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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request for Information
Collection for the Evaluation of the
Youth CareerConnect Grant Program,
New Collection
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Department of
Labor.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
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 is properly
assessed. Currently, the Department of
Labor is soliciting comments concerning
the collection of data about the
Evaluation of the Youth CareerConnect
(YCC) Grant Program [SGA/DFA PY–
13–01]. A copy of the proposed
Information Collection Request (ICR)
can be obtained by contacting the office
listed in the addressee section of this
notice.
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee’s section below on or before
December 7, 2014.
DATES:
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
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You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov;
Mail or Courier: Chief Evaluation Office,
OASP, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
S–2312, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Molly Irwin by telephone at 202–693–
5091 (this is not a toll-free number) or
by email at ChiefEvaluationOffice@
dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
The proposed information collection
activities described in this notice will
provide data for an impact and
implementation evaluation of the Youth
CareerConnect program. In spring 2014,
the Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) in the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL) awarded a
total of $107 million to 24 grantees to
implement the YCC program. The
program is a high school based initiative
aimed at improving students’ college
and career readiness in particular
employment sectors. The programs are
redesigning the high school experience
through partnerships with colleges and
employers to provide skill-developing
and work-based learning opportunities
to help students prepare for jobs in
high-demand occupations.
The evaluation will address three
main research questions: (1) What was
the impact of the YCC programs on
students’ short-term outcomes? (2) How
were the YCC programs implemented?
and (3) Did the effectiveness of YCC
programs vary by student and grantee
characteristics? The impact study will
employ a randomized controlled trial
(RCT) to estimate program effectiveness
and will be carried out in a subset of
YCC grantees. The implementation
study will draw on data gathered from
all YCC grantees.
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on four
proposed data collection instruments
that will be used in the YCC evaluation:
(1) Parental consent and student
assent forms. For the impact study,
active consent will be obtained from a
parent, guardian, or other adult who has
responsibility for students in sites
recruited for the impact study.
Additionally, students for whom written
parental consent has been obtained will
be asked to assent to data collection.
(2) Baseline Information Forms (BIFs)
will be completed by students and
parents. The student BIF will collect
information on experiences at school,
behavior in school, activities,
employment experience, and plans for
future education. The parent BIF will
collect information on household
characteristics and education
expectations for their children. BIFs will
also provide detailed contact
information to be used to locate
participants for the follow-up survey.
Whenever possible, BIFs will be
integrated into the application process
to limit respondent burden.
(3) Grantee survey. A grantee survey
will provide information about all
grantees funded for YCC programs. It
will collect details on service delivery
models, staffing, staff development,
partnerships, and the implementation of
the main program elements.
(4) Site visit protocols. Site visits will
occur at three points in time and will
collect information on program design,
implementation, and challenges, as well
as how program models change over
time.
A future information collection
request will include a 36-month follow
up survey of members of the treatment
and control groups.
II. Review Focus
Currently, DOL is soliciting comments
concerning the above data collection for
the evaluation of YCC. 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 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
(for example, permitting electronic
submissions of responses).
III. Current Actions
At this time, DOL is requesting
clearance for the parental consent and
student assent forms, student and parent
BIFs, grantee surveys, and site visit
protocols.
Type of Review: New collection.
Title: Youth Career Connect (YCC)
grant program.
OMB Number: OMB Control Number
1205–0NEW.
ESTIMATED TOTAL BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden time
per response
(minutes)
Total burden
hours
Consent, Assent, and Baseline Enrollment Forms
Students (including assent) .............................................................................
Parents (including consent) .............................................................................
YCC Staff .........................................................................................................
a 4,000
b 50
1
1
80
18
10
5
1,200
667
333
24
2
30
24
c 170
1
1
60
60
170
60
1
1
30
60
85
60
c 60
1
1
30
60
85
60
8,764
90
........................
2,744
a 4,000
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Grantee Survey and Site Visits
Grantee survey ................................................................................................
Site visits:
Round 1:
Staff ...................................................................................................
Students ............................................................................................
Round 2:
Staff ...................................................................................................
Students ............................................................................................
Round 3:
Staff ...................................................................................................
Students ............................................................................................
Total ...........................................................................................
c 60
c 170
c 60
c 170
a The
figures correspond to 200 treatment and 200 control group students in each of 10 study sites.
figures assume 5 staff members at each of 10 sites.
c Assumes 17 staff and 6 students are interviewed at each of 10 sites.
