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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA–2015–0058]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
The Social Security Administration
(SSA) publishes a list of information
collection packages requiring clearance
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with
Public Law 104–13, the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, effective October
1, 1995. This notice includes revisions
of OMB-approved information
collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the
accuracy of the agency’s burden
estimate; the need for the information;
its practical utility; ways to enhance its
quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to
minimize burden on respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Mail, email, or
fax your comments and
recommendations on the information
collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer
and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at
the following addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB)
Office of Management and Budget,
Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
Fax: 202–395–6974,
Email address: OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov.
(SSA)
Social Security Administration, OLCA,
Attn: Reports Clearance Director,
3100 West High Rise,
6401 Security Blvd.,
Baltimore, MD 21235,
Fax: 410–966–2830,
Email address: OR.Reports.Clearance@
ssa.gov.
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Or you may submit your comments
online through www.regulations.gov,
referencing Docket ID Number [SSA–
2015–0058].
I. The information collections below
are pending at SSA. SSA will submit
them to OMB within 60 days from the
date of this notice. To be sure we
consider your comments, we must
receive them no later than December 14,
2015. Individuals can obtain copies of
the collection instruments by writing to
the above email address.
Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI
(PROMISE) Evaluation—0960–0799
Security Income (SSI) and their families
by reducing dependency on SSI. The
Department of Education (ED) awarded
six cooperative agreements to states to
improve the provision and coordination
of services and support for children
with disabilities who receive SSI and
their families to achieve improved
education and employment outcomes.
ED awarded PROMISE funds to five
single-state projects, and to one six-state
consortium.1 With support from ED, the
Department of Labor (DOL), and the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), SSA is evaluating the
six PROMISE projects. SSA contracted
with Mathematica Policy Research to
conduct the evaluation.
Under PROMISE, targeted outcomes
for youth include an enhanced sense of
self-determination; achievement of
secondary and post-secondary
educational credentials; an attainment
of early work experiences culminating
with competitive employment in an
integrated setting; and long-term
reduction in reliance on SSI. Outcomes
of interest for families include
heightened expectations for and support
of the long-term self-sufficiency of their
youth; parent or guardian attainment of
education and training credentials; and
increases in earnings and total income.
To achieve these outcomes, we expect
the PROMISE projects to make better
use of existing resources by improving
service coordination among multiple
state and local agencies and programs.
ED, SSA, DOL, and HHS intend the
PROMISE projects to address key
limitations in the existing service
system for youth with disabilities. By
intervening early in the lives of these
young people, at ages 14–16, the
projects engage the youth and their
families well before critical decisions
regarding the age 18 redetermination are
upon them. We expect the required
partnerships among the various state
and Federal agencies that serve youth
with disabilities to result in improved
integration of services and fewer
dropped handoffs as youth move from
one agency to another. By requiring the
programs to engage and serve families
and provide youth with paid work
experiences, the initiative is mandating
the adoption of critical best practices in
promoting the independence of youth
with disabilities.
Project Description
Background
SSA is requesting clearance for the
collection of data needed to implement
The Promoting Readiness of Minors in
SSI (PROMISE) demonstration pursues
positive outcomes for children with
disabilities who receive Supplemental
1 The six-state consortium project goes by the
name Achieving Success by Promoting Readiness
for Education and Employment (ASPIRE) rather
than by PROMISE.
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and evaluate PROMISE. The evaluation
provides empirical evidence on the
impact of the intervention for youth and
their families in several critical areas,
including: (1) Improved educational
attainment; (2) increased employment
skills, experience, and earnings; and (3)
long-term reduction in use of public
benefits. We base the PROMISE
evaluation on a rigorous design that
entails the random assignment of
approximately 2,000 youth in each of
the six projects to treatment or control
groups (12,000 total). The PROMISE
projects provide enhanced services for
youth in the treatment groups; whereas
youth in the control groups are eligible
only for those services already available
in their communities independent of the
interventions.
