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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request;
Demonstration and Evaluation of
Community College Interventions for
Youth and Young Adults With
Disabilities
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(DOL), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the
general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing collections
of information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
program helps to ensure that required
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed.
A copy of the proposed Information
Collection Request can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the
addressee section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before
December 7, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov;
Mail or Courier: Celeste Richie, Chief
Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room S–2218, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Instructions: Please submit one copy of
your comments by only one method. All
submissions received must include the
agency name and OMB Control Number
identified above for this information
collection. Because we continue to
experience delays in receiving mail in
the Washington, DC area, commenters
are strongly encouraged to transmit their
comments electronically via email or to
submit them by mail early. Comments,
including any personal information
provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection
request.
SUMMARY:
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Contact Celeste Richie by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: In June 2014, ODEP
announced the availability of funds for
two cooperative agreements to conduct
pilot projects to research, develop, test
and, in coordination with DOL, evaluate
innovative systems models for
providing inclusive integrated
education and career development
services to youth and young adults with
disabilities. In September of 2014, ODEP
competitively selected Onondaga
Community College and Pellissippi
State Community College for the
Pathways to Careers Grant Program. The
program models are designed to (1)
increase credential and job attainment
of students with disabilities, (2) increase
their job placement, and (3) decrease the
wage earning differential between
students with and without disabilities,
and between students with different
types of disabilities.
The grantees are expected to design
approaches that work to shift practice
and policy across the institution. This
involves transforming the entire
college’s approach for providing
services, as opposed to a single division,
and enlisting support from and
engagement of administrators, deans,
department chairs, faculty, student
services, and other divisions that have
a role in ensuring students’ success. It
is expected that grantees will leverage
their partnerships and relationships
with national affiliates, association
members or business organizations, and
a variety of other entities including the
public workforce system. Grantees are
also required to capture and use data to
assess and manage their program
performance, and to participate in an
independent evaluation.
ODEP has oversight responsibility for
the Pathways to Careers Grant Program.
The Chief Evaluation Office of DOL is
conducting the evaluation of the
Pathways to Careers Grant Program. The
evaluation consists of an
implementation study and a descriptive
outcomes study. The implementation
study will document the institutional
change at the two colleges; assess the
fidelity of the implemented programs to
the intended program model; assess the
models for replicability and scalability;
and determine the extent to which the
grantees used Universal Design for
Learning (UDL) principles and the
Guideposts for Success in the
development and operation of their
programs. The outcomes study will
document PTC participant outcomes,
examine the extent to which the
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grantees meet target goals, and conduct
predictive analyses to identify
participant characteristics associated
with particular outcomes.
The evaluation will involve the
collection of data through in-depth
interviews of community college
administrators, faculty and staff and
partner organizations; focus groups of
faculty and students with disabilities
who participate in the Pathways to
Careers Grant Program; and web-based
surveys with telephone follow-up for
student participants. The interviews
with college administrators, faculty and
staff will provide information on how
the program interventions were
implemented, challenges to
implementation, and promising
practices. Interviews will focus on
program design, strengths and
weaknesses of infrastructure and
logistics, clarity of communication,
effectiveness of enrollment, intake, and
orientation, impressions of program
delivery, and access to support services.
Focus groups with Pathways to
Careers participants will collect
information about career planning
activity engagement, perceptions of the
availability of career planning supports,
satisfaction with and perceived
importance of career planning, and the
extent to which personal challenges
influence this process and career
choices. Focus groups with faculty who
teach the career tracks of the Pathways
to Careers program will focus on initial
experience and perspectives, and
availability of and involvement in
professional development.
The survey will collect information
from Pathways to Careers participants
about their college experience, selfadvocacy and self-determination, and
employment and earnings during and
after college. The survey will provide
data to assess short-term and longerterm outcomes associated with student
participation in the Pathways to Careers
program.
II. Desired Focus of Comments:
Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the
above data collection as part of the
evaluation of the Pathways to Careers
Grant Program. Comments are requested
to:
* Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
* evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
* enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
* minimize the burden of the
information collection on those who are
to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, the
Department of Labor is requesting
clearance for data collection for the
evaluation of the Pathways to Careers
Grant Program via in-depth interviews
with community college administrators,
faculty, staff, and partner organizations
of the program; focus groups with
faculty and students with disabilities
who participate in the Pathways to
Careers Grant Program; and an online
survey with telephone follow-up for
student participants.
Type of review: New information
collection request.
OMB Control Number: XXXX—0NEW
Affected Public: Community colleges
(participating in the Pathways to Careers
Grant Program); private sectorbusinesses or other for profits and not
for profit institutions (partners
organizations involved with the
Pathways to Careers Grant Program);
students with disabilities (participating
in the Pathways to Careers Grant
Program at the two colleges).
ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS
Estimated total
burden
hours
Estimated total
respondents
Frequency
Participant survey ...........................
Three times ........
450
0.5
225
Two times ..........
400
0.5
200
In-depth interviews ..........................
Faculty focus groups .......................
Student focus groups ......................
150 (enrolled in 2015–2016 school
year).
200 (enrolled in 2016–2017 school
year).
28 ...................................................
16 ...................................................
32 ...................................................
Three times ........
Two times ..........
Two times ..........
84
32
64
1.0
1.0
1.0
84
32
64
Totals .......................................
426 .................................................
............................
1,030
........................
