[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81329-81330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32702]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children And Families
[CFDA Number: 93.564]
Announcement of the Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement
Grant to the Wisconsin Department for Children and Families in Madison,
WI
AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement, ACF, HHS
ACTION: Notice of the award of a single-source expansion supplement
grant to the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families to support
the evaluation of the Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment
Demonstration.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Child Support Enforcement, Division of Program Innovation announces the
award of a cooperative agreement in the amount of $700,000 to the
Wisconsin Department for Children and Families in Madison, WI to
support the evaluation of the Child Support Noncustodial Parent
Employment Demonstration.
In FY 2012, the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)
competitively awarded a cooperative agreement to the Wisconsin
Department of Children and Families to conduct a 5-year evaluation of
OCSE's national demonstration called Child Support Noncustodial Parent
Employment Demonstration (CSPED) under Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) number HHS-2012-ACF-OCSE-FD-0537. Under this FOA, a total of $4.5
million of 1115 funds were made available to the Wisconsin Department
of Children and Families to conduct this evaluation.
The award of $700,000 the Wisconsin Department of Children and
Families is required to cover the unanticipated costs of conducting the
CSPED evaluation. The CSPED evaluation includes an impact evaluation
using random assignment, an implementation study and a benefit-cost
analysis. The evaluator is also providing evaluation-related technical
assistance to the grantees implementing CSPED. A baseline and 12 month
follow-up survey are being conducted. Administrative data from multiple
sources are also being collected and evaluated. A grants management
information system was developed for grantees to use to conduct random
assignment, enroll individuals into the project, and document service
delivery.
DATES: The period of support for this supplement is September 30, 2015
through September 29, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Sorensen, Office of Child
Support Enforcement, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201. Telephone:
202-401-5099; Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OCSE originally anticipated that there would
be eight implementation sites in the CSPED demonstration and developed
the Funding Opportunity Announcement for the evaluation of this
demonstration accordingly. However, 8 grantees with 25 implementation
sites were approved and awarded funding by OCSE to be part of CSPED
under a separate funding announcement (HHS-2012-ACF-OCSE-FD-0297). This
expansion of the number of implementation sites in CSPED has increased
the costs of conducting the CSPED evaluation. Furthermore, random
assignment was delayed in some sites and enrollment has been slower
than expected in other sites. These delays have also increased the
costs of the CSPED evaluation. Another
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factor that has increased the costs of the evaluation is that OCSE is
using the grants management information system developed for the
grantees to monitor their enrollment and service delivery, which
requires additional programming and customized reports. Finally, OCSE
has asked for an internal memo describing preliminary impact findings
which was not included in the FOA.
As a consequences of these unanticipated costs, the $700,000
supplemental grant will be used for the following activities: (1)
Conduct the day-to-day operation of the evaluation, including all costs
involved in ensuring continued compliance with human subject research
requirements; (2) conduct research and analyze information from the
multiple implementation sites; (3) conduct the baseline and follow-up
surveys; (4) maintain and provide evaluation-related technical
assistance to OCSE and the grantees for the grants management
information system; and (5) complete an internal memo describing
interim impact findings.
Statutory Authority: Section 1115 of the Social Security Act
authorizes funds for experimental, pilot, or demonstration projects
that are likely to assist in promoting the objectives of Part D of
Title IV.
Christopher Beach,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-32702 Filed 12-28-15; 8:45 am]
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