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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Proposed Information Collection
Request (ICR) for the Impact
Evaluation of the YouthBuild Program;
Comment Request
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor (the
Department or DOL), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to
provide the general public and other
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) [44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to
ensure that required data can be
provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
SUMMARY:
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the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed.
The Department notes that a Federal
agency cannot conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it is
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under the PRA and
displays a currently valid OMB control
number, and the public is not required
to respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. Also, notwithstanding
any other provisions of law, no person
shall be subject to penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information
if the collection of information does not
display a currently valid OMB control
number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and
1320.6.
A copy of the proposed ICR can be
obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the addresses section of this
notice or by accessing: https://
www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/
OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before
July 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Eileen
Pederson, U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Policy
Development and Research, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances
Perkins Bldg., Room N–5641,
Washington, DC 20210, telephone
number (202) 693–3647 (this is not a
toll-free number); e-mail address is
Pederson.eileen@dol.gov and fax
number is (202) 693–2766 (this is not a
toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Impact Evaluation of the
YouthBuild program is a seven-year
experimental design impact evaluation
funded by DOL/ETA. This information
collection covers the first year of the
project. YouthBuild is a youth and
community development program that
addresses several core issues facing lowincome communities: available housing,
and youth education, employment and
criminal behavior. The program
primarily serves high school dropouts
and focuses on helping them attain a
high school diploma or general
educational development, or GED, and
teaching them construction skills geared
toward career placement. The
evaluation will measure core program
outcomes including educational
attainment, postsecondary planning,
employment, earnings, delinquency and
involvement with the criminal justice
system, and youth social and emotional
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development. The evaluation represents
an important opportunity for DOL to
add to the growing body of knowledge
about the impacts of ‘‘second chance’’
programs for youth who have dropped
out of high school. Compared to peers
who remain in school, high school
dropouts are more likely to be
disconnected from school and work, be
incarcerated, be unmarried, and have
children outside of marriage.
The evaluation of the YouthBuild
program will address the following
research questions:
Operation: How is YouthBuild
designed in each participating site?
What are the key implementation
practices that affect how the program
operates? How does the local context
affect program implementation and the
services available to members of the
control group?
Participation: What are the
characteristics of youth who enroll in
the study? How are these characteristics
shaped by YouthBuild recruitment and
screening practices?
Impacts: What are YouthBuild’s
impacts on educational attainment,
planning, and aspirations? What are
YouthBuild’s impacts on employment,
earnings, and job characteristics? What
are YouthBuild’s impacts on crime and
delinquency? What are the program’s
impacts on social-emotional
development, identity development,
and self-regulation?
Costs: How does the net cost per
participant compare with the impacts
the program generates?
The evaluation study started in June
2010 and is scheduled to continue until
July 2017. MDRC, the prime contractor,
is working with Mathematica Policy
Research and Social Policy Research
Associates to design and implement the
evaluation. The study includes a
baseline information collection, a Webbased questionnaire and a Web-based
survey of YouthBuild grantees, sitespecific qualitative and cost data, and
three mixed-mode (Web and computerassisted telephone interviewing) surveys
of youth that will take place 12, 30, and
48 months after random assignment.
The target population for the study is
out-of-school youth aged 16–24, who are
from low-income families; in foster care;
offenders; migrants; disabled; or are
children of incarcerated parents. Of the
universe of YouthBuild programs, the
study team will recruit 77 sites (60 DOLfunded sites and 17 sites that are not
currently funded by DOL but do receive
funding from the Corporation for
National and Community Service
[CNCS], referred to hereafter as CNCSfunded programs) and will seek to
enroll 3,465 eligible participants into
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the study. Study participants will be
randomly assigned to either the
treatment group, which will be eligible
for YouthBuild services, or to the
control group which will not be eligible.
Study participants will be followed for
four years after random assignment.
Data for the study will be collected
from YouthBuild grantees and from
study participants through the following
methods:
Grantee Questionnaire and Survey
and Site Visits. A brief grantee
questionnaire and subsequent grantee
survey will provide information about
the grantee sites that run individual
YouthBuild programs. The
questionnaire will be a mandatory
component of grant awards for all DOLfunded and CNCS-funded YouthBuild
programs funded in 2011, and will
request general information about the
staff and participants at each site.
