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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Evaluation
of Strategies Used in TechHire and
Strengthening Working Families
Initiative Grant Programs
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of 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 requested
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 is properly
assessed.
Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the
collection of data about the Evaluation
of Strategies Used in TechHire and
Strengthening Working Families
Initiative Grant Programs. A copy of the
proposed Information Collection
Request (ICR) 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
January 17, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov;
Mail or Courier: Christina Yancey, Chief
Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–2312, 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
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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:
Christina Yancey by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Chief Evaluation
Office (CEO), in collaboration with the
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), of the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL) seeks to
build evidence about effective
approaches to prepare Americans with
skills and connect them to well-paying,
middle- and high-skilled, and high
growth jobs in H-lB industries (such as
IT, healthcare, advanced manufacturing,
financial services, and broadband).
There is a particular interest in special
populations and individuals who have
traditionally faced barriers to training
and employment opportunities and in
learning about approaches to serving
these populations and addressing
barriers they may face, such as youth
and young adults, parents with
childcare needs, individuals with
disabilities, individuals with limited
English proficiency, and individuals
with criminal records. The evaluation
will advance the evidence on innovative
approaches being used to meet these
goals in the TechHire Partnership
(TechHire) and Strengthening Working
Families Initiative (SWFI) grant
programs. The evaluation will include
two components, an implementation
study and an impact study.
The goal of the impact study is to
provide rigorous evidence on the
effectiveness of strategies used in the
TechHire and SWFI grant programs. The
impact study will consist of both a
randomized controlled trial (RCT) and a
quasi-experimental design (QED)
evaluation. Six grantees will be selected
to participate in an RCT. Eligible
program applicants will be randomly
assigned to either a program group that
is offered the program or a control group
that is not. The RCT will collect
baseline data on key demographics and
other characteristics through a random
assignment intake form, employment
and earnings outcomes through
unemployment insurance (UI), wage
record data from the National Directory
of New Hires (NDNH), or, as needed, UI
records from state agencies, and follow
up surveys of study participants at
about 6 and 18 to 24 months after
random assignment. The follow up
surveys will provide additional outcome
measures such as employment stability
and quality, completion of training, and
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involvement with the criminal justice
system.
The QED will include all 53 TechHire
and SWFI grantees and use the pooled
RCT control group as the comparison
group using propensity score matching.
The QED will collect data from an
existing MIS and UI wage record data
from NDNH and/or state agencies. It
will also use data from the
implementation study (described below)
in an effort to analyze how variation in
program impacts correlates with
implementation factors.
A key goal of the implementation
study is to provide systematic
information on all of the grantees and
link the findings to impacts. For all 53
grantees, the implementation study will
review grantee applications, conduct
web-based surveys with grantees and
partners, conduct semi-structured
telephone interviews with grantees and
partners, and collect data on individual
participants through an existing grantee
quarterly reports MIS. Additionally, for
the 6 grantees in the RCT, the
implementation study will include two
rounds of field visits involving a mix of
observations, interviews, and case file
reviews. This will provide critical
context for understanding the impact
findings from the RCT.
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on
proposed data collection instruments
that will be used in the evaluation:
* Random assignment intake form.
The random assignment process will
begin with a short baseline form that
collects electronically key demographic
and other individual characteristics and
contact information for follow-up.
* 6 Month Participant Follow-up
Survey. The survey will be administered
6 months after random assignment to
the treated and control groups. To better
understand the contrast between the
treated and control groups 6 months
after random assignment, this relatively
brief survey will collect information on
service receipt, employment, and job
placement.
* 18 Month Participant Follow-up
Survey. The survey will be administered
18 months after random assignment to
the treated and control groups. The
purpose of the survey is to collect
information on outcomes not available
in existing data. These include current
and past employment situation, hours
worked, wages, shift work, employer
benefits, job search activities, job
satisfaction, promotion, education and
training participation, criminal justice
involvement, and child care.
* Grantee Survey. The survey will be
administered to all 53 TechHire and
SWFI grantees in 2018. The purpose of
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the survey is to collect uniform
information on implementation status
and a variety of program characteristics
to support implementation analysis of
the grant programs. These data will
allow us to examine whether there is a
correlation between program
characteristics and impacts.
* Partner Survey. The survey will be
administered to all partners of all 53
TechHire and SWFI grantees. The
survey will explore the strength of
relationships between the partners in
the TechHire and SWFI grant programs.
The survey will collect information on
select elements of partner interactions
(frequency of communication, level of
collaboration, and service referrals).
* Protocol for In-depth Telephone
Interview with Grantees. Within 6
months after the grantee survey, the
evaluation team will conduct in-depth
telephone interviews with each grantee.
The protocol will be used to learn about
challenges, successes, and barriers to
implementation that are difficult to
obtain using a survey.
