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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: DHHS/ACF/ASPE/DOL
Enhanced Services for the Hard-toEmploy Demonstration and Evaluation
Project Follow-up Surveys.
OMB No.: 0970–0251.
Description: The Enhanced Services
for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration
and Evaluation Project (HtE) is the most
ambitious, comprehensive effort to learn
what works in this area to date and is
explicitly designed to build on previous
and ongoing research by rigorously
testing a wide variety of approaches to
promote employment and improve
family functioning and child well-being.
The HtE project will ‘‘conduct a multisite evaluation that studies the
implementation issues, program design,
net impact and benefit-costs of selected
programs’’ 1 designed to help Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
recipients, former TANF recipients or
low-income parents who are hard-toemploy. The project is sponsored by the
Office of Planning, Research and
Evaluation (OPRE) of the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE) in the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department
of Labor (DOL).
The evaluation involves an
experimental, random assignment
design in up to five sites (four are
confirmed), testing a diverse set of
strategies to promote employment for
low-income parents who face serious
obstacles to employment. The four
include: (1) Intensive care management
to facilitate the use of evidence-based
treatment for major depression among
parents receiving Medicaid in Rhode
Island; (2) job readiness training,
worksite placements, job coaching, job
development aNd other training
opportunities for recent parolees in New
York City; (3) pre-employment services
and transitional employment for longterm TANF participants in Philadelphia;
and (4) home- and center-based care for
low-income families who have young
children or are expecting in Kansas and
Missouri. The latter is a two-generation
test, designed to help the children and
their parents.
1 From the Department of Health and Human
Services RFP No.: 233–01–0012.
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Over the next several years, the HtE
project will generate a wealth of
rigorous data on implementation, effects
and costs of these alternative
approaches. The follow-up surveys will
be used for the following purposes:
• To study the extent to which
different HtE approaches impact
employment, earnings, income, welfare
dependence and the presence or
persistence of employment barriers;
• To study how different HtE
strategies impact child well-being, when
programs are directed toward parents
and when they are designed to target
both generations;
• To collect data on a wider range of
outcome measures than is available
through Welfare, Medicaid, Food
Stamps, Social Security, the Criminal
Justice System or Unemployment
Insurance records in order to
understand the family circumstances
and attributes and situations that
contribute to the difficulties in finding
employment; job retention and job
quality; educational attainment;
interactions with and knowledge of the
HtE program; household composition;
child care; transportation; health care;
income; physical and mental health
problems; substance abuse; domestic
violence; and criminal history.
• To conduct non-experimental
analyses to explain participation
decisions and provide a descriptive
picture of the circumstances of
individuals who are hard-to-employ;
• To obtain participation information
important to the evaluation’s benefitcost component; and to obtain contact
information for possible future followup, which will be important to
achieving high response rates for
additional surveys.
Materials for the HtE baseline survey
were previously submitted to OMB on
April 29, 2003, and a revised packet for
the Rhode Island site was submitted on
April 7, 2004. Both submissions have
been approved by OMB.
The purpose of this submission is to
introduce the five survey instruments
that will be used to collect follow-up
data in the four confirmed sites. These
are as follows:
1. A 6-month follow-up survey in
Rhode Island (Mental Health Test);
2. A 15-month follow-up survey in
Rhode Island (Mental Health Test);
3. A 12-month follow-up survey in
New York City (Recent Parolees);
4. A 12-month follow-up survey in
Philadelphia (Transitional Employment
for long-term TANF participants); and
5. A 12-month follow-up survey in
Kansas and Missouri (Two Generation
Test).
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Respondents: The respondents to
these follow-up surveys will be lowincome individuals from the five states
represented by the four sites currently
participating in the HtE Project: Kansas,
Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania and
Rhode Island. Many will be current or
former TANF participants, and many
will be current or former recipients of
site, respondents will have completed a
more detailed baseline survey, which is
required to establish baseline measures
of depression and related conditions.
The annual burden estimates are
detailed below, and the substantive
content of each survey are detailed in
the supporting statement.
Medicaid. These populations are at
heightened risk for all of the barriers
that cause people to be hard-to-employ.
Prior to these follow-up surveys, basic
demographic information for all survey
respondents will have been obtained
wherever possible from the existing
automated systems or brief baseline
information forms. In the Rhode Island
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Rhode Island, 6–month ...................................
Rhode Island, 15–month .................................
New York City, 12–month ...............................
Philadelphia, 12–month ..................................
Kansas/Missouri, 12–month ............................
Number of
responses per
respondent
734
734
1,000
750
680
1
1
1
1
1
Average burden
hours per
response
38
45
32
25
45
minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours. 2,371.20
ACF, E-mail address:
Katherine_T._Astrich@omb.eop.gov.
Additional Information
Copies of the proposed collection may
be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and
Families. Office of Administration,
Office of Information Services, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection. E-mail address:
grjohnson@acf.hhs.gov.
Dated: February 8, 2005
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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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, Attn: Desk Officer for
or
or
or
or
or
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request Proposed
Projects:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Title: Community-Based Child Abuse
Prevention Program (CBCAP).
OMB No.: 0970–0155.
Description: The Program Instruction,
prepared in response to the enactment
of the Community-Based Grants for the
Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
(administratively known as the
Community-Based Child Abuse
Prevention Program (CBCAP)), as set
forth in Title II of Pub. L. 108–36, Child
.63
.75
.53
.42
.75
hrs
hrs
hrs
hrs
hrs
Total burden
hours
.....................................
.....................................
.....................................
.....................................
.....................................
