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Title: DHHS/ACF/ASPE/DOL
Enhanced Services for the Hard-toEmploy Demonstration and Evaluation:
Rhode Island 36-Month Data Collection.
OMB No. New Collection.
Description: The Enhanced Services
for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration
and Evaluation Project (HtE) seeks to
learn what services improve the
employment prospects of low-income
persons who face serious obstacles to
steady work. The project is sponsored
by the Office of Planning, Research and
Evaluation (OPRE) within the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) and the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE), both within the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), and the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL).
The HtE project is a multi-year, multisite evaluation that employs and
experimental longitudinal research
design to test four strategies aimed at
promoting employment among hard-toemploy populations. The four include:
(1) Intensive care management and job
services program for Rhode Island
Medicaid recipients with serious
depression; (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 participants receiving Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF);
and (4) two-generational Early Head
Start (EHS) services providing enhanced
self-sufficiency services for parents,
parent skills training, and high-quality
child care for children in low-income
families in Kansas and Missouri.
The purpose of this document is to
request public comment on the
proposed 36-month participant survey
in Rhode Island for participating parents
and their children.
The follow-up survey and direct child
assessments at the 36-month follow-up
in Rhode Island will be used for the
following purposes: Detecting the longterm effects of a telephonic care
management intervention on parents’
depression and general health, as well
as their employment, income, and
earnings; detecting effects of a
telephonic care management
intervention for parents’ depression on
parents’ parenting and on children’s
health, behavior, and development over
time, and determining the extent to
which long-term intervention effects on
children’s development can be
attributed to changes in their parents’
depressive symptomatology that result
from the intervention.
Respondents: The respondents to
these follow-up surveys will be lowincome parents from the Rhode Island
site currently participating in the HtE
Project, and some of their children.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
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RI 36–month, parent survey ............................................................................
RI 36–month, youth survey .............................................................................
RI 36–month, direct child assessment ............................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 646.50.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Administration,
Office of Information Services, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. E-mail address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests
should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
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ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: June 13, 2007.
Brendan Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07–2997 Filed 6–18–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: DHHS/ACF/ASPE/DOL
Enhanced Services for the Hard-toEmploy Demonstration and Evaluation:
Philadelphia 36-Month Data Collection.
OMB No. New Collection.
Description: The Enhanced Services
for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration
and Evaluation Project (HtE) seeks to
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learn what services improve the
employment prospects of low-income
persons who face serious obstacles to
steady work. The project is sponsored
by the Office of Planning, Research and
Evaluation (OPRE) within the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) and the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE), both within the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), and the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL). The HtE
project is a multi-year, multi-site
evaluation that employs an
experimental longitudinal research
design to test four strategies aimed at
promoting employment among hard-toemploy populations. The four include:
(1) Intensive care management and job
services program for Rhode Island
Medicaid recipients with serious
depression; (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 participants receiving Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF);
and (4) two-generational Early Head
Start (EHS) services providing enhanced
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self-sufficiency services for parents,
parent skills training, and high-quality
child care for children in low-income
families in Kansas and Missouri.
The purpose of the current document
is to request public comment on the 36month participant survey in
Philadelphia. The research team plans
to collect participant-reported surveys
assessing participants’ employment,
education and economic outcomes,
participation in employment and
training services, receipt of benefits and
services such as food stamps and mental
health services, housing and household
information, health and health care
coverage, child care, and child
outcomes.
The follow-up survey at the 36-month
follow-up in Philadelphia will be used
for the following purposes: To study the
extent to which pre-employment
services and transitional employment
affect employment, earnings, income,
and welfare dependence of low-income
TANF recipients; to examine the
impacts of these services on
participants’ health, receipt of benefits
such as food stamps, Medicaid, and
child-care subsidies, and participation
in services such as substance abuse
treatment and mental health services;
and to collect data on a wider range of
outcomes measures than is available
through welfare, Medicaid, Food
Stamps, Social Security, and
Unemployment Insurance records.
The 36-month data collection effort
draws heavily from the 15-month survey
conducted in this site. Materials for the
15-month data collection effort were
previously submitted to OMB and were
approved (OMB Control No. 0970–
0276).
