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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
The Social Security Administration
(SSA) publishes a list of information
collection packages requiring clearance
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with
Public Law 104–13, the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, effective October
1, 1995. This notice includes revisions
of OMB-approved information
collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the
accuracy of the agency’s burden
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estimate; the need for the information;
its practical utility; ways to enhance its
quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to
minimize burden on respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Mail, email, or
fax your comments and
recommendations on the information
collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer
and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at
the following addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB)
Office of Management and Budget,
Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
Fax: 202–395–6974,
Email address: OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov.
(SSA)
Social Security Administration, OLCA,
Attn: Reports Clearance Director,
3100 West High Rise,
6401 Security Blvd.,
Baltimore, MD 21235,
Fax: 410–966–2830,
Email address: OR.Reports.Clearance@
ssa.gov.
Or you may submit your comments
online through www.regulations.gov,
referencing Docket ID Number [SSA–
2015–0076].
I. The information collection below is
pending at SSA. SSA will submit it to
OMB within 60 days from the date of
this notice. To be sure we consider your
comments, we must receive them no
later than February 29, 2016.
Individuals can obtain copies of the
collection instrument by writing to the
above email address.
Statement for Determining Continuing
Eligibility for Supplemental Security
Income Payment—20 CFR 416.204—
0960–0145
SSA uses Form SSA–8202–BK to
conduct low-and middle-error-profile
telephone or face-to-face
redetermination interviews with
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
recipients and representative payees.
The information SSA collects during the
interview is necessary to determine
whether SSI recipients met and
continue to meet all statutory and
regulatory requirements for SSI
eligibility, and whether they received,
and still receive the correct payment
amount.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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Number of
responses
Modality of completion
Average burden
per response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–8202–BK .........................................................................
MSSICS ...................................................................................
10,307
2,289,599
1
1
21
20
3,607
763,200
Totals ................................................................................
2,299,906
..............................
..............................
766,807
II. SSA submitted the information
collection below to OMB for clearance.
Your comments regarding the
information collection would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30
days from the date of this publication.
To be sure we consider your comments,
we must receive them no later than
January 28, 2016. Individuals can obtain
copies of the OMB clearance package by
writing to OR.Reports.Clearance@
ssa.gov.
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Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI
(PROMISE) Evaluation—0960–0799
Background
The Promoting Readiness of Minors in
SSI (PROMISE) demonstration pursues
positive outcomes for children with
disabilities who receive SSI and their
families by reducing dependency on
SSI. The Department of Education (ED)
awarded six cooperative agreements to
states to improve the provision and
coordination of services and support for
children with disabilities who receive
SSI and their families to achieve
improved education and employment
outcomes. ED awarded PROMISE funds
to five single-state projects, and to one
six-state consortium.1 With support
from ED, the Department of Labor
(DOL), and the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS), SSA is
evaluating the six PROMISE projects.
SSA contracted with Mathematica
Policy Research to conduct the
evaluation. Under PROMISE, targeted
outcomes for youth include an
enhanced sense of self-determination;
achievement of secondary and postsecondary educational credentials; an
attainment of early work experiences
culminating with competitive
employment in an integrated setting;
and long-term reduction in reliance on
SSI. Outcomes of interest for families
include heightened expectations for and
support of the long-term self-sufficiency
of their youth; parent or guardian
attainment of education and training
credentials; and increases in earnings
and total income. To achieve these
outcomes, we expect the PROMISE
projects to make better use of existing
resources by improving service
1 The six-state consortium project goes by the
name Achieving Success by Promoting Readiness
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coordination among multiple state and
local agencies and programs.
ED, SSA, DOL, and HHS intend the
PROMISE projects to address key
limitations in the existing service
system for youth with disabilities. By
intervening early in the lives of these
young people, at ages 14–16, the
projects engage the youth and their
families well before critical decisions
regarding the age 18 redetermination are
upon them. We expect the required
partnerships among the various state
and Federal agencies that serve youth
with disabilities to result in improved
integration of services and fewer
dropped handoffs as youth move from
one agency to another. By requiring the
programs to engage and serve families
and provide youth with paid work
experiences, the initiative is mandating
the adoption of critical best practices in
promoting the independence of youth
with disabilities.
