[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 4341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00583]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE): Third
Follow-Up Data Collection.
OMB No.: 0970-0397.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing a data
collection activity as part of the Pathways for Advancing Careers
(PACE) evaluation. PACE is an evaluation of nine promising career
pathways strategies to promote education, employment, and self-
sufficiency. The major goal of PACE is to increase the empirical
knowledge about the effectiveness of programs for low-income
individuals and families to achieve educational credentials, attain
employment, and advance to positions that enable self-sufficiency.
PACE is one project within the broader portfolio of research that
the ACF Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is
utilizing to assess the success of career pathways programs and models.
In addition to PACE, this strategy includes a multi-pronged research
and evaluation approach for the Health Profession Opportunity Grants
(HPOG) Program to better understand and assess the activities conducted
and their results. In order to maximize learning across this portfolio,
survey development for the HPOG and PACE baseline and follow up surveys
has been coordinated, and the majority of the data elements collected
in these surveys are similar. (See OMB Control #0970-0394 for HPOG data
collection.)
Three data collection efforts have been approved for PACE: One for
baseline data collection (approved November 2011); a second for data
collection activities to document program implementation, data
collection activities for an initial follow-up survey of participants
administered approximately 15 months after random assignment, and data
collection through in-depth interviews for a small sample of study
participants (approved August 2013); and a third for a second follow-up
survey of participants administered 36 months after random assignment
(approved December 2014).
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
a proposed new information collection activity for PACE--a third
follow-up survey for PACE participants approximately 72 months after
program enrollment. The purpose of the survey is to follow-up with
study participants to document their education and training
experiences; employment experiences including their advancement in
their career; economic well-being; student debt and repayment status;
and parenting practices and child outcomes for participants with
children.
Previously approved collection activities under 0970-0397 will
continue under this new request, specifically the 36-Month Follow-Up
Survey and Follow-Up Survey Contact Information Update Letters.
Respondents: Individuals enrolled in the PACE study at programs
selected for long-term follow-up.
Annual Burden Estimates
[This information request is for a three-year period]
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of Annual number responses per hours per Annual burden
respondents of respondents respondent response hours
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72-Month Follow-Up Survey.......................................... 3,600 1,200 1 0.75 1,125.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,125.
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, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC
20201, 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.
Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-00583 Filed 1-12-17; 8:45 am]
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