Information provided in this
questionnaire will be used to inform
selection of those grantees which will
participate in the participant random
assignment component of the
evaluation. The grantee survey is also
mandatory and will be administered
after programs are fully operational. It
will request detailed information about
the services each program offers,
including the frequency and location of
particular services, as well as more indepth information about the staff and
participants. The information from the
grantee survey will be used to support
the implementation analysis and will
assess how outcomes may vary across
YouthBuild program models. As part of
the implementation analysis, the
evaluation team will conduct site visits
to at least 60 sites. These visits will
include classroom observations to assess
the quality of instruction, youth focus
groups, and semi-structured in-depth
interviews with program staff and
collect cost data to ascertain the cost of
the program.
Baseline Data Forms Completed by
Sample Group Members. Prior to
random assignment in the sites selected
for this component of the study, all
eligible youth participants will
complete baseline data forms, which
will include an Informed Consent Form,
a Baseline Information Form, and a
Contact Information Form. Taken
together, these will provide participants
with information about the study while
collecting information for both future
subgroup analysis and locating study
participants during future study followups.
Three Follow-up Surveys of Sample
Group Members. Members of both the
treatment and control groups will
complete follow-up surveys at 12, 30,
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and 48 months following random
assignment. These surveys will request
information about the services that
participants have received through
YouthBuild and other community
service providers, as well as information
about their educational attainment,
postsecondary planning and
engagement, employment, earnings,
delinquency and involvement with the
criminal justice system, and social and
emotional development.
At this time, clearance is requested for
the site selection questionnaire and
grantee survey and the study participant
baseline data forms. A future request
will be submitted for the follow-up
surveys, site visit protocols and cost
data collection forms.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, DOL is soliciting comments
concerning the above data collection for
the Impact Evaluation of the YouthBuild
program. Comments are requested to:
* Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
* Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
* Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
* Minimize the burden of the
information collection on those who are
to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
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III. Current Actions
At this time, DOL is requesting
clearance for the three study participant
enrollment forms—the informed
consent form, the baseline information
form, and the contact information
form—as well as the initial Site
Selection Questionnaire and subsequent
Grantee Survey. A future request for
comment (and OMB clearance) will be
submitted for the site visit protocols,
cost data forms and follow-up surveys.
Type of review: New information
collection request.
Title of collection: Impact Evaluation
of the YouthBuild Program.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0NEW.
Affected Public: Low-income,
disadvantaged youth and DOL- and
CNCS-funded YouthBuild programs.
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Cite/Reference/Form/etc: Workforce
Investment Act Section 172.
1. The Site Selection Questionnaire:
Frequency: Once.
Total Responses: 117 sites (all 2011
DOL-funded YouthBuild grantees and
all 17 of the CNCS-funded grantees
[excluding those which receive DOL
funding]).
Average Time per Response: 10
minutes per staff for each response.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 19.5
(117 responses × 10 minutes).
Total Burden Cost: $487.50 (19.5
hours × $25/hour).
2. The study member enrollment
forms:
Frequency: Once.
Total Responses: 3,465 study
participants.
Average Time per Response: 15
minutes per study participant.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 866.25
(3,465 participants × 15 minutes each).
Total Burden Cost: $6,280.31 (866.25
hours × $7.25/hour).
3. The Grantee Survey:
Frequency: Once.
Total Responses: 117 sites (all 2011
DOL-funded YouthBuild grantees and
all 17 of the CNCS-funded grantees
[excluding those which receive DOL
funding]).
Average Time per Response: 30
minutes per staff for each response.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 58.5
(117 responses × 30 minutes).
Total Burden Cost: $1,462.50 (58.5
hours × $25/hour).
Note that, due to rounding, the total
amounts may differ from the sum of the
components.
Comments submitted in response to
this request will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval; they
will also become a matter of public
record.
Signed at Washington, DC this 5th day of
May, 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–75,099]
West, A Thomson Reuters Business,
Thomson Reuters Legal Division,
Including On-Site Leased Workers
From ADECCO, Albuquerque, NM;
Notice of Affirmative Determination
Regarding Application for
Reconsideration
By application dated April 12, 2011,
a Trade Adjustment Assistance
Coordinator from the State of New
Mexico requested administrative
reconsideration of the negative
determination regarding workers’
eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) applicable to workers
and former workers of West, A Thomson
Reuters Business, Thomson Reuters
Legal Division, Albuquerque, New
Mexico (subject firm). The
determination was issued on March 4,
2011. The Department’s Notice of
Determination was published in the
Federal Register on March 17, 2011 (76
FR 14693). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the supply of legal,
business, and regulatory information
services.