Project Description
SSA is requesting clearance for the
collection of data needed to implement
and evaluate PROMISE. The evaluation
provides empirical evidence on the
impact of the intervention for youth and
their families in several critical areas,
including: (1) Improved educational
attainment; (2) increased employment
skills, experience, and earnings; and (3)
long-term reduction in use of public
benefits. We base the PROMISE
evaluation on a rigorous design that
entails the random assignment of
approximately 2,000 youth in each of
the six projects to treatment or control
groups (12,000 total). The PROMISE
projects provide enhanced services for
youth in the treatment groups; whereas
youth in the control groups are eligible
only for those services already available
in their communities independent of the
interventions.
The evaluation assesses the effect of
PROMISE services on educational
attainment, employment, earnings, and
reduced receipt of disability payments.
The three components of this evaluation
include:
• The process analysis, which
documents program models, assesses
the relationships among the partner
organizations, documents whether the
grantees implemented the programs as
planned, identifies features of the
programs that may account for their
impacts on youth and families, and
identifies lessons for future programs
with similar objectives.
• The impact analysis, which
determines whether youth and families
in the treatment groups receive more
services than their counterparts in the
control groups. It also determines
whether treatment group members have
better results than control group
members with respect to the targeted
outcomes noted above.
• The cost-benefit analysis, which
assesses whether the benefits of
PROMISE, including increases in
employment and reductions in benefit
receipt, are large enough to justify its
costs. We conduct this assessment from
a range of perspectives, including those
of the participants, state and Federal
governments, SSA, and society as a
whole.
SSA planned several data collection
efforts for the evaluation. These include:
(1) Follow-up interviews with youth
and their parent or guardian 18 months
and 5 years after enrollment; (2) phone
and in-person interviews with local
program administrators, program
supervisors, and service delivery staff at
two points in time over the course of the
demonstration; (3) two rounds of focus
groups with participating youth in the
treatment group; (4) two rounds of focus
groups with parents or guardians of
participating youth; (5) staff activity logs
which provide data on aspects of service
delivery; and (6) collection of
administrative data. At this time, SSA
requests clearance for the staff activity
logs. SSA will request clearance for the
5-year survey interviews in a future
submission. The respondents are the
administrative and direct service staff,
as well as some subcontractors whose
primary roles with their organizations
involve PROMISE service delivery.
Type of Request: Revision to an OMBapproved information collection.
Time Burden on Respondents
for Education and Employment (ASPIRE) rather
than by PROMISE.
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2014—INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
Number of
responses
Modality of completion
Average burden
per response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Staff Interviews with Administrators or Directors ....................
Staff Interviews with PROMISE Project Staff ..........................
Youth Focus Groups—Non-participants ..................................
Youth Focus Groups—Participants .........................................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Non-participants ..........
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Participants ..................
24
48
100
20
100
20
1
1
1
1
1
1
66
66
5
100
5
100
26
53
8
33
8
33
Totals ................................................................................
312
..............................
..............................
161
2015—INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS, AND 18-MONTH SURVEY INTERVIEWS
Number of
responses
Modality of completion
Average burden
per response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Staff Interviews with Administrators or Directors ....................
Staff Interviews with PROMISE Project Staff ..........................
Youth Focus Groups—Non-participants ..................................
Youth Focus Groups—Participants .........................................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Non-participants ..........
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Participants ..................
18 Month Survey Interviews—Parent ......................................
18 Month Survey Interviews—Youth .......................................
51
97
220
60
220
60
850
850
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
66
66
5
100
5
100
41
30
56
107
18
100
18
100
595
425
Totals ................................................................................
2,408
..............................
..............................
1,405
2016—INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS, STAFF ACTIVITY LOGS, AND 18 MONTH SURVEY INTERVIEWS
Number of
responses
Modality of completion
Average burden
per response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Staff Interviews with Administrators or Directors ....................
Staff Interviews with PROMISE Project Staff ..........................
Activity Logs for Administrators or Directors ...........................
Activity Logs for PROMISE Project Staff ................................
Youth Focus Groups—Non-participants ..................................
Youth Focus Groups—Participants .........................................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Non-participants ..........
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Participants ..................
18 Month Survey Interviews—Parent ......................................
18 Month Survey Interviews—Youth .......................................
75
145
45
160
320
80
320
80
5,100
5,100
1
1
14
14
1
1
1
1
1
1
66
66
5
5
5
100
5
100
41
30
83
160
52
187
27
133
27
133
3,485
2,550
Totals ................................................................................
11,425
..............................
..............................
