Comment Request for Information Collection for the Youth Career Connect Grant Program, New Collection, 44867-44868 [2014-18181]

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• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44867-44868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18181]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Comment Request for Information Collection for the Youth Career 
Connect Grant Program, New Collection

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of 
Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, 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 are properly assessed. 
Currently, the Department of Labor is soliciting comments concerning 
the collection of data about Youth Career Connect (YCC) [SGA/DFA PY-13-
01] grant program.
    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's section below on or before September 30, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Policy, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room S-2312, Washington, DC 
20210, Attention: Evan Rosenberg. Telephone number: 202-693-3949 (this 
is not a toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3593. Email: ycc@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    In applying for the YCC grant program, grantees agreed to submit 
participant-level data and quarterly aggregate reports for individuals 
who receive services through YCC programs and their partnerships with 
entities administering the workforce investment system as established 
under Section 1169(b) and 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(WIA), Local Education Agencies (LEA's), non-profit organizations with 
program model experience, education and training providers such as 
community colleges and other institutions of higher education and 
employer partners. The reports will include aggregate data on 
demographic characteristics, types of services received, placements, 
program outcomes, and follow-up status. Specifically, they will 
summarize data on participants who received core YCC program services, 
program enrollment, retention and credential rates, placement services, 
and other services essential to successful outcomes for YCC program 
participants.
    This document requests approval for a new information collection to 
meet the reporting and recordkeeping requirements of the YCC grant 
program.
    Five outcome measures will be used to measure success in the YCC 
grant programs:

Long-Term Measures

     Final Program Retention Rate--the percentage of 
participants who complete the program, of those who enter the program;
     High School Diploma Attainment Rate--the percentage of 
participants who attain a high-school diploma;
     Credential Attainment Rate--the percentage of participants 
who attain an industry-recognized credential in the specified H-1B 
industry or occupation;
     Diploma and Credential Attainment Rate--the percentage of 
participants who attain a high-school diploma and credential in the 
specified H-1B industry or occupation; and
     Placement Rate--the percentage of participants who are 
placed in one of the following: Unsubsidized employment, post-secondary 
education, occupational skills training, or Registered Apprenticeship. 
(The performance report also will include separate counts of the number 
of participants who enter unsubsidized employment, enter post-secondary 
education, enter occupational skills training, and enter a Registered 
Apprenticeship.)

In addition to the five outcome measures described above, grantees will 
report on a number of leading indicators that serve as predictors of 
success. These indicators include the following short and long-term 
measures:

Short-Term Measures

     Enrollment Rate--the number of participants enrolled in 
the program compared to the target number of participants identified in 
the grant application;
     Attendance Rate--the rate of school attendance by 
participants in the program;
     Chronic Absence Rate--the percentage of participants who 
have missed 10 percent of school days for any reason-excused or 
unexcused--as well as suspensions;
     Mentoring Rate--percentage of participants who have 
matched mentors and participate in formal mentoring;
     Yearly Program Retention Rate--percentage of participants 
who continue in program from one school year to the next;
     Work Readiness Indicator--the percentage of participants 
who are deemed work ready based on an employer evaluation conducted at 
the end of each internship/work experience (using the DOL-developed 
work readiness tool found at: https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL/TEGL07-10a4.pdf);
     Internship Placement and Completion Rates--the percentage 
of program participants who begin an internship and, of those who begin 
an internship, the percentage who complete;
     Post-Secondary Credit Attainment Rate--the percentage of 
participants who attain post-secondary education credit from courses 
taken during the program; and
     Average Post-Secondary Credit Hours Attained--the average 
number of post-secondary credits attained per participant while in the 
program.
    This information collection maintains a reporting and record-
keeping system for a minimum level of information collection that is 
necessary to comply with Equal Opportunity requirements, to hold YCC 
grantees appropriately accountable for the Federal funds they receive, 
allowing the Department to fulfill its oversight and management 
responsibilities.
    The information collection for YCC grantee performance reporting 
includes setting up an online Participant

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Tracking System (PTS) that will collect participant-level data.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which:
     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 used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     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, e.g., permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.

III. Current Actions

    Type of Review: New collection.
    Title: Youth Career Connect (YCC) grant program.
    OMB Number: OMB Control Number 1205-0NEW.
    [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN01AU14.015
    
    Affected Public: YCC Grantees and program participants.
    Form(s): Total Annual Respondents--24 grantees.
    Annual Frequency: Quarterly.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment 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.

James H. Moore, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2014-18181 Filed 7-31-14; 8:45 am]
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