The evaluation assesses the effect of
PROMISE services on educational
attainment, employment, earnings, and
reduced receipt of disability payments.
The three components of this evaluation
include:
• The process analysis, which
documents program models, assesses
the relationships among the partner
organizations, documents whether the
grantees implemented the programs as
planned, identifies features of the
programs that may account for their
impacts on youth and families, and
identifies lessons for future programs
with similar objectives.
• The impact analysis, which
determines whether youth and families
in the treatment groups receive more
services than their counterparts in the
control groups. It also determines
whether treatment group members have
better results than control group
members with respect to the targeted
outcomes noted above.
• The cost-benefit analysis, which
assesses whether the benefits of
PROMISE, including increases in
employment and reductions in benefit
receipt, are large enough to justify its
costs. We conduct this assessment from
a range of perspectives, including those
of the participants, state and Federal
governments, SSA, and society as a
whole.
SSA planned several data collection
efforts for the evaluation. These include:
(1) Follow-up interviews with youth
and their parent or guardian 18 months
and 5 years after enrollment; (2) phone
and in-person interviews with local
program administrators, program
supervisors, and service delivery staff at
two points in time over the course of the
demonstration; (3) two rounds of focus
groups with participating youth in the
treatment group; (4) two rounds of focus
groups with parents or guardians of
participating youth; (5) staff activity logs
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which provide data on aspects of service
delivery; and (6) collection of
administrative data.
At this time, SSA requests clearance
for the staff activity logs. SSA will
request clearance for the 5-year survey
interviews in a future submission. The
respondents are the administrative and
direct service staff, as well as some
subcontractors whose primary roles
with their organizations involve
PROMISE service delivery.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Time Burden on Respondents
2015: INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS, AND 18-MONTH SURVEY INTERVIEWS
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Staff Interviews with Administrators or Directors .............................................
Staff Interviews with PROMISE Project Staff ..................................................
Youth Focus Groups—Non-participants ..........................................................
Youth Focus Groups—Participants .................................................................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Non-participants ...................................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Participants ..........................................
24
48
20
100
100
20
1
1
1
1
1
1
66
66
5
100
5
100
26
53
8
33
8
33
Totals ........................................................................................................
312
........................
........................
161
2015: INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS, AND 18-MONTH SURVEY INTERVIEWS
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Staff Interviews with Administrators or Directors .............................................
Staff Interviews with PROMISE Project Staff ..................................................
Youth Focus Groups—Non-participants ..........................................................
Youth Focus Groups—Participants .................................................................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Non-participants ...................................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Participants ..........................................
18-Month Survey Interviews—Parent ..............................................................
18-Month Survey Interviews—Youth ...............................................................
51
97
220
60
220
60
850
850
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
66
66
5
100
5
100
41
30
56
107
18
100
18
100
595
425
Totals ........................................................................................................
2,408
........................
........................
1,405
2016: INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS, STAFF ACTIVITY LOGS, AND 18-MONTH SURVEY INTERVIEWS
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Staff Interviews with Administrators or Directors .............................................
Staff Interviews with PROMISE Project Staff ..................................................
Activity Logs for Administrators or Directors ...................................................
Activity Logs for PROMISE Project Staff .........................................................
Youth Focus Groups—Non-participants ..........................................................
Youth Focus Groups—Participants .................................................................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Non-participants ...................................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Participants ..........................................
18-Month Survey Interviews—Parent ..............................................................
18-Month Survey Interviews—Youth ...............................................................
75
145
45
135
320
80
320
80
5,100
5,100
1
1
14
14
1
1
1
1
1
1
66
66
5
5
5
100
5
100
41
30
83
160
52
157
27
133
27
133
3,485
2,550
Totals ........................................................................................................
11,400
........................
........................
6,807
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
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2017: 18-MONTH SURVEY INTERVIEWS
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
18-Month Survey Interviews—Parent ..............................................................