* Protocol for In-depth Telephone
Interview with Partners. Within 6
months after the partner survey, the
evaluation team will conduct in-depth
telephone interviews with one partner
for each grantee. The protocol will be
used to learn about the degree of
engagement and successful strategies
that are difficult to obtain using a
survey.
* Site Visit Protocols. During two
rounds of implementation site visits to
the 6 grantees in the RCT, the evaluation
team will conduct in-depth interviews
with program staff and partners. The
site visit protocols will be tailored to
each grantee and collect information on
implementation status, changes in
implementation during random
assignment, and degree of coordination.
II. Desired Focus of Comments:
Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the
above data collection for the Evaluation
of Strategies Used in the TechHire and
SWFI programs. DOL is particularly
interested in comments that do the
following:
* Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
* evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s burden estimate of the
proposed information collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
* enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
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* minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology—
Type of Review: New information
collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290–0NEW.
Affected Public: TechHire and SWFI
program applicants, grantees, and
partners.
for example, permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, the
Department of Labor is requesting
clearance for the implementation site
visit protocols, the focus group
protocols, and a survey.
ESTIMATED TOTAL BURDEN HOURS
Estimated
total
respondents
Respondents
Average
burden time
per response
(hours)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Estimated
total burden
(hours)
Impact Study
Baseline Intake Form .......................................................................................
Participant Survey at 6-months .......................................................................
Participant Survey at 18–24 months ...............................................................
4,800
* 3,840
* 3,840
1
1
1
.50
.50
.75
2,400
1,920
2,880
53
53
53
1
1
1
1
.50
.50
.75
.75
26.50
265
39.75
39.75
120
96
1
1
.50
.50
60.0
48.0
b 5,705
........................
........................
7,679
Implementation Study
Web-based survey of grantees .......................................................................
Web-based survey of partners ........................................................................
Semi-structured telephone interviews with grantees .......................................
Semi-structured telephone interviews with partners ........................................
Implementation site visits
Program staff ............................................................................................
Partners ....................................................................................................
Total ...................................................................................................
a 530
* Assumes a sample of 4,800 with an 80 percent response rate.
a Assumes 10 partners per grantee.
b So as not to double-count participants who complete the baseline intake form and then also complete the follow-up participant surveys, this
total only counts the 4,800 from the baseline intake form. However, all hours are calculated for the total burden.
Comments submitted in response to
this request will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: November 3, 2016.
Sharon Block,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Policy, U.S. Department of Labor.
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November 17, 2016.
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Construction Services, Directorate of
Construction, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, Room N–3468,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2020
(TTY (877) 889–5627); email:
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Evaluation of Strategies Used in TechHire and
Strengthening Working Families Initiative Grant Programs
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of 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 requested 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 is properly assessed.
Currently, the Department of Labor is soliciting comments
concerning the collection of data about the Evaluation of Strategies
Used in TechHire and Strengthening Working Families Initiative Grant
Programs. A copy of the proposed Information Collection Request (ICR)
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 January 17, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods: Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov; Mail or Courier:
Christina Yancey, Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room S-2312, 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
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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: Christina Yancey by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO), in collaboration
with the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), of the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL) seeks to build evidence about effective
approaches to prepare Americans with skills and connect them to well-
paying, middle- and high-skilled, and high growth jobs in H-lB
industries (such as IT, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, financial
services, and broadband). There is a particular interest in special
populations and individuals who have traditionally faced barriers to
training and employment opportunities and in learning about approaches
to serving these populations and addressing barriers they may face,
such as youth and young adults, parents with childcare needs,
individuals with disabilities, individuals with limited English
proficiency, and individuals with criminal records. The evaluation will
advance the evidence on innovative approaches being used to meet these
goals in the TechHire Partnership (TechHire) and Strengthening Working
Families Initiative (SWFI) grant programs. The evaluation will include
two components, an implementation study and an impact study.
The goal of the impact study is to provide rigorous evidence on the
effectiveness of strategies used in the TechHire and SWFI grant
programs. The impact study will consist of both a randomized controlled
trial (RCT) and a quasi-experimental design (QED) evaluation. Six
grantees will be selected to participate in an RCT. Eligible program
applicants will be randomly assigned to either a program group that is
offered the program or a control group that is not. The RCT will
collect baseline data on key demographics and other characteristics
through a random assignment intake form, employment and earnings
outcomes through unemployment insurance (UI), wage record data from the
National Directory of New Hires (NDNH), or, as needed, UI records from
state agencies, and follow up surveys of study participants at about 6
and 18 to 24 months after random assignment. The follow up surveys will
provide additional outcome measures such as employment stability and
quality, completion of training, and involvement with the criminal
justice system.
