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of Labor for Veterans’ Employment
and Training
9:10 a.m. Administrative Business, Mika
Cross, Designated Federal Official
9:15 a.m. Discussion on Fiscal Year
2017 Report Recommendations,
Ryan Gallucci, ACVETEO Chairman
10:00 a.m. Break
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Designated Federal Officer
11:00 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. Briefing on DOL/VETS
Priorities, Matt Miller, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Veterans’ Employment and Training
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. BLS brief on the 2018
Employment Situation of Veterans
2:00 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m. Subcommittees discussion/
development Fiscal Year 2018 work
plan, Mika Cross, Designated
Federal Official
3:30 p.m. Public Forum, Mika Cross,
Designated Federal Official
4:00 p.m. Adjourn
Signed in Washington, DC, this 13th day of
February 2018.
Matthew M. Miller,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy,
Veterans’ Employment and Training Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Homeless
Veterans Reintegration Program
(HVRP) Impact Evaluation, New
Collection
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection; request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(DOL), 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). 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, DOL is soliciting comments
concerning the collection of survey data
about the HVRP Impact Evaluation. 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
SUMMARY:
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addressee’s section below on or before
April 23, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@
dol.gov; Mail or Courier: Christina
Yancey, Chief Evaluation Office, OASP,
U.S. Department of Labor, Room S–
2312, 200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20210. Instructions:
Please submit one copy of your
comments by only one method. All
submissions received must include the
agency name and OMB Control Number
identified above for this information
collection. Comments, including any
personal information provided, become
a matter of public record. They will also
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of the
information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christina Yancey by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: As the only federal
program wholly focused on employment
services for veterans experiencing
homelessness, HVRP sits at the nexus of
these three critical policy arenas:
veterans, employment, and housing.
Since 1987, HVRP has assisted veterans
experiencing homelessness through
competitive grants to state, local, and
tribal governments; local Workforce
Development Boards; private for-project
and non-profit organizations; and
community organizations. In the most
recent Program Year (PY) 2017, DOL
announced awards to 155 grantees to
support an estimated 21,000 veterans.
These are one-year grants; a new set of
grantees will receive PY 2018 awards.
The HVRP Impact Evaluation is
examining the effectiveness of the HVRP
program, building evidence of HVRP’s
effects on participants’ employment and
earning-related outcomes. In addition,
the evaluation will provide a better
understanding of program models and
variations, partnerships, and
populations served. Goals of the specific
data collection plan included in this
Notice is to help DOL make informed
decisions about what works best for
whom and about effective ways to
improve the service systems seeking to
support veterans experiencing
homelessness. The research questions to
be answered by the planned data
collection pertain to what impact the
HVRP has on Veterans experiencing
homelessness; how the HVRP impacts
vary by individual, grantee, and
community characteristics and how
they vary by services and referrals
available or received; how HVRPs are
implemented; and how systems and
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partnerships are developed and
maintained.
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on three
proposed data collection instruments
that will be used in the evaluation:
* Baseline Information Form. All
study-eligible program applicants, that
is, those applicants who meet the
program’s definition of a homeless
veteran, will be presented with a
consent form prior to the collection of
baseline information. Applicants who
give their consent will be asked to
complete the Baseline Information Form
by providing information on their: (1)
Demographics and background
characteristics, (2) employment history,
(3) service-related characteristics, (4)
receipt of public assistance, and (5)
contact information. It is expected to
take the applicant an average of 10
minutes to complete the form.
* Program readiness tool. The
program readiness tool will be
administered as part of the baseline data
collection process after applicant
consent. The applicant will answer the
simple tool’s basic questions about the
applicant’s motivation and readiness for
work. A web-based system will validate
data entries and calculate a program
readiness score. It is expected to take 5
minutes for the applicant to complete a
program readiness tool.
* Grantee Survey. The grantee survey
will be administered to all HVPR
grantees (as of PY 2018) to collect the
following information: (1) Key referral
sources for participants, (2) key
recruitment sources and challenges, (3)
number and type of services, (4) list of
services offered on-site and through
referrals, (5) key partners and referral
sources, (6) type and mode of
communication, and (7) types of
coordination and collaboration. The
survey will be administered via web. It
is expected to take the participants an
average of 60 minutes to complete the
survey.
II. Desired Focus of Comments:
Currently, DOL is soliciting comments
concerning the above data collection for
the HVRP Evaluation. DOL is
particularly interested in comments that
do the following:
• 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.
• 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 technologyfor example, permitting electronic
submission of responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, DOL
is requesting clearance for the Baseline
Information Form, program readiness
tool, and grantee survey. A future
information collection request will
include protocols for staff interviews,
focus groups, and case studies; a partner
survey; a front line staff survey; and a
participant follow-up survey.
Type of Review: New information
collection request.
OMC Control Number: 1290–0NEW
Affected Public: Veterans
experiencing homelessness.
ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS
Total number
respondents
Type of instrument
Annual
number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hour
per response
(hours)
Annual
estimated
burden hours
Veteran
a 1,440
Background information form ...............................................
Program Readiness Tool .....................................................
480
480
a 1,440
1
1
0.17
0.08
80
40
Grantee Staff
Grantee Survey ....................................................................
155
52
1
1
51.7
Total ..............................................................................
3,035
1,012
........................
........................
171.7
a The
Background Information Form and Program Readiness Tool will be collected from all study-eligible applicants who consented to participate in the study. The number of respondents is based on an 85% response rate (1,440).
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Comments submitted in response to
this 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.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Dated: February 13, 2018.
Molly Irwin,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of
Labor.
AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP)
Impact Evaluation, New Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of Information Collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), 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). 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, DOL is soliciting comments concerning the collection of
survey data about the HVRP Impact Evaluation. 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 April 23, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods:
Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Christina
Yancey, Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
S-2312, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210. Instructions:
Please submit one copy of your comments by only one method. All
submissions received must include the agency name and OMB Control
Number identified above for this information collection. Comments,
including any personal information provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized and/or included in the request for
OMB approval of the information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Yancey by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: As the only federal program wholly focused on
employment services for veterans experiencing homelessness, HVRP sits
at the nexus of these three critical policy arenas: veterans,
employment, and housing. Since 1987, HVRP has assisted veterans
experiencing homelessness through competitive grants to state, local,
and tribal governments; local Workforce Development Boards; private
for-project and non-profit organizations; and community organizations.
In the most recent Program Year (PY) 2017, DOL announced awards to 155
grantees to support an estimated 21,000 veterans. These are one-year
grants; a new set of grantees will receive PY 2018 awards.
The HVRP Impact Evaluation is examining the effectiveness of the
HVRP program, building evidence of HVRP's effects on participants'
employment and earning-related outcomes. In addition, the evaluation
will provide a better understanding of program models and variations,
partnerships, and populations served. Goals of the specific data
collection plan included in this Notice is to help DOL make informed
decisions about what works best for whom and about effective ways to
improve the service systems seeking to support veterans experiencing
homelessness. The research questions to be answered by the planned data
collection pertain to what impact the HVRP has on Veterans experiencing
homelessness; how the HVRP impacts vary by individual, grantee, and
community characteristics and how they vary by services and referrals
available or received; how HVRPs are implemented; and how systems and
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partnerships are developed and maintained.
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
three proposed data collection instruments that will be used in the
evaluation:
* Baseline Information Form. All study-eligible program applicants,
that is, those applicants who meet the program's definition of a
homeless veteran, will be presented with a consent form prior to the
collection of baseline information. Applicants who give their consent
will be asked to complete the Baseline Information Form by providing
information on their: (1) Demographics and background characteristics,
(2) employment history, (3) service-related characteristics, (4)
receipt of public assistance, and (5) contact information. It is
expected to take the applicant an average of 10 minutes to complete the
form.
* Program readiness tool. The program readiness tool will be
administered as part of the baseline data collection process after
applicant consent. The applicant will answer the simple tool's basic
questions about the applicant's motivation and readiness for work. A
web-based system will validate data entries and calculate a program
readiness score. It is expected to take 5 minutes for the applicant to
complete a program readiness tool.
* Grantee Survey. The grantee survey will be administered to all
HVPR grantees (as of PY 2018) to collect the following information: (1)
Key referral sources for participants, (2) key recruitment sources and
challenges, (3) number and type of services, (4) list of services
offered on-site and through referrals, (5) key partners and referral
sources, (6) type and mode of communication, and (7) types of
coordination and collaboration. The survey will be administered via
web. It is expected to take the participants an average of 60 minutes
to complete the survey.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, DOL is soliciting
comments concerning the above data collection for the HVRP Evaluation.
DOL is particularly interested in comments that do the following:
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.
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 submission of responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, DOL is requesting clearance for
the Baseline Information Form, program readiness tool, and grantee
survey. A future information collection request will include protocols
for staff interviews, focus groups, and case studies; a partner survey;
a front line staff survey; and a participant follow-up survey.
Type of Review: New information collection request.
OMC Control Number: 1290-0NEW
Affected Public: Veterans experiencing homelessness.
Estimated Burden Hours
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Annual number Average
Total number Annual number of responses burden hour Annual
Type of instrument respondents of per per response estimated
respondents respondent (hours) burden hours
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Veteran
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Background information form..... a 1,440 480 1 0.17 80
Program Readiness Tool.......... a 1,440 480 1 0.08 40
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Grantee Staff
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Grantee Survey.................. 155 52 1 1 51.7
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Total....................... 3,035 1,012 .............. .............. 171.7
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a The Background Information Form and Program Readiness Tool will be collected from all study-eligible
applicants who consented to participate in the study. The number of respondents is based on an 85% response
rate (1,440).
Comments submitted in response to this 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: February 13, 2018.
Molly Irwin,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor.
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