18-Month Survey Interviews—Youth ...............................................................
4,250
4,250
1
1
41
30
2,904
2,125
Totals ........................................................................................................
8,500
........................
........................
5,029
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GRAND TOTAL
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Grand Total ......................................................................................................
22,620
........................
........................
13,402
Median hourly
wage rate
(dollars)
Total
respondent
cost
(dollars)
Cost Burden for Respondents
2014: ANNUAL COST TO RESPONDENTS
Number of
respondents
Respondent type
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Parent or Guardian Focus Group—Non-Participants ..........
Parent or Guardian Focus Group—Participants ..................
100
20
1
1
5
100
$7.38
7.38
$61.00
246.00
Total ..............................................................................
120
........................
........................
........................
307.00
2015: ANNUAL COST TO RESPONDENTS
Number of
respondents
Respondent type
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Median hourly
wage rate
(dollars)
Total
respondent
cost
(dollars)
Parent or Guardian Focus Group—Non-Participants ..........
Parent or Guardian Focus Group—Participants ..................
220
60
1
1
5
100
$7.38
7.38
$135.00
738.00
Total ..............................................................................
280
........................
........................
........................
873.00
2016: ANNUAL COST TO RESPONDENTS
Number of
respondents
Respondent type
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Median hourly
wage rate
(dollars)
Total
respondent
cost
(dollars)
Parent or Guardian Focus Group—Non-Participants ..........
Parent or Guardian Focus Group—Participants ..................
320
80
1
1
5
100
$7.38
7.38
$196.00
984.00
Total .....................................................................................
400
........................
........................
........................
1,180.00
GRAND TOTAL
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Median hourly
wage rate
(dollars)
Total
respondent
cost
(dollars)
Grand Total ..........................................................................
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Respondent type
800
........................
........................
........................
$2,360.00
II. SSA submitted the information
collections below to OMB for clearance.
Your comments regarding the
information collections would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30
days from the date of this publication.
To be sure we consider your comments,
we must receive them no later than
November 16, 2015. Individuals can
obtain copies of the OMB clearance
packages by writing to OR.Reports.
Clearance@ssa.gov.
Important Information About Your
Appeal, Waiver Rights, and Repayment
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Options—20 CFR 404.502–521—0960–
0779. When SSA accidentally overpays
beneficiaries, the agency informs them
of the following rights: (1) The right to
reconsideration of the overpayment
determination; (2) the right to request a
waiver of recovery and the automatic
scheduling of a personal conference if
SSA cannot approve a request for
waiver; and (3) the availability of a
different rate of withholding when SSA
proposes the full withholding rate. SSA
uses Form SSA–3105, Important
Information About Your Appeal, Waiver
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Rights, and Repayment Options, to
explain these rights to overpaid
individuals and allow them to notify
SSA of their decision(s) regarding these
rights. The respondents are overpaid
claimants requesting a waiver of
recovery for the overpayment,
reconsideration of the fact of the
overpayment, or a lesser rate of
withholding of the overpayment. This is
a correction notice: SSA published the
incorrect burden information for this
collection at 80 FR 43828, on 7/23/15.
We are correcting this error here.
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Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–3105 Paper form .....................................................................................
Debt Management System ..............................................................................
600,000
200,000
1
1
15
15
150,000
50,000
Totals ........................................................................................................
800,000
........................
........................
200,000
Dated: October 8, 2015.
Naomi R. Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015–26120 Filed 10–14–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN
COMMISSION
Projects Rescinded for Consumptive
Uses of Water
Susquehanna River Basin
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice lists the approved
by rule projects rescinded by the
Susquehanna River Basin Commission
during the period set forth in DATES.