605
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Comments submitted in response to
this request will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval; they
will also become a matter of public
record.
Signed: at Washington, DC, this 17th day
of September 2015.
Mary Beth Maxwell,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Policy, U.S. Department of Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Demonstration and Evaluation of Community
College Interventions for Youth and Young Adults With Disabilities
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and
Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program
helps to ensure that required data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
A copy of the proposed Information Collection Request can be
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section
of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before December 7, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods: Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov; Mail or Courier: Celeste
Richie, Chief Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-2218,
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Instructions: Please
submit one copy of your comments by only one method. All submissions
received must include the agency name and OMB Control Number identified
above for this information collection. Because we continue to
experience delays in receiving mail in the Washington, DC area,
commenters are strongly encouraged to transmit their comments
electronically via email or to submit them by mail early. Comments,
including any personal information provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized and/or included in the request for
OMB approval of the information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Celeste Richie by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: In June 2014, ODEP announced the availability of
funds for two cooperative agreements to conduct pilot projects to
research, develop, test and, in coordination with DOL, evaluate
innovative systems models for providing inclusive integrated education
and career development services to youth and young adults with
disabilities. In September of 2014, ODEP competitively selected
Onondaga Community College and Pellissippi State Community College for
the Pathways to Careers Grant Program. The program models are designed
to (1) increase credential and job attainment of students with
disabilities, (2) increase their job placement, and (3) decrease the
wage earning differential between students with and without
disabilities, and between students with different types of
disabilities.
The grantees are expected to design approaches that work to shift
practice and policy across the institution. This involves transforming
the entire college's approach for providing services, as opposed to a
single division, and enlisting support from and engagement of
administrators, deans, department chairs, faculty, student services,
and other divisions that have a role in ensuring students' success. It
is expected that grantees will leverage their partnerships and
relationships with national affiliates, association members or business
organizations, and a variety of other entities including the public
workforce system. Grantees are also required to capture and use data to
assess and manage their program performance, and to participate in an
independent evaluation.
ODEP has oversight responsibility for the Pathways to Careers Grant
Program. The Chief Evaluation Office of DOL is conducting the
evaluation of the Pathways to Careers Grant Program. The evaluation
consists of an implementation study and a descriptive outcomes study.
The implementation study will document the institutional change at the
two colleges; assess the fidelity of the implemented programs to the
intended program model; assess the models for replicability and
scalability; and determine the extent to which the grantees used
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and the Guideposts for
Success in the development and operation of their programs. The
outcomes study will document PTC participant outcomes, examine the
extent to which the
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grantees meet target goals, and conduct predictive analyses to identify
participant characteristics associated with particular outcomes.
The evaluation will involve the collection of data through in-depth
interviews of community college administrators, faculty and staff and
partner organizations; focus groups of faculty and students with
disabilities who participate in the Pathways to Careers Grant Program;
and web-based surveys with telephone follow-up for student
participants. The interviews with college administrators, faculty and
staff will provide information on how the program interventions were
implemented, challenges to implementation, and promising practices.
Interviews will focus on program design, strengths and weaknesses of
infrastructure and logistics, clarity of communication, effectiveness
of enrollment, intake, and orientation, impressions of program
delivery, and access to support services.
Focus groups with Pathways to Careers participants will collect
information about career planning activity engagement, perceptions of
the availability of career planning supports, satisfaction with and
perceived importance of career planning, and the extent to which
personal challenges influence this process and career choices. Focus
groups with faculty who teach the career tracks of the Pathways to
Careers program will focus on initial experience and perspectives, and
availability of and involvement in professional development.
The survey will collect information from Pathways to Careers
participants about their college experience, self-advocacy and self-
determination, and employment and earnings during and after college.
The survey will provide data to assess short-term and longer-term
outcomes associated with student participation in the Pathways to
Careers program.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor
is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection as part of
the evaluation of the Pathways to Careers Grant Program. Comments are
requested to:
* Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
* evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
* enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
* minimize the burden of the information collection on those who
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of
responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, the Department of Labor is
requesting clearance for data collection for the evaluation of the
Pathways to Careers Grant Program via in-depth interviews with
community college administrators, faculty, staff, and partner
organizations of the program; focus groups with faculty and students
with disabilities who participate in the Pathways to Careers Grant
Program; and an online survey with telephone follow-up for student
participants.
Type of review: New information collection request.
OMB Control Number: XXXX--0NEW
Affected Public: Community colleges (participating in the Pathways
to Careers Grant Program); private sector-businesses or other for
profits and not for profit institutions (partners organizations
involved with the Pathways to Careers Grant Program); students with
disabilities (participating in the Pathways to Careers Grant Program at
the two colleges).
Estimated Burden Hours
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Average time Estimated
Form/activity Estimated total Frequency Total per response total burden
respondents responses (hours) hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Participant survey........... 150 (enrolled in Three times.... 450 0.5 225
2015-2016
school year).
200 (enrolled in Two times...... 400 0.5 200
2016-2017
school year).
In-depth interviews.......... 28.............. Three times.... 84 1.0 84
Faculty focus groups......... 16.............. Two times...... 32 1.0 32
Student focus groups......... 32.............. Two times...... 64 1.0 64
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Totals................... 426............. ............... 1,030 .............. 605
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Comments submitted in response to this request will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval; they will also become a matter of public record.
Signed: at Washington, DC, this 17th day of September 2015.
Mary Beth Maxwell,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of
Labor.
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