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Affected Public: Students and parents
applying for YCC program, YCC
program staff, and students in YCC
program.
Form(s): Total annual respondents:
4,000 students; 4,000 parents; and 244
staff.
Annual Frequency: One time for the
consent, assent, and BIFs, one time for
each round of site visits, and two times
for the grantee survey.
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.
(MCC) is publishing a summary of the
Millennium Challenge Compact
between the United States of America,
acting through the Millennium
Challenge Corporation, and the
Republic of El Salvador. Representatives
of the United States Government and El
Salvador executed the Compact
documents on September 30, 2014. The
complete text of the Compact has been
posted at https://www.mcc.gov/
documents/agreements/compact112906-elsalvador.pdf.
Dated: October 14, 2014.
Thomas G. Hohenthaner,
Acting Vice President and General Counsel,
Millennium Challenge Corporation.
Summary of Millennium Challenge
Compact With the Republic of El
Salvador
Dated: October 8, 2014.
James H. Moore, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S.
Department of Labor.
1. Overview
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Millennium Challenge
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with Section
610(b)(2) of the Millennium Challenge
Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701–7718), the
Millennium Challenge Corporation
SUMMARY:
The Millennium Challenge
Corporation (‘‘MCC’’) has signed a fiveyear, $277 million compact with the
Republic of El Salvador aimed at
reducing poverty and accelerating
economic growth (the ‘‘Compact’’). The
Compact is intended to assist the
Government of El Salvador (‘‘GoES’’) to
strengthen the investment climate,
enhance the role of public-private
partnerships in delivering key services,
and improve the country’s productivity
and competitiveness in international
markets. Through intensive policy
reforms and an integrated set of
investments in the institutional capital,
human capital, and physical capital of
El Salvador, MCC expects that the
Compact will help set the foundation for
lasting economic growth and poverty
reduction.
2. Background
This Compact will build on GoES
reforms and initiatives and is informed
by consultations with over 200
businesses. First, the Compact will
invest in the institutional capital of El
Salvador in order to enhance the
investment climate by streamlining the
regulatory environment and supporting
the implementation of public-private
partnerships. Second, the Compact will
support policy reforms and invest in
human capital to improve education
quality and better match workforce
skills with the demands of the labor
market. Third, the Compact will invest
in physical capital to reduce logistics
and transportation costs by improving
key road segments and border
infrastructure in major transport
corridors.
The Compact’s three projects
represent a total investment of $365.2
million, of which MCC will contribute
$277 million, and the GoES will commit
$88.2 million—a 32 percent matching
contribution that is well above the 15
percent country contribution required
for second compacts with lower-middle
income countries.
3. Program Overview and Budget
Below is a summary describing the
components of the Compact. The budget
and expected impacts are preliminary
based on due diligence and project
appraisal.
COMPACT BUDGET OVERVIEW
MCC
Funding
Project
GoES
Funding
Total
investment
Portion of
budget
(percent)
Millions of US$
Investment Climate Project ..............................................................................
Human Capital Project .....................................................................................
Logistical Infrastructure Project .......................................................................
Monitoring and Evaluation ...............................................................................
Program Administration ...................................................................................
42.4
100.7
109.6
4.3
20.0
50.0
15.0
15.7
........................
7.5
92.4
115.7
125.3
4.3
27.5
25.3
31.7
34.3
1.2
7.5
Total ..........................................................................................................
$277.0
$88.2
$365.2
100
4. Summary of Projects and Activities
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Investment Climate Project
The constraints to economic growth
analysis and consultations with
investors identified excessive ‘‘red tape’’
and discretionary application of rules as
negatively affecting the investment
climate in El Salvador. Firms also
identified the need for key public
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infrastructure to increase productivity,
but tight fiscal constraints and weak
institutional capacity limit the ability of
the GoES to provide such infrastructure.
