[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2162-2163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00612]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OMB NO.: 0970-0440]
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request; Job
Search Assistance (JSA) Strategies Evaluation--Extension
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is
proposing the extension without changes to an existing data collection
activity as part of the Job Search Assistance (JSA) Strategies
Evaluation. The JSA evaluation will aim to determine which JSA
strategies are most effective in moving TANF applicants and recipients
into work and will produce impact and implementation findings. To date,
the study has randomly assigned individuals to contrasting JSA
approaches. The study will next compare participant employment and
earnings to determine the relative effectiveness of these strategies.
The project will also report on the implementation of these strategies,
including measures of 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, a baseline information form for program participants, and a
follow-up survey for JSA participants approximately 6 months after
program enrollment. Approval for these activities expires on February
28, 2018.
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
the extension of the 6-month follow-up survey to allow follow-up data
to be collected for all study participants. Although the enrollment
period was originally estimated to span 12 months, it took 18 months to
complete enrollment, leaving insufficient time to complete the 6-month
follow-up survey. A four-month extension is requested in order to allow
individuals randomly assigned between June and August 2017 to complete
the follow-up survey in the same timeframe as earlier enrollees. 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 respondents to
provide contact data for possible longer-term follow-up. There are no
changes to the currently approved instruments.
Respondents: JSA study participants.
Annual Burden Estimates
This extension is specific to the 6-month survey and covers the
remaining 766 participants that may be completing the six-month follow
up survey during the four-month extension period. All other information
collection under 0970-0440 will be complete by the original OMB
expiration date of February 28, 2018.
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Total/annual Number of Average burden
Instrument number of responses per hours per Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Extension of Previously Approved Information Collection
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6-Month Follow-Up Survey.................... 766 1 .333 255
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 255.
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. 2018-00612 Filed 1-12-18; 8:45 am]
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