The negative determination was based
on the findings that the group eligibility
requirements under Section 222(a) and
(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2272(a) and (c),
have not been satisfied because the
investigation revealed that only one
worker has been totally or partially
separated from the subject firm. 29 CFR
90.2 states that a significant number or
proportion of the workers means at least
three workers in a firm (or appropriate
subdivision thereof) with a workforce of
fewer than 50 workers, or five percent
of the workers or 50 workers, whichever
is less, in a workforce of 50 or more
workers. Finally, the group eligibility
requirements under Section 222(f) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. 2272(f), have not been
satisfied because the workers’ firm has
not been identified in an affirmative
finding of injury by the International
Trade Commission.
In the request for reconsideration, the
TAA Coordinator alleges a mistake in
fact with regards to the number and/or
proportion of workers separated, or
threatened with separation.
The Department has carefully
reviewed the request for reconsideration
and the existing record, and has
determined that the Department will
conduct further investigation to
determine if the petitioning workers
meet the eligibility requirements of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) for the Impact
Evaluation of the YouthBuild Program; Comment Request
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (the Department or DOL), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general
public and other Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) [44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to ensure that required data can be
provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood,
and
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the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly
assessed.
The Department notes that a Federal agency cannot conduct or
sponsor a collection of information unless it is approved by the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) under the PRA and displays a currently
valid OMB control number, and the public is not required to respond to
a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. Also, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no
person shall be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information if the collection of information does not
display a currently valid OMB control number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and
1320.6.
A copy of the proposed ICR can be obtained by contacting the office
listed below in the addresses section of this notice or by accessing:
https://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before July 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Eileen Pederson, U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Policy Development
and Research, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances Perkins Bldg., Room
N-5641, Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693-3647 (this is
not a toll-free number); e-mail address is Pederson.eileen@dol.gov and
fax number is (202) 693-2766 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Impact Evaluation of the YouthBuild program is a seven-year
experimental design impact evaluation funded by DOL/ETA. This
information collection covers the first year of the project. YouthBuild
is a youth and community development program that addresses several
core issues facing low-income communities: available housing, and youth
education, employment and criminal behavior. The program primarily
serves high school dropouts and focuses on helping them attain a high
school diploma or general educational development, or GED, and teaching
them construction skills geared toward career placement. The evaluation
will measure core program outcomes including educational attainment,
postsecondary planning, employment, earnings, delinquency and
involvement with the criminal justice system, and youth social and
emotional development. The evaluation represents an important
opportunity for DOL to add to the growing body of knowledge about the
impacts of ``second chance'' programs for youth who have dropped out of
high school. Compared to peers who remain in school, high school
dropouts are more likely to be disconnected from school and work, be
incarcerated, be unmarried, and have children outside of marriage.
The evaluation of the YouthBuild program will address the following
research questions:
Operation: How is YouthBuild designed in each participating site?
What are the key implementation practices that affect how the program
operates? How does the local context affect program implementation and
the services available to members of the control group?
Participation: What are the characteristics of youth who enroll in
the study? How are these characteristics shaped by YouthBuild
recruitment and screening practices?
Impacts: What are YouthBuild's impacts on educational attainment,
planning, and aspirations? What are YouthBuild's impacts on employment,
earnings, and job characteristics? What are YouthBuild's impacts on
crime and delinquency? What are the program's impacts on social-
emotional development, identity development, and self-regulation?
Costs: How does the net cost per participant compare with the
impacts the program generates?
The evaluation study started in June 2010 and is scheduled to
continue until July 2017. MDRC, the prime contractor, is working with
Mathematica Policy Research and Social Policy Research Associates to
design and implement the evaluation. The study includes a baseline
information collection, a Web-based questionnaire and a Web-based
survey of YouthBuild grantees, site-specific qualitative and cost data,
and three mixed-mode (Web and computer-assisted telephone interviewing)
surveys of youth that will take place 12, 30, and 48 months after
random assignment.
The target population for the study is out-of-school youth aged 16-
24, who are from low-income families; in foster care; offenders;
migrants; disabled; or are children of incarcerated parents. Of the
universe of YouthBuild programs, the study team will recruit 77 sites
(60 DOL-funded sites and 17 sites that are not currently funded by DOL
but do receive funding from the Corporation for National and Community
Service [CNCS], referred to hereafter as CNCS-funded programs) and will
seek to enroll 3,465 eligible participants into the study. Study
participants will be randomly assigned to either the treatment group,
which will be eligible for YouthBuild services, or to the control group
which will not be eligible. Study participants will be followed for
four years after random assignment.
