,373,917 1 3 518,695
Telephone Requestors........................ 1,703,367 1 4 113,558
*Change of Address (on hold)................ 1 ............... ............... 1
*Screen Splash (on hold).................... 1 ............... ............... 1
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Totals:................................. 12,077,286 ............... ............... 632,255
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* Reducing the burden to a one-hour placeholder burden; Screen Splash and Change of Address applications are on
hold.
4. Social Security Number Verification Services--20 CFR 401.45--
0960-0660. Internal Revenue Service regulations require employers to
provide wage and tax data to SSA using Form W-2 or its electronic
equivalent. As part of this process, the employer must furnish the
employee's name and Social Security number (SSN). In addition, the
employee's name and SSN must match SSA's records for SSA to post
earnings to the employee's earnings
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record. SSA offers the Social Security Number Verification Service
(SSNVS), which allows employers to verify the reported names and SSNs
of their employees match those in SSA's records. SSNVS is a cost-free
method for employers to verify employee information either through the
Internet or via telephone. The respondents are employers who need to
verify SSN data using SSA's records.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Number of Frequency of burden per Total annual
Modality of completion respondents response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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SSNVS........................................... 44,975 60 5 224,875
SSNVS Telephone................................. 1,750 2 10 583
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Totals...................................... 46,725 .............. .............. 225,458
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II. SSA submitted the information collection below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding the information collection would be
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this
publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them
no later than May 7, 2015. Individuals can obtain copies of the OMB
clearance package by writing to [email protected].
Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE) Evaluation--0960-0799.
Background
The Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE) demonstration
pursues positive outcomes for children with disabilities who receive
SSI and their families by reducing dependency on SSI. The Department of
Education (ED) awarded six cooperative agreements to states to improve
the provision and coordination of services and support for children
with disabilities who receive SSI and their families to achieve
improved education and employment outcomes. ED awarded PROMISE funds to
five single-state projects, and to one six-state consortium.\1\ With
support from ED, the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), SSA is evaluating the six PROMISE
projects. SSA contracted with Mathematica Policy Research to conduct
the evaluation.
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\1\ The six-state consortium project goes by the name Achieving
Success by Promoting Readiness for Education and Employment (ASPIRE)
rather than by PROMISE.
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Under PROMISE, targeted outcomes for youth include an enhanced
sense of self-determination; achievement of secondary and post-
secondary educational credentials; an attainment of early work
experiences culminating with competitive employment in an integrated
setting; and long-term reduction in reliance on SSI. Outcomes of
interest for families include heightened expectations for and support
of the long-term self-sufficiency of their youth; parent or guardian
attainment of education and training credentials; and increases in
earnings and total income. To achieve these outcomes, we expect the
PROMISE projects to make better use of existing resources by improving
service coordination among multiple state and local agencies and
programs.
ED, SSA, DOL, and HHS intend the PROMISE projects to address key
limitations in the existing service system for youth with disabilities.
By intervening early in the lives of these young people, at ages 14-16,
the projects engage the youth and their families well before critical
decisions regarding the age 18 redetermination are upon them. We expect
the required partnerships among the various state and Federal agencies
that serve youth with disabilities to result in improved integration of
services and fewer dropped handoffs as youth move from one agency to
another. By requiring the programs to engage and serve families and
provide youth with paid work experiences, the initiative is mandating
the adoption of critical best practices in promoting the independence
of youth with disabilities.
Project Description
SSA is requesting clearance for the collection of data needed to
implement and evaluate PROMISE. The evaluation provides empirical
evidence on the impact of the intervention for youth and their families
in several critical areas, including: (1) Improved educational
attainment; (2) increased employment skills, experience, and earnings;
and (3) long-term reduction in use of public benefits. We base the
PROMISE evaluation on a rigorous design that entails the random
assignment of approximately 2,000 youth in each of the six projects to
treatment or control groups (12,000 total). The PROMISE projects
provide enhanced services for youth in the treatment groups; whereas
youth in the control groups are eligible only for those services
already available in their communities independent of the
interventions.
The evaluation assesses the effect of PROMISE services on
educational attainment, employment, earnings, and reduced receipt of
disability payments. The three components of this evaluation include:
The process analysis, which documents program models,
assesses the relationships among the partner organizations, documents
whether the grantees implemented the programs as planned, identifies
features of the programs that may account for their impacts on youth
and families, and identifies lessons for future programs with similar
objectives.
The impact analysis, which determines whether youth and
families in the treatment groups receive more services than their
counterparts in the control groups. It also determines whether
treatment group members have better results than control group members
with respect to the targeted outcomes noted above.