The QED will include all 53 TechHire and SWFI grantees and use the
pooled RCT control group as the comparison group using propensity score
matching. The QED will collect data from an existing MIS and UI wage
record data from NDNH and/or state agencies. It will also use data from
the implementation study (described below) in an effort to analyze how
variation in program impacts correlates with implementation factors.
A key goal of the implementation study is to provide systematic
information on all of the grantees and link the findings to impacts.
For all 53 grantees, the implementation study will review grantee
applications, conduct web-based surveys with grantees and partners,
conduct semi-structured telephone interviews with grantees and
partners, and collect data on individual participants through an
existing grantee quarterly reports MIS. Additionally, for the 6
grantees in the RCT, the implementation study will include two rounds
of field visits involving a mix of observations, interviews, and case
file reviews. This will provide critical context for understanding the
impact findings from the RCT.
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
proposed data collection instruments that will be used in the
evaluation:
* Random assignment intake form. The random assignment process will
begin with a short baseline form that collects electronically key
demographic and other individual characteristics and contact
information for follow-up.
* 6 Month Participant Follow-up Survey. The survey will be
administered 6 months after random assignment to the treated and
control groups. To better understand the contrast between the treated
and control groups 6 months after random assignment, this relatively
brief survey will collect information on service receipt, employment,
and job placement.
* 18 Month Participant Follow-up Survey. The survey will be
administered 18 months after random assignment to the treated and
control groups. The purpose of the survey is to collect information on
outcomes not available in existing data. These include current and past
employment situation, hours worked, wages, shift work, employer
benefits, job search activities, job satisfaction, promotion, education
and training participation, criminal justice involvement, and child
care.
* Grantee Survey. The survey will be administered to all 53
TechHire and SWFI grantees in 2018. The purpose of the survey is to
collect uniform information on implementation status and a variety of
program characteristics to support implementation analysis of the grant
programs. These data will allow us to examine whether there is a
correlation between program characteristics and impacts.
* Partner Survey. The survey will be administered to all partners
of all 53 TechHire and SWFI grantees. The survey will explore the
strength of relationships between the partners in the TechHire and SWFI
grant programs. The survey will collect information on select elements
of partner interactions (frequency of communication, level of
collaboration, and service referrals).
* Protocol for In-depth Telephone Interview with Grantees. Within 6
months after the grantee survey, the evaluation team will conduct in-
depth telephone interviews with each grantee. The protocol will be used
to learn about challenges, successes, and barriers to implementation
that are difficult to obtain using a survey.
* Protocol for In-depth Telephone Interview with Partners. Within 6
months after the partner survey, the evaluation team will conduct in-
depth telephone interviews with one partner for each grantee. The
protocol will be used to learn about the degree of engagement and
successful strategies that are difficult to obtain using a survey.
* Site Visit Protocols. During two rounds of implementation site
visits to the 6 grantees in the RCT, the evaluation team will conduct
in-depth interviews with program staff and partners. The site visit
protocols will be tailored to each grantee and collect information on
implementation status, changes in implementation during random
assignment, and degree of coordination.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor
is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection for the
Evaluation of Strategies Used in the TechHire and SWFI programs. DOL is
particularly interested in comments that do the following:
* Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
* evaluate the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate of the
proposed information collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
* enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
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* minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology--for example, permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, the Department of Labor is
requesting clearance for the implementation site visit protocols, the
focus group protocols, and a survey.
Type of Review: New information collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290-0NEW.
Affected Public: TechHire and SWFI program applicants, grantees,
and partners.
Estimated Total Burden Hours
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Average
Estimated Number of burden time Estimated
Respondents total responses per per response total burden
respondents respondent (hours) (hours)
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Impact Study
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Baseline Intake Form............................ 4,800 1 .50 2,400
Participant Survey at 6-months.................. * 3,840 1 .50 1,920
Participant Survey at 18-24 months.............. * 3,840 1 .75 2,880
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Implementation Study
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Web-based survey of grantees.................... 53 1 .50 26.50
Web-based survey of partners.................... \a\ 530 1 .50 265
Semi-structured telephone interviews with 53 1 .75 39.75
grantees.......................................
Semi-structured telephone interviews with 53 1 .75 39.75
partners.......................................
Implementation site visits
Program staff............................... 120 1 .50 60.0
Partners.................................... 96 1 .50 48.0
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Total................................... \b\ 5,705 .............. .............. 7,679
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* Assumes a sample of 4,800 with an 80 percent response rate.
\a\ Assumes 10 partners per grantee.
\b\ So as not to double-count participants who complete the baseline intake form and then also complete the
follow-up participant surveys, this total only counts the 4,800 from the baseline intake form. However, all
hours are calculated for the total burden.
Comments submitted in response to this request will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: November 3, 2016.
Sharon Block,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of
Labor.
[FR Doc. 2016-27681 Filed 11-16-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-HX-P