Data for the study will be collected from YouthBuild grantees and
from study participants through the following methods:
Grantee Questionnaire and Survey and Site Visits. A brief grantee
questionnaire and subsequent grantee survey will provide information
about the grantee sites that run individual YouthBuild programs. The
questionnaire will be a mandatory component of grant awards for all
DOL-funded and CNCS-funded YouthBuild programs funded in 2011, and will
request general information about the staff and participants at each
site. Information provided in this questionnaire will be used to inform
selection of those grantees which will participate in the participant
random assignment component of the evaluation. The grantee survey is
also mandatory and will be administered after programs are fully
operational. It will request detailed information about the services
each program offers, including the frequency and location of particular
services, as well as more in-depth information about the staff and
participants. The information from the grantee survey will be used to
support the implementation analysis and will assess how outcomes may
vary across YouthBuild program models. As part of the implementation
analysis, the evaluation team will conduct site visits to at least 60
sites. These visits will include classroom observations to assess the
quality of instruction, youth focus groups, and semi-structured in-
depth interviews with program staff and collect cost data to ascertain
the cost of the program.
Baseline Data Forms Completed by Sample Group Members. Prior to
random assignment in the sites selected for this component of the
study, all eligible youth participants will complete baseline data
forms, which will include an Informed Consent Form, a Baseline
Information Form, and a Contact Information Form. Taken together, these
will provide participants with information about the study while
collecting information for both future subgroup analysis and locating
study participants during future study follow-ups.
Three Follow-up Surveys of Sample Group Members. Members of both
the treatment and control groups will complete follow-up surveys at 12,
30,
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and 48 months following random assignment. These surveys will request
information about the services that participants have received through
YouthBuild and other community service providers, as well as
information about their educational attainment, postsecondary planning
and engagement, employment, earnings, delinquency and involvement with
the criminal justice system, and social and emotional development.
At this time, clearance is requested for the site selection
questionnaire and grantee survey and the study participant baseline
data forms. A future request will be submitted for the follow-up
surveys, site visit protocols and cost data collection forms.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, DOL is soliciting comments concerning the above data
collection for the Impact Evaluation of the YouthBuild program.
Comments are requested to:
* Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
* Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
* Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
* Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of
responses.
III. Current Actions
At this time, DOL is requesting clearance for the three study
participant enrollment forms--the informed consent form, the baseline
information form, and the contact information form--as well as the
initial Site Selection Questionnaire and subsequent Grantee Survey. A
future request for comment (and OMB clearance) will be submitted for
the site visit protocols, cost data forms and follow-up surveys.
Type of review: New information collection request.
Title of collection: Impact Evaluation of the YouthBuild Program.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0NEW.
Affected Public: Low-income, disadvantaged youth and DOL- and CNCS-
funded YouthBuild programs.
Cite/Reference/Form/etc: Workforce Investment Act Section 172.
1. The Site Selection Questionnaire:
Frequency: Once.
Total Responses: 117 sites (all 2011 DOL-funded YouthBuild grantees
and all 17 of the CNCS-funded grantees [excluding those which receive
DOL funding]).
Average Time per Response: 10 minutes per staff for each response.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 19.5 (117 responses x 10 minutes).
Total Burden Cost: $487.50 (19.5 hours x $25/hour).
2. The study member enrollment forms:
Frequency: Once.
Total Responses: 3,465 study participants.
Average Time per Response: 15 minutes per study participant.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 866.25 (3,465 participants x 15
minutes each).
Total Burden Cost: $6,280.31 (866.25 hours x $7.25/hour).
3. The Grantee Survey:
Frequency: Once.
Total Responses: 117 sites (all 2011 DOL-funded YouthBuild grantees
and all 17 of the CNCS-funded grantees [excluding those which receive
DOL funding]).
Average Time per Response: 30 minutes per staff for each response.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 58.5 (117 responses x 30 minutes).
Total Burden Cost: $1,462.50 (58.5 hours x $25/hour).
Note that, due to rounding, the total amounts may differ from the sum
of the components.
Comments submitted in response to this request will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval; they will also become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC this 5th day of May, 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 2011-11531 Filed 5-10-11; 8:45 am]
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