6,837
2017—18 MONTH SURVEY INTERVIEWS
Number of
responses
Modality of completion
Average burden
per response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
18 Month Survey Interviews—Parent ......................................
18 Month Survey Interviews—Youth .......................................
4,250
4,250
1
1
41
30
2,904
2,125
Totals ................................................................................
8,500
..............................
..............................
5,029
Frequency of
response
Average burden
per response
(minutes)
22,645
..............................
..............................
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Number of
responses
Modality of completion
Grand Total ..............................................................................
Cost Burden on Respondents
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annual burden
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2014—ANNUAL COST TO RESPONDENTS
Number of
respondents
Respondent type
Average burden
per response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Median hourly
wage rate
(dollars)
Total respondent
cost
(dollars)
Parent or Guardian Focus Group—NonParticipants .........................................
Parent or Guardian Focus Group—Participants ..............................................
100
1
5
7.38
61.00
20
1
100
7.38
246.00
Total ................................................
120
..............................
..............................
..............................
307.00
2015—ANNUAL COST TO RESPONDENTS
Number of
respondents
Respondent type
Average burden
per response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Median hourly
wage rate
(dollars)
Total respondent
cost
(dollars)
Parent or Guardian Focus Group—NonParticipants .........................................
Parent or Guardian Focus Group—Participants ..............................................
220
1
5
7.38
135.00
60
1
100
7.38
738.00
Total ................................................
280
..............................
..............................
..............................
873.00
2016—ANNUAL COST TO RESPONDENTS
Number of
respondents
Respondent type
Average burden
per response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Median hourly
wage rate
(dollars)
Total respondent
cost
(dollars)
Parent or Guardian Focus Group—NonParticipants .........................................
Parent or Guardian Focus Group—Participants ..............................................
320
1
5
7.38
196.00
80
1
100
7.38
984.00
Total ................................................
400
..............................
..............................
..............................
1,180.00
Frequency of
response
Average burden
per response
(minutes)
Median hourly
wage rate
(dollars)
..............................
..............................
..............................
GRAND TOTAL
Number of
respondents
Respondent type
Grand Total ..............................
800
Dated: December 22, 2015.
Naomi R. Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
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The Department of State will conduct
an open meeting at 10:30 a.m. on
Monday, January 25, 2016, at the
headquarters of the Radio Technical
Commission for Maritime Services
(RTCM) in Suite 605, 1611 N. Kent
Street, Arlington, Virginia 22209. The
primary purpose of the meeting is to
prepare for the fortieth Session of the
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International Maritime Organization’s
(IMO) Facilitation Committee to be held
at the IMO Headquarters, United
Kingdom, April 4–8, 2016. This meeting
is the first of two public meetings and
is being held to solicit public comment
on the cyber-related agenda items.
The agenda items to be considered
include:
—Decisions of other IMO bodies
—Consideration and adoption of
proposed amendments to the
Convention
—Comprehensive review of the FAL
Convention
—Requirements for access to, or
electronic versions of, certificates and
documents, including record books
required to be carried on ships
—Guidelines on the facilitation aspects
of protecting the maritime transport
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—Technical cooperation activities
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—Relations with other organizations
—Application of the Committee’s
Guidelines
—Work programme
—Any other business
To better understand all aspects of the
maritime industry’s use of cyber
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on the following questions:
—How has the maritime industry’s
increased reliance on digital
information increased cyber risks
associated with trade-related
information (general declaration,
cargo declaration, ship’s stores
declaration, crew’s effects declaration,
crew list, passenger list, dangerous
goods manifest, universal postal
convention, and maritime declaration
of health)?
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No SSA-2015-0076]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of
information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law 104-13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes revisions of OMB-approved information collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden
estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to
enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Mail, email, or fax your
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following
addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB)
Office of Management and Budget,
Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
Fax: 202-395-6974,
Email address: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
(SSA)
Social Security Administration, OLCA,
Attn: Reports Clearance Director,
3100 West High Rise,
6401 Security Blvd.,
Baltimore, MD 21235,
Fax: 410-966-2830,
Email address: OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
Or you may submit your comments online through www.regulations.gov,
referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2015-0076].
I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will
submit it to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than
February 29, 2016. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instrument by writing to the above email address.