The cost-benefit analysis, which assesses whether the
benefits of PROMISE, including increases in employment and reductions
in benefit receipt, are large enough to justify its costs. We conduct
this assessment from a range of perspectives, including those of the
participants, state and Federal governments, SSA, and society as a
whole.
SSA planned several data collection efforts for the evaluation.
These include: (1) Follow-up interviews with youth and their parent or
guardian 18 months and 5 years after enrollment; (2) phone and in-
person interviews with local program administrators, program
supervisors, and service delivery staff at two points in time over the
course of the demonstration; (3) two rounds of focus groups with
participating youth in the treatment group; (4) two rounds of focus
groups with parents or guardians of participating youth; and (5)
collection of administrative data. At this time, SSA requests clearance
for the 18-month
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survey interviews. SSA will request clearance for the 5-year survey
interviews in a future submission. The respondents are the youth
participants in the PROMISE program, and the parents or guardians of
the youth participants.
Type of Request: Revision to an OMB-approved information
collection.
Note: This is a correction notice. SSA inadvertently published
the incorrect burden information for this collection at 80 FR 3713,
on 1/23/15. We are correcting this error here.
Time Burden on Respondents
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Average Estimated
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual
Modality of completion responses response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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2014: Interviews and Focus Group Discussions
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Staff Interviews with Administrators or 24 1 66 26
Directors......................................
Staff Interviews with PROMISE Project Staff..... 48 1 66 53
Youth Focus Groups--Non-participants............ 100 1 5 8
Youth Focus Groups--Participants................ 20 1 100 33
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups--Non- 100 1 5 8
participants...................................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups--Participants.. 20 1 100 33
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Totals...................................... 312 .............. .............. 161
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2015: Interviews and Focus Group Discussions, and 18-Month Survey Interviews
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Staff Interviews with Administrators or 51 1 66 56
Directors......................................
Staff Interviews with PROMISE Project Staff..... 97 1 66 107
Youth Focus Groups--Non-participants............ 220 1 5 18
Youth Focus Groups--Participants................ 60 1 100 100
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups--Non- 220 1 5 18
participants...................................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups--Participants.. 60 1 100 100
18 Month Survey Interviews--Parent.............. 850 1 41 595
18 Month Survey Interviews--Youth............... 850 1 30 425
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Totals...................................... 2,408 .............. .............. 1,405
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2016: Interviews and Focus Group Discussions and 18 Month Survey Interviews
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Staff Interviews with Administrators or 75 1 66 83
Directors......................................
Staff Interviews with PROMISE Project Staff..... 145 1 66 160
Youth Focus Groups--Non-participants............ 320 1 5 27
Youth Focus Groups--Participants................ 80 1 100 133
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups--Non- 320 1 5 27
participants...................................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups--Participants.. 80 1 100 133
18 Month Survey Interviews--Parent.............. 5,100 1 41 3,485
18 Month Survey Interviews--Youth............... 5,100 1 30 2,550
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Totals...................................... 11,220 .............. .............. 6,598
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2017: 18 Month Survey Interviews
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18 Month Survey Interviews--Parent.............. 4,250 1 41 2,904
18 Month Survey Interviews--Youth............... 4,250 1 30 2,125
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Totals...................................... 8,500 .............. .............. 5,029
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Grand Total............................. 22,440 .............. .............. 13,193
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Cost Burden for Respondents
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Average Total
Number of Frequency of burden per Median hourly respondent
Respondent type respondents response response wage rate cost
(minutes) (dollars) (dollars)
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2014: Annual Cost to Respondents:
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Parent or Guardian Focus Group-- 100 1 5 $7.38 $61.00
Non-Participants...............
Parent or Guardian Focus Group-- 20 1 100 7.38 246.00
Participants...................
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Total....................... 120 .............. .............. .............. 307.00
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2015: Annual Cost to Respondents:
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Parent or Guardian Focus Group-- 220 1 5 7.38 135.00
Non-Participants...............
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Parent or Guardian Focus Group-- 60 1 100 7.38 738.00
Participants...................
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Total....................... 280 .............. .............. .............. 873.00
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2016: Annual Cost to Respondents:
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Parent or Guardian Focus Group-- 320 1 5 7.38 196.00
Non-Participants...............
Parent or Guardian Focus Group-- 80 1 100 7.38 984.00
Participants...................
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Total....................... 400 .............. .............. .............. 1,180.00
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Grand Total:................ 800 .............. .............. .............. 2,360.00
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Date: April 2, 2015.
Faye I. Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-07881 Filed 4-6-15; 8:45 am]
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