464.87
550.50
533.33
312.50
510.00
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
Amendments of 2003, provides
direction to the States and Territories to
accomplish the purposes of (1)
supporting community-based efforts to
develop, operate, expand and, where
appropriate, to network initiatives
aimed at the prevention of child abuse
and neglect and to support networks of
coordinated resources and activities to
better strengthen and support families to
reduce the incidence of child abuse and
neglect; and (2) fostering an
understanding, appreciation and
knowledge of diverse populations in
order to be effective in preventing and
treating child abuse and neglect. This
Program Instruction contains
information collection requirements that
are found in Pub. L. 108–36 at Sections
201, 202, 203, 205, 206, 207, and
pursuant to receiving a grant award. The
information submitted will be used by
the agency to ensure compliance with
the statute, complete the calculation of
the grant award entitlement, and
provide training and technical
assistance to the grantee.
Respondents: State Government.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Application .......................................................................................................
Annual Report ..................................................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours 3,328
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
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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
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Number of
responses per
respondent
1
1
Average burden
hours per
response
40
24
Total burden
hours
2,080
1,248
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Information Services,
370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: DHHS/ACF/ASPE/DOL Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ
Demonstration and Evaluation Project Follow-up Surveys.
OMB No.: 0970-0251.
Description: The Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ
Demonstration and Evaluation Project (HtE) is the most ambitious,
comprehensive effort to learn what works in this area to date and is
explicitly designed to build on previous and ongoing research by
rigorously testing a wide variety of approaches to promote employment
and improve family functioning and child well-being. The HtE project
will ``conduct a multi-site evaluation that studies the implementation
issues, program design, net impact and benefit-costs of selected
programs'' \1\ designed to help Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
(TANF) recipients, former TANF recipients or low-income parents who are
hard-to-employ. The project is sponsored by the Office of Planning,
Research and Evaluation (OPRE) of the Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
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\1\ From the Department of Health and Human Services RFP No.:
233-01-0012.
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The evaluation involves an experimental, random assignment design
in up to five sites (four are confirmed), testing a diverse set of
strategies to promote employment for low-income parents who face
serious obstacles to employment. The four include: (1) Intensive care
management to facilitate the use of evidence-based treatment for major
depression among parents receiving Medicaid in Rhode Island; (2) job
readiness training, worksite placements, job coaching, job development
aNd other training opportunities for recent parolees in New York City;
(3) pre-employment services and transitional employment for long-term
TANF participants in Philadelphia; and (4) home- and center-based care
for low-income families who have young children or are expecting in
Kansas and Missouri. The latter is a two-generation test, designed to
help the children and their parents.
Over the next several years, the HtE project will generate a wealth
of rigorous data on implementation, effects and costs of these
alternative approaches. The follow-up surveys will be used for the
following purposes:
To study the extent to which different HtE approaches
impact employment, earnings, income, welfare dependence and the
presence or persistence of employment barriers;
To study how different HtE strategies impact child well-
being, when programs are directed toward parents and when they are
designed to target both generations;
To collect data on a wider range of outcome measures than
is available through Welfare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Social Security,
the Criminal Justice System or Unemployment Insurance records in order
to understand the family circumstances and attributes and situations
that contribute to the difficulties in finding employment; job
retention and job quality; educational attainment; interactions with
and knowledge of the HtE program; household composition; child care;
transportation; health care; income; physical and mental health
problems; substance abuse; domestic violence; and criminal history.
To conduct non-experimental analyses to explain
participation decisions and provide a descriptive picture of the
circumstances of individuals who are hard-to-employ;
To obtain participation information important to the
evaluation's benefit-cost component; and to obtain contact information
for possible future follow-up, which will be important to achieving
high response rates for additional surveys.
Materials for the HtE baseline survey were previously submitted to
OMB on April 29, 2003, and a revised packet for the Rhode Island site
was submitted on April 7, 2004. Both submissions have been approved by
OMB.
The purpose of this submission is to introduce the five survey
instruments that will be used to collect follow-up data in the four
confirmed sites. These are as follows:
1. A 6-month follow-up survey in Rhode Island (Mental Health Test);
2. A 15-month follow-up survey in Rhode Island (Mental Health
Test);
3. A 12-month follow-up survey in New York City (Recent Parolees);
4. A 12-month follow-up survey in Philadelphia (Transitional
Employment for long-term TANF participants); and
5. A 12-month follow-up survey in Kansas and Missouri (Two
Generation Test).
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Respondents: The respondents to these follow-up surveys will be
low-income individuals from the five states represented by the four
sites currently participating in the HtE Project: Kansas, Missouri, New
York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Many will be current or former
TANF participants, and many will be current or former recipients of
Medicaid. These populations are at heightened risk for all of the
barriers that cause people to be hard-to-employ.
Prior to these follow-up surveys, basic demographic information for
all survey respondents will have been obtained wherever possible from
the existing automated systems or brief baseline information forms. In
the Rhode Island site, respondents will have completed a more detailed
baseline survey, which is required to establish baseline measures of
depression and related conditions.
The annual burden estimates are detailed below, and the substantive
content of each survey are detailed in the supporting statement.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Instrument Number of responses per Average burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rhode Island, 6-month................. 734 1 38 minutes or .63 hrs... 464.87
Rhode Island, 15-month................ 734 1 45 minutes or .75 hrs... 550.50
New York City, 12-month............... 1,000 1 32 minutes or .53 hrs... 533.33
Philadelphia, 12-month................ 750 1 25 minutes or .42 hrs... 312.50
Kansas/Missouri, 12-month............. 680 1 45 minutes or .75 hrs... 510.00
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours. 2,371.20
Additional Information
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and Families. Office of Administration,
Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests
should be identified by the title of the information collection. E-mail
address: grjohnson@acf.hhs.gov.
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, Attn: Desk Officer
for ACF, E-mail address: Katherine--T.--Astrich@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: February 8, 2005
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-2825 Filed 2-14-05; 8:45 am]
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