Respondents: TANF recipients
without a high school diploma and/or
recipients who have received TANF for
at least 12 months.
The fielded sample of the 36-month
data collection effort will be all 1,944
participants in the two program groups
and the control group of the HtE project
in Philadelphia. The burden estimates
below assume an 80 percent response
rate of the fielded sample.
The annual burden estimates are
detailed below, and the substantive
content of each component will be
detailed in the supporting statement
attached to the forthcoming 30-day
notice.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Philadelphia 36-month participant survey ........................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,166.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Administration,
Office of Information Services, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. E-mail address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests
should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Number of
responses per
respondent
1,555
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: June 13, 2007.
Brendan Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07–2998 Filed 6–18–07; 8:45 am]
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Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
0.75
1,166
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Request for State Data Needed to
Determine the Amount of a Tribal
Family Assistance Grant.
OMB No.: 0970–0173.
Description: 42 U.S.C. 612 (Section
412 of the Social Security Act) gives
federally recognized Indian Tribes the
opportunity to apply to operate a Tribal
Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) program. The Act
specifies that the Secretary shall use
State-submitted data to determine the
amount of the grant to the Tribe. This
form (letter) is used to request those
data from the States. ACF is proposing
to extend this information collection
without change.
Respondents: States that have Indian
Tribes applying to operate a TANIF
program.
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Request for State Data Needed to Determine the Amount of a Tribal Family
Assistance Grant ..........................................................................................
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: DHHS/ACF/ASPE/DOL Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ
Demonstration and Evaluation: Philadelphia 36-Month Data Collection.
OMB No. New Collection.
Description: The Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ
Demonstration and Evaluation Project (HtE) seeks to learn what services
improve the employment prospects of low-income persons who face serious
obstacles to steady work. The project is sponsored by the Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), both within the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), and the U.S. Department of Labor
(DOL). The HtE project is a multi-year, multi-site evaluation that
employs an experimental longitudinal research design to test four
strategies aimed at promoting employment among hard-to-employ
populations. The four include: (1) Intensive care management and job
services program for Rhode Island Medicaid recipients with serious
depression; (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 participants receiving Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families (TANF); and (4) two-generational Early Head Start
(EHS) services providing enhanced
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self-sufficiency services for parents, parent skills training, and
high-quality child care for children in low-income families in Kansas
and Missouri.
The purpose of the current document is to request public comment on
the 36-month participant survey in Philadelphia. The research team
plans to collect participant-reported surveys assessing participants'
employment, education and economic outcomes, participation in
employment and training services, receipt of benefits and services such
as food stamps and mental health services, housing and household
information, health and health care coverage, child care, and child
outcomes.
The follow-up survey at the 36-month follow-up in Philadelphia will
be used for the following purposes: To study the extent to which pre-
employment services and transitional employment affect employment,
earnings, income, and welfare dependence of low-income TANF recipients;
to examine the impacts of these services on participants' health,
receipt of benefits such as food stamps, Medicaid, and child-care
subsidies, and participation in services such as substance abuse
treatment and mental health services; and to collect data on a wider
range of outcomes measures than is available through welfare, Medicaid,
Food Stamps, Social Security, and Unemployment Insurance records.
The 36-month data collection effort draws heavily from the 15-month
survey conducted in this site. Materials for the 15-month data
collection effort were previously submitted to OMB and were approved
(OMB Control No. 0970-0276).
Respondents: TANF recipients without a high school diploma and/or
recipients who have received TANF for at least 12 months.
The fielded sample of the 36-month data collection effort will be
all 1,944 participants in the two program groups and the control group
of the HtE project in Philadelphia. The burden estimates below assume
an 80 percent response rate of the fielded sample.
The annual burden estimates are detailed below, and the substantive
content of each component will be detailed in the supporting statement
attached to the forthcoming 30-day notice.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Philadelphia 36-month participant survey........ 1,555 1 0.75 1,166
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,166.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade,
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: June 13, 2007.
Brendan Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-2998 Filed 6-18-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-01-M
