[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 115 (Friday, June 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27711-27712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12489]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; 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--New Information Collection [This
information request is for a three-year period.]
Note: The burden estimate increased from the 60-day notice due
to an expected increase in sample size.
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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.......................................... 4,400 1,467 1 0.75 1,100
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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, 330 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20201, 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.
Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-12489 Filed 6-15-17; 8:45 am]
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