[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 135 (Wednesday, July 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41505-41506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17264]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Job Search Assistance (JSA) Strategies Evaluation.
OMB No.: 0970-0440.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
proposing a data collection activity as part of the Job Search
Assistance (JSA) Strategies Evaluation. The JSA evaluation aims to
determine which JSA strategies are most effective in moving TANF
applicants and recipients into work. The impact study will randomly
assign individuals to contrasting JSA approaches and then compare their
employment and earnings to determine their relative effectiveness. The
implementation study will describe services participants receive under
each approach as well as provide operational lessons gathered directly
from practitioners.
Data collection efforts previously approved for JSA, include: Data
collection activities to document program implementation, a staff
survey and a baseline information form for program participants. These
collection activities will continue with this new request.
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
a proposed new information collection activity for JSA: A follow-up
survey for JSA participants approximately 6 months after program
enrollment. The purpose of the survey is to follow-up with study
participants and document their job search assistance services and
experiences including their receipt of job search assistance services,
their knowledge and skills for conducting a job search, the nature of
their job search process, including tools and services used to locate
employment, and their search outputs and outcomes, such as the number
of applications submitted, interviews attended, offers received and
jobs obtained. In addition, the survey will provide an opportunity for
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respondents to provide contact data for possible longer-term follow-up.
Respondents: JSA study participants and program staff.
Annual Burden Estimates
Extension of Previously Approved Information Collections
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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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Baseline Information Form....... 6,400 3,200 1 .2 640
Implementation Study Site Visits 600 300 1 1 300
JSA Staff Survey................ 440 220 1 .33 73
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Proposed New Information Collections
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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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6 Month Follow-Up Survey........ 6,400 3,200 1 .333 1,066
Contact Update Form............. 6,400 3,200 11 .033 1,162
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,241.
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 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. 2015-17264 Filed 7-14-15; 8:45 am]
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