The Investment Climate Project seeks to
address these deficiencies in El
Salvador’s investment climate by
improving the regulatory environment
and the GoES’s capacity to provide key
public services in partnership with the
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private sector through the following two
activities:
• The Regulatory Improvement
Activity will prioritize and promote
investment climate reforms with the
goal of creating a more efficient and
profitable business environment. MCC
will support the development of an
institutional framework and system,
including an independent institution
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request for Information Collection for the Evaluation of
the Youth CareerConnect Grant Program, New Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 is properly assessed. Currently,
the Department of Labor is soliciting comments concerning the
collection of data about the Evaluation of the Youth CareerConnect
(YCC) Grant Program [SGA/DFA PY-13-01]. A copy of the proposed
Information Collection Request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
office listed 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 December 7, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods: Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov; Mail or Courier: Chief
Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-2312, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Molly Irwin by telephone at 202-693-
5091 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
The proposed information collection activities described in this
notice will provide data for an impact and implementation evaluation of
the Youth CareerConnect program. In spring 2014, the Employment and
Training Administration (ETA) in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
awarded a total of $107 million to 24 grantees to implement the YCC
program. The program is a high school based initiative aimed at
improving students' college and career readiness in particular
employment sectors. The programs are redesigning the high school
experience through partnerships with colleges and employers to provide
skill-developing and work-based learning opportunities to help students
prepare for jobs in high-demand occupations.
The evaluation will address three main research questions: (1) What
was the impact of the YCC programs on students' short-term outcomes?
(2) How were the YCC programs implemented? and (3) Did the
effectiveness of YCC programs vary by student and grantee
characteristics? The impact study will employ a randomized controlled
trial (RCT) to estimate program effectiveness and will be carried out
in a subset of YCC grantees. The implementation study will draw on data
gathered from all YCC grantees.
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
four proposed data collection instruments that will be used in the YCC
evaluation:
(1) Parental consent and student assent forms. For the impact
study, active consent will be obtained from a parent, guardian, or
other adult who has responsibility for students in sites recruited for
the impact study. Additionally, students for whom written parental
consent has been obtained will be asked to assent to data collection.
(2) Baseline Information Forms (BIFs) will be completed by students
and parents. The student BIF will collect information on experiences at
school, behavior in school, activities, employment experience, and
plans for future education. The parent BIF will collect information on
household characteristics and education expectations for their
children. BIFs will also provide detailed contact information to be
used to locate participants for the follow-up survey. Whenever
possible, BIFs will be integrated into the application process to limit
respondent burden.
(3) Grantee survey. A grantee survey will provide information about
all grantees funded for YCC programs. It will collect details on
service delivery models, staffing, staff development, partnerships, and
the implementation of the main program elements.
(4) Site visit protocols. Site visits will occur at three points in
time and will collect information on program design, implementation,
and challenges, as well as how program models change over time.
A future information collection request will include a 36-month
follow up survey of members of the treatment and control groups.
II. Review Focus
Currently, DOL is soliciting comments concerning the above data
collection for the evaluation of YCC. 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 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 (for example,
permitting electronic submissions of responses).
III. Current Actions
At this time, DOL is requesting clearance for the parental consent
and student assent forms, student and parent BIFs, grantee surveys, and
site visit protocols.
Type of Review: New collection.
Title: Youth Career Connect (YCC) grant program.
OMB Number: OMB Control Number 1205-0NEW.
Estimated Total Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average burden
Number of Number of time per Total burden
Respondents respondents responses per response hours
respondent (minutes)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Consent, Assent, and Baseline Enrollment Forms
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Students (including assent)..................... \a\ 4,000 1 18 1,200
Parents (including consent)..................... \a\ 4,000 1 10 667
YCC Staff....................................... \b\ 50 80 5 333
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Grantee Survey and Site Visits
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Grantee survey.................................. 24 2 30 24
Site visits:
Round 1:
Staff................................... \c\ 170 1 60 170
Students................................ \c\ 60 1 60 60
Round 2:
Staff................................... \c\ 170 1 30 85
Students................................ \c\ 60 1 60 60
Round 3:
Staff................................... \c\ 170 1 30 85
Students................................ \c\ 60 1 60 60
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Total............................... 8,764 90 .............. 2,744
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\a\ The figures correspond to 200 treatment and 200 control group students in each of 10 study sites.
\b\ The figures assume 5 staff members at each of 10 sites.
\c\ Assumes 17 staff and 6 students are interviewed at each of 10 sites.
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Affected Public: Students and parents applying for YCC program, YCC
program staff, and students in YCC program.
Form(s): Total annual respondents: 4,000 students; 4,000 parents;
and 244 staff.
Annual Frequency: One time for the consent, assent, and BIFs, one
time for each round of site visits, and two times for the grantee
survey.
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.
Dated: October 8, 2014.
James H. Moore, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2014-24676 Filed 10-16-14; 8:45 am]
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