[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 90 (Monday, May 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26927-26928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11266]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: The Evaluation and System Design for Career Pathways
Programs: 2nd Generation of HPOG (HPOG Next Gen Design).
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing
information collection activities as part of the Evaluation and System
Design for Career Pathways Programs: 2nd Generation of Health
Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG Next Gen Design). The key goals of
the HPOG Next Gen Design project are to establish a data system for
program management and evaluation, and to design a study to assess the
effectiveness of the new HPOG programs. The study also is intended to
evaluate variation in participant impact that may be attributable to
different HPOG program components. The impact study design will include
a classic experiment in which eligible applicants for the non-Tribal
HPOG program services will be randomly assigned to a treatment group
offered participation in HPOG and a control group not offered the
opportunity to enroll in HPOG. There will be a separate but coordinated
evaluation of the HPOG Next Gen Tribal grantees. Both goals require
collecting information from HPOG Next Gen grantees on a regular basis.
The information collection proposed is an Internet-based collection of
information from HPOG Next Gen grantees on: (1) Grantee program designs
and offerings; (2) intake information on eligible
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applicants (both treatment and control) through baseline data
collection; and (3) individual enrolled program participants'
activities and outcomes.
The universe of information collection proposed for HPOG Next Gen
includes the HPOG Next Gen Participant Accomplishment and Grant
Evaluation System (PAGES). PAGES is a performance management system
that will collect information from all grantees on their programs and
participants on a semi-annual basis over the grant period of
performance and intake information on eligible applicants (both
treatment and control) through baseline data collection. The data
system will meet the performance data needs of the HPOG Next Gen
grantees and of the ACF Office of Family Assistance to monitor the
performance of the grants and prepare the report to Congress on the
grants, as well as support an impact study, a coordinated Tribal
evaluation, and other future research and evaluation efforts sponsored
by ACF.
Respondents: Grantee- and participant-level data to be collected by
program staff in the approximately 40 grantee organizations (higher
education institutions, workforce investment boards, private training
institutions, nonprofit organizations, and tribal entities). Applicants
at the 40 grantee organizations.
Annual Burden Estimates
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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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PAGES Grantee--and Participant- 120 40 2 31.75 2,540
Level Data Collection (all
grantees)......................
PAGES Participant-Level Baseline 31,500 10,500 1 .5 5,250
Data Collection (participants
at non-Tribal grantees
participating in impact study).
PAGES Participant-Level Baseline 1,200 400 1 .25 100
Data Collection (participants
at Tribal grantees)............
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Estimated Total Annual .............. .............. .............. .............. 7,890
Burden Hours:..............
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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,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-11266 Filed 5-8-15; 8:45 am]
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