DATES: July 1–31, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Susquehanna River Basin
Commission, 4423 North Front Street,
Harrisburg, PA 17110–1788.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jason E. Oyler, General Counsel,
telephone: (717) 238–0423, ext. 1312;
fax: (717) 238–2436; email: joyler@
srbc.net. Regular mail inquiries may be
sent to the above address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice lists the projects, described
below, being rescinded for the
consumptive use of water pursuant to
the Commission’s approval by rule
process set forth in 18 CFR 806.22(e)
and 806.22(f) for the time period
specified above:
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SUMMARY:
Rescinded ABR(e) Issued June 1–31,
2015
1. Marcellus GTL, LLC, Altoona
Project, ABR–201307005, Blair and
Allegheny Townships, Blair County,
Pa.: Rescind Date: July 29, 2015.
Rescinded ABR(f) Issued July 1–31,
2015
1. Chief Oil & Gas, LLC, Pad ID:
Inderlied Drilling Pad, ABR–201304020,
Lathrop Township, Susquehanna
County, Pa.; Rescind Date: June 5, 2015.
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2. Energy Incorporated, Pad ID:
Everbe Farms Unit B, ABR–201202024,
Franklin Township, Lycoming County,
Pa.; Rescind Date: June 24, 2015.
3. XTO Energy Incorporated, Pad ID:
Free Library Unit E, ABR–201107024,
Beech Creek Township, Clinton County,
Pa.; Rescind Date: June 24, 2015.
4. XTO Energy Incorporated, Pad ID:
PA Tract Unit H, ABR–201206018,
Chapman Township, Clinton County,
Pa.; Rescind Date: June 24, 2015.
5. XTO Energy Incorporated, Pad ID:
PA Tract K, ABR–201208014, Chapman
Township, Clinton County, Pa.; Rescind
Date: June 24, 2015.
6. XTO Energy Incorporated, Pad ID:
Shaner8507H, ABR–201011019, Jordon
Township, Lycoming County, Pa.;
Rescind Date: June 24, 2015.
7. XTO Energy Incorporated, Pad ID:
West Brown A, ABR–201210008,
Moreland Township, Lycoming County,
Pa.; Rescind Date: June 24, 2015.
8. XTO Energy Incorporated, Pad ID:
West Brown B, ABR–201209005,
Moreland Township, Lycoming County,
Pa.; Rescind Date: June 24, 2015.
9. WPX Energy Appalachia, LLC, Pad
ID: S. Farver 1V, ABR–201008102,
Benton Township, Columbia County,
Pa.; Rescind Date: June 24, 2015.
10. WPX Energy Appalachia, LLC,
Pad ID: Campbell Well Pad, ABR–
201012010, Benton Township,
Columbia County, Pa.; Rescind Date:
June 24, 2015.
11. SWN Production Company, LLC,
Pad ID: Wells Pad, ABR–201011014,
Benton Township, Lackawanna County,
Pa.; Rescind Date: June 24, 2015.
12. SWN Production Company, LLC,
Pad ID: NR–19 WALKER–DIEHL PAD,
ABR–201412009, Oakland Township,
Susquehanna County, Pa.; Rescind Date:
June 24, 2015.
13. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: Fox 813, ABR–
201007006, Gaines Township, Tioga
County, Pa.; Rescind Date: June 25,
2015.
14. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: Geiser 907,
ABR–201104003, Abbott Township,
Potter County, Pa.; Rescind Date: June
25, 2015.
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15. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: Granger 850,
ABR–201101004, Gaines Township,
Tioga County, Pa.; Rescind Date: June
25, 2015.
16. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: Granger 853,
ABR–201203017, Gaines Township,
Tioga County, Pa.; Rescind Date: June
25, 2015.
17. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: McConnell
471, ABR–201012055, Charleston
Township, Tioga County, Pa.; Rescind
Date: June 25, 2015.
18. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: Palmer 809,
ABR–201006106, Chatham Township,
Tioga County, Pa.; Rescind Date: June
25, 2015.
19. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: Ritter 828,
ABR–201008136, Gaines Township,
Tioga County, Pa.; Rescind Date: June
25, 2015.
20. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: Schimmell
828, ABR–201010052, Farmington
Township, Tioga County, Pa.; Rescind
Date: June 25, 2015.
21. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: Sherman 498,
ABR–201009101, Richmond Township,
Tioga County, Pa.; Rescind Date: June
25, 2015.
22. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: Smith 140,
ABR–201007079, Charleston Township,
Tioga County, Pa.; Rescind Date: June
25, 2015.
23. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: State 811,
ABR–201009020, Elk Township, Tioga
County, Pa.; Rescind Date: June 25,
2015.
24. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: State 814,
ABR–201010007, Elk Township, Tioga
County, Pa.; Rescind Date: June 25,
2015.
25. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: State 816,
ABR–201010039, Elk Township, Tioga
County, Pa.; Rescind Date: June 25,
2015.
26. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: State 818,
ABR–201010038, Elk Township, Tioga
County, Pa.; Rescind Date: June 25,
2015.
27. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: State 819,
ABR–201007039, Gaines Township,
Tioga County, Pa.; Rescind Date: June
25, 2015.
28. SWEPI, LP, Pad ID: State 820,
ABR–201010037, Gaines Township,
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2015-0058]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of
information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law 104-13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes revisions of OMB-approved information collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden
estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to
enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Mail, email, or fax your
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following
addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB)
Office of Management and Budget,
Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
Fax: 202-395-6974,
Email address: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
(SSA)
Social Security Administration, OLCA,
Attn: Reports Clearance Director,
3100 West High Rise,
6401 Security Blvd.,
Baltimore, MD 21235,
Fax: 410-966-2830,
Email address: OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
Or you may submit your comments online through www.regulations.gov,
referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2015-0058].
I. The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will
submit them to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than
December 14, 2015. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE) Evaluation--0960-0799
Background
The Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE) demonstration
pursues positive outcomes for children with disabilities who receive
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and their families by reducing
dependency on SSI. The Department of Education (ED) awarded six
cooperative agreements to states to improve the provision and
coordination of services and support for children with disabilities who
receive SSI and their families to achieve improved education and
employment outcomes. ED awarded PROMISE funds to five single-state
projects, and to one six-state consortium.\1\ With support from ED, the
Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), SSA is evaluating the six PROMISE projects. SSA
contracted with Mathematica Policy Research to conduct the evaluation.
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\1\ The six-state consortium project goes by the name Achieving
Success by Promoting Readiness for Education and Employment (ASPIRE)
rather than by PROMISE.
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Under PROMISE, targeted outcomes for youth include an enhanced
sense of self-determination; achievement of secondary and post-
secondary educational credentials; an attainment of early work
experiences culminating with competitive employment in an integrated
setting; and long-term reduction in reliance on SSI. Outcomes of
interest for families include heightened expectations for and support
of the long-term self-sufficiency of their youth; parent or guardian
attainment of education and training credentials; and increases in
earnings and total income. To achieve these outcomes, we expect the
PROMISE projects to make better use of existing resources by improving
service coordination among multiple state and local agencies and
programs.
ED, SSA, DOL, and HHS intend the PROMISE projects to address key
limitations in the existing service system for youth with disabilities.
By intervening early in the lives of these young people, at ages 14-16,
the projects engage the youth and their families well before critical
decisions regarding the age 18 redetermination are upon them. We expect
the required partnerships among the various state and Federal agencies
that serve youth with disabilities to result in improved integration of
services and fewer dropped handoffs as youth move from one agency to
another. By requiring the programs to engage and serve families and
provide youth with paid work experiences, the initiative is mandating
the adoption of critical best practices in promoting the independence
of youth with disabilities.