Statement for Determining Continuing Eligibility for Supplemental
Security Income Payment--20 CFR 416.204--0960-0145
SSA uses Form SSA-8202-BK to conduct low-and middle-error-profile
telephone or face-to-face redetermination interviews with Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) recipients and representative payees. The
information SSA collects during the interview is necessary to determine
whether SSI recipients met and continue to meet all statutory and
regulatory requirements for SSI eligibility, and whether they received,
and still receive the correct payment amount.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
responses response (minutes) (hours)
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SSA-8202-BK......................... 10,307 1 21 3,607
MSSICS.............................. 2,289,599 1 20 763,200
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Totals.......................... 2,299,906 ................. ................. 766,807
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II. SSA submitted the information collection below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding the information collection would be
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this
publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them
no later than January 28, 2016. Individuals can obtain copies of the
OMB clearance package by writing to OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE) Evaluation--0960-0799
Background
The Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE) demonstration
pursues positive outcomes for children with disabilities who receive
SSI and their families by reducing dependency on SSI. The Department of
Education (ED) awarded six cooperative agreements to states to improve
the provision and coordination of services and support for children
with disabilities who receive SSI and their families to achieve
improved education and employment outcomes. ED awarded PROMISE funds to
five single-state projects, and to one six-state consortium.\1\ With
support from ED, the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), SSA is evaluating the six PROMISE
projects. SSA contracted with Mathematica Policy Research to conduct
the evaluation. Under PROMISE, targeted outcomes for youth include an
enhanced sense of self-determination; achievement of secondary and
post-secondary educational credentials; an attainment of early work
experiences culminating with competitive employment in an integrated
setting; and long-term reduction in reliance on SSI. Outcomes of
interest for families include heightened expectations for and support
of the long-term self-sufficiency of their youth; parent or guardian
attainment of education and training credentials; and increases in
earnings and total income. To achieve these outcomes, we expect the
PROMISE projects to make better use of existing resources by improving
service coordination among multiple state and local agencies and
programs.
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\1\ The six-state consortium project goes by the name Achieving
Success by Promoting Readiness for Education and Employment (ASPIRE)
rather than by PROMISE.
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ED, SSA, DOL, and HHS intend the PROMISE projects to address key
limitations in the existing service system for youth with disabilities.
By intervening early in the lives of these young people, at ages 14-16,
the projects engage the youth and their families well before critical
decisions regarding the age 18 redetermination are upon them. We expect
the required partnerships among the various state and Federal agencies
that serve youth with disabilities to result in improved integration of
services and fewer dropped handoffs as youth move from one agency to
another. By requiring the programs to engage and serve families and
provide youth with paid work experiences, the initiative is mandating
the adoption of critical best practices in promoting the independence
of youth with disabilities.
Project Description
SSA is requesting clearance for the collection of data needed to
implement and evaluate PROMISE. The evaluation provides empirical
evidence on the impact of the intervention for youth and their families
in several critical areas, including: (1) Improved educational
attainment; (2) increased employment skills, experience, and earnings;
and (3) long-term reduction in use of public benefits. We base the
PROMISE evaluation on a rigorous design that entails the random
assignment of approximately 2,000 youth in each of the six projects to
treatment or control groups (12,000 total). The PROMISE projects
provide enhanced services for youth in the treatment groups; whereas
youth in the control groups are eligible only for those services
already available in their communities independent of the
interventions.
The evaluation assesses the effect of PROMISE services on
educational attainment, employment, earnings, and reduced receipt of
disability payments. The three components of this evaluation include:
The process analysis, which documents program models,
assesses the relationships among the partner organizations, documents
whether the grantees implemented the programs as planned, identifies
features of the programs that may account for their impacts on youth
and families, and identifies lessons for future programs with similar
objectives.
The impact analysis, which determines whether youth and
families in the treatment groups receive more services than their
counterparts in the control groups. It also determines whether
treatment group members have better results than control group members
with respect to the targeted outcomes noted above.
The cost-benefit analysis, which assesses whether the
benefits of PROMISE, including increases in employment and reductions
in benefit receipt, are large enough to justify its costs. We conduct
this assessment from a range of perspectives, including those of the
participants, state and Federal governments, SSA, and society as a
whole.
SSA planned several data collection efforts for the evaluation.
These include: (1) Follow-up interviews with youth and their parent or
guardian 18 months and 5 years after enrollment; (2) phone and in-
person interviews with local program administrators, program
supervisors, and service delivery staff at two points in time over the
course of the demonstration; (3) two rounds of focus groups with
participating youth in the treatment group; (4) two rounds of focus
groups with parents or guardians of participating youth; (5) staff
activity logs which provide data on aspects of service delivery; and
(6) collection of administrative data. At this time, SSA requests
clearance for the staff activity logs. SSA will request clearance for
the 5-year survey interviews in a future submission. The respondents
are the administrative and direct service staff, as well as some
subcontractors whose primary roles with their organizations involve
PROMISE service delivery.