Project Description
SSA is requesting clearance for the collection of data needed to
implement and evaluate PROMISE. The evaluation provides empirical
evidence on the impact of the intervention for youth and their families
in several critical areas, including: (1) Improved educational
attainment; (2) increased employment skills, experience, and earnings;
and (3) long-term reduction in use of public benefits. We base the
PROMISE evaluation on a rigorous design that entails the random
assignment of approximately 2,000 youth in each of the six projects to
treatment or control groups (12,000 total). The PROMISE projects
provide enhanced services for youth in the treatment groups; whereas
youth in the control groups are eligible only for those services
already available in their communities independent of the
interventions.
The evaluation assesses the effect of PROMISE services on
educational attainment, employment, earnings, and reduced receipt of
disability payments. The three components of this evaluation include:
The process analysis, which documents program models,
assesses the relationships among the partner organizations, documents
whether the grantees implemented the programs as planned, identifies
features of the programs that may account for their impacts on youth
and families, and identifies lessons for future programs with similar
objectives.
The impact analysis, which determines whether youth and
families in the treatment groups receive more services than their
counterparts in the control groups. It also determines whether
treatment group members have better results than control group members
with respect to the targeted outcomes noted above.
The cost-benefit analysis, which assesses whether the
benefits of PROMISE, including increases in employment and reductions
in benefit receipt, are large enough to justify its costs. We conduct
this assessment from a range of perspectives, including those of the
participants, state and Federal governments, SSA, and society as a
whole.
SSA planned several data collection efforts for the evaluation.
These include: (1) Follow-up interviews with youth and their parent or
guardian 18 months and 5 years after enrollment; (2) phone and in-
person interviews with local program administrators, program
supervisors, and service delivery staff at two points in time over the
course of the demonstration; (3) two rounds of focus groups with
participating youth in the treatment group; (4) two rounds of focus
groups with parents or guardians of participating youth; (5) staff
activity logs
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which provide data on aspects of service delivery; and (6) collection
of administrative data.
At this time, SSA requests clearance for the staff activity logs.
SSA will request clearance for the 5-year survey interviews in a future
submission. The respondents are the administrative and direct service
staff, as well as some subcontractors whose primary roles with their
organizations involve PROMISE service delivery.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Time Burden on Respondents
2015: Interviews and Focus Group Discussions, and 18-Month Survey Interviews
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Average
Number of Frequency of burden per Estimated
Modality of completion respondents response response total annual
(minutes) burden (hours)
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Staff Interviews with Administrators or 24 1 66 26
Directors......................................
Staff Interviews with PROMISE Project Staff..... 48 1 66 53
Youth Focus Groups--Non-participants............ 20 1 5 8
Youth Focus Groups--Participants................ 100 1 100 33
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups--Non- 100 1 5 8
participants...................................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups--Participants.. 20 1 100 33
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Totals...................................... 312 .............. .............. 161
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2015: Interviews and Focus Group Discussions, and 18-Month Survey Interviews
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Average Estimated
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual
Modality of completion respondents response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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Staff Interviews with Administrators or 51 1 66 56
Directors......................................
Staff Interviews with PROMISE Project Staff..... 97 1 66 107
Youth Focus Groups--Non-participants............ 220 1 5 18
Youth Focus Groups--Participants................ 60 1 100 100
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups--Non- 220 1 5 18
participants...................................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups--Participants.. 60 1 100 100
18-Month Survey Interviews--Parent.............. 850 1 41 595
18-Month Survey Interviews--Youth............... 850 1 30 425
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Totals...................................... 2,408 .............. .............. 1,405
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2016: Interviews and Focus Group Discussions, Staff Activity Logs, and 18-Month Survey Interviews
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Average Estimated
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual
Modality of completion respondents response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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Staff Interviews with Administrators or 75 1 66 83
Directors......................................
Staff Interviews with PROMISE Project Staff..... 145 1 66 160
Activity Logs for Administrators or Directors... 45 14 5 52
Activity Logs for PROMISE Project Staff......... 135 14 5 157
Youth Focus Groups--Non-participants............ 320 1 5 27
Youth Focus Groups--Participants................ 80 1 100 133
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups--Non- 320 1 5 27
participants...................................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups--Participants.. 80 1 100 133
18-Month Survey Interviews--Parent.............. 5,100 1 41 3,485
18-Month Survey Interviews--Youth............... 5,100 1 30 2,550
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Totals...................................... 11,400 .............. .............. 6,807
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2017: 18-Month Survey Interviews
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Average Estimated
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual
Modality of completion respondents response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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18-Month Survey Interviews--Parent.............. 4,250 1 41 2,904
18-Month Survey Interviews--Youth............... 4,250 1 30 2,125
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Totals...................................... 8,500 .............. .............. 5,029
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Grand Total
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
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Grand Total................................. 22,620 ............... ............... 13,402
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Cost Burden for Respondents
2014: Annual Cost to Respondents
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Average Total
Number of Frequency of burden per Median hourly respondent
Respondent type respondents response response wage rate cost
(minutes) (dollars) (dollars)
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Parent or Guardian Focus Group-- 100 1 5 $7.38 $61.00
Non-Participants...............
Parent or Guardian Focus Group-- 20 1 100 7.38 246.00
Participants...................
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Total....................... 120 .............. .............. .............. 307.00
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2015: Annual Cost to Respondents
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Average Total
Number of Frequency of burden per Median hourly respondent
Respondent type respondents response response wage rate cost
(minutes) (dollars) (dollars)
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Parent or Guardian Focus Group-- 220 1 5 $7.38 $135.00
Non-Participants...............
Parent or Guardian Focus Group-- 60 1 100 7.38 738.00
Participants...................
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Total....................... 280 .............. .............. .............. 873.00
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2016: Annual Cost to Respondents
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Average Total
Number of Frequency of burden per Median hourly respondent
Respondent type respondents response response wage rate cost
(minutes) (dollars) (dollars)
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Parent or Guardian Focus Group-- 320 1 5 $7.38 $196.00
Non-Participants...............
Parent or Guardian Focus Group-- 80 1 100 7.38 984.00
Participants...................
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Total........................... 400 .............. .............. .............. 1,180.00
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Grand Total
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Average burden Median hourly Total
Respondent type Number of Frequency of per response wage rate respondent
respondents response (minutes) (dollars) cost (dollars)
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Grand Total........................................................ 800 ............... ............... ............... $2,360.00
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II. SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding the information collections would be
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this
publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them
no later than November 16, 2015. Individuals can obtain copies of the
OMB clearance packages by writing to OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
Important Information About Your Appeal, Waiver Rights, and
Repayment Options--20 CFR 404.502-521--0960-0779. When SSA accidentally
overpays beneficiaries, the agency informs them of the following
rights: (1) The right to reconsideration of the overpayment
determination; (2) the right to request a waiver of recovery and the
automatic scheduling of a personal conference if SSA cannot approve a
request for waiver; and (3) the availability of a different rate of
withholding when SSA proposes the full withholding rate. SSA uses Form
SSA-3105, Important Information About Your Appeal, Waiver Rights, and
Repayment Options, to explain these rights to overpaid individuals and
allow them to notify SSA of their decision(s) regarding these rights.
The respondents are overpaid claimants requesting a waiver of recovery
for the overpayment, reconsideration of the fact of the overpayment, or
a lesser rate of withholding of the overpayment. This is a correction
notice: SSA published the incorrect burden information for this
collection at 80 FR 43828, on 7/23/15. We are correcting this error
here.
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Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Estimated
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual
Modality of completion respondents response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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SSA-3105 Paper form............... 600,000 1 15 150,000
Debt Management System............ 200,000 1 15 50,000
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Totals........................ 800,000 .............. .............. 200,000
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Dated: October 8, 2015.
Naomi R. Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-26120 Filed 10-14-15; 8:45 am]
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