Type of Request: Revision to an OMB-approved information
collection.
Time Burden on Respondents
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2014--Interviews and Focus Group Discussions
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
responses response (minutes) (hours)
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Staff Interviews with Administrators 24 1 66 26
or Directors.......................
Staff Interviews with PROMISE 48 1 66 53
Project Staff......................
Youth Focus Groups--Non-participants 100 1 5 8
Youth Focus Groups--Participants.... 20 1 100 33
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups-- 100 1 5 8
Non-participants...................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups-- 20 1 100 33
Participants.......................
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Totals.......................... 312 ................. ................. 161
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2015--Interviews and Focus Group Discussions, and 18-Month Survey Interviews
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
responses response (minutes) (hours)
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Staff Interviews with Administrators 51 1 66 56
or Directors.......................
Staff Interviews with PROMISE 97 1 66 107
Project Staff......................
Youth Focus Groups--Non-participants 220 1 5 18
Youth Focus Groups--Participants.... 60 1 100 100
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups-- 220 1 5 18
Non-participants...................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups-- 60 1 100 100
Participants.......................
18 Month Survey Interviews--Parent.. 850 1 41 595
18 Month Survey Interviews--Youth... 850 1 30 425
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Totals.......................... 2,408 ................. ................. 1,405
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2016--Interviews and Focus Group Discussions, Staff Activity Logs, and 18 Month Survey Interviews
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
responses response (minutes) (hours)
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Staff Interviews with Administrators 75 1 66 83
or Directors.......................
Staff Interviews with PROMISE 145 1 66 160
Project Staff......................
Activity Logs for Administrators or 45 14 5 52
Directors..........................
Activity Logs for PROMISE Project 160 14 5 187
Staff..............................
Youth Focus Groups--Non-participants 320 1 5 27
Youth Focus Groups--Participants.... 80 1 100 133
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups-- 320 1 5 27
Non-participants...................
Parents or Guardian Focus Groups-- 80 1 100 133
Participants.......................
18 Month Survey Interviews--Parent.. 5,100 1 41 3,485
18 Month Survey Interviews--Youth... 5,100 1 30 2,550
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Totals.......................... 11,425 ................. ................. 6,837
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2017--18 Month Survey Interviews
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
responses response (minutes) (hours)
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18 Month Survey Interviews--Parent.. 4,250 1 41 2,904
18 Month Survey Interviews--Youth... 4,250 1 30 2,125
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Totals.......................... 8,500 ................. ................. 5,029
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Grand Total
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
responses response (minutes) (hours)
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Grand Total......................... 22,645 ................. ................. 13,432
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Cost Burden on Respondents
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2014--Annual Cost to Respondents
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Average burden Median hourly
Respondent type Number of Frequency of per response wage rate Total respondent
respondents response (minutes) (dollars) cost (dollars)
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Parent or Guardian Focus Group--Non-Participants......... 100 1 5 7.38 61.00
Parent or Guardian Focus Group--Participants............. 20 1 100 7.38 246.00
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Total................................................ 120 ................. ................. ................. 307.00
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2015--Annual Cost to Respondents
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Average burden Median hourly
Respondent type Number of Frequency of per response wage rate Total respondent
respondents response (minutes) (dollars) cost (dollars)
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Parent or Guardian Focus Group--Non-Participants......... 220 1 5 7.38 135.00
Parent or Guardian Focus Group--Participants............. 60 1 100 7.38 738.00
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Total................................................ 280 ................. ................. ................. 873.00
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2016--Annual Cost to Respondents
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Average burden Median hourly
Respondent type Number of Frequency of per response wage rate Total respondent
respondents response (minutes) (dollars) cost (dollars)
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Parent or Guardian Focus Group--Non-Participants......... 320 1 5 7.38 196.00
Parent or Guardian Focus Group--Participants............. 80 1 100 7.38 984.00
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Total................................................ 400 ................. ................. ................. 1,180.00
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Grand Total
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Average burden Median hourly
Respondent type Number of Frequency of per response wage rate Total respondent
respondents response (minutes) (dollars) cost (dollars)
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Grand Total...................................... 800 ................. ................. ................. 2,360.00
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Dated: December 22, 2015.
Naomi R. Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-32643 Filed 12-28-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4191-02-P
