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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 133 / Wednesday, July 11, 2018 / Notices
Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting Chief, Information Collection Review
Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office
of the Associate Director for Science, Office
of the Director, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2018–14797 Filed 7–10–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Evaluation of the Family
Unification Program.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
proposing an information collection
activity to assess the impact, through
rigorous evaluation, of participation in
the Family Unification Program (FUP)
on child welfare involvement and child
maltreatment. The Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
funds and administers FUP. Through
the program, vouchers are provided to
families for whom the lack of adequate
housing is a primary factor in (a) the
imminent placement of the family’s
child, or children, in out-of-home care
or (b) the delay in the discharge of the
child, or children, to the family from
out-of-home-care. The program aims to
prevent children’s placement in out-ofhome care, promote family reunification
for children placed in out-of-home care,
and decrease new reports of abuse and
neglect. Vouchers may also be provided
to youth transitioning from foster care
who do not have adequate housing,
although this population is not the focus
of this evaluation.
The evaluation will contribute to
understanding the effects of FUP on
project participants’ child welfare
involvement. The evaluation will be
conducted in approximately ten sites,
with random assignment of FUP-eligible
families to program and control groups.
The evaluation consists of both an
impact study and an implementation
study. Data collection for the impact
study will be exclusively through
administrative data. Data collection for
the implementation study will be
through site visits and collection of
program data. Data collection activities
will span 3 years.
Implementation study data collection
will occur at three points in time: (1)
Prior to the implementation (‘‘first site
visit’’), (2) 6–9 months into the
implementation (‘‘second site visit’’,
and (3) 18–21 months into
implementation (‘‘third site visit’’).
Semi-structured interviews will be
conducted with agency/organization
management (first and second site
visits) and FUP management (second
and third site visits), and focus groups
will be conducted with front-line staff
(second and third site visits). In
addition, semi-structured interviews
will be conducted with parents (second
and third site visits). Program data,
collected using a housing status form, a
referral form and questionnaires about
housing assistance and other services,
will be completed by frontline staff.
FUP management staff will complete an
online randomization tool and a form
(‘‘dashboard’’) to facilitate monitoring of
the evaluation.
This evaluation is part of a larger
project to help ACF build the evidence
base in child welfare through rigorous
evaluation of programs, practices, and
policies. It will also contribute to HUD’s
understanding of how housing can serve
as a platform for improving quality of
life.
Respondents: Public housing
authority staff, public child welfare
agency staff, Continuums of Care (CoC)
staff, other service provider staff, and
the parent of families housed using FUP
vouchers.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
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Total
number of
respondents
Guide for Recruitment with PHA and PCWA Administrators ....................................................................................
Guide to Develop an Evaluation Plan for PCWA FUP
Management .....................................................................
Guide to Develop an Evaluation Plan for PHA FUP Management ............................................................................
Guide for Implementation Study for PCWA Management ..
Guide for Implementation Study for PHA Management ......
Guide for Implementation Study for CoC Management ......
Guide for Implementation Study for Referral Provider Administrators .......................................................................
Guide for Implementation Study with PCWA FUP Management (Second) ..................................................................
Guide for Implementation Study for PHA FUP Management ..................................................................................
Guide for Implementation Study Focus Groups with PHA
Frontline Workers .............................................................
Guide for Implementation Study for Parents (Second,
Third) ................................................................................
Guide for Implementation Study Focus Groups with Frontline Workers .....................................................................
Guide for Implementation Study for PCWA FUP Management (Third) ......................................................................
Guide for Implementation Study for Service Provider Management ............................................................................
Housing Status Form ...........................................................
Referral Form .......................................................................
Randomization Tool .............................................................
Housing Assistance Questionnaire ......................................
Ongoing Services Questionnaire .........................................
Dashboard ............................................................................
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Annual
number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hour
per response
Annual
burden hours
30
1
1.00
10
10
4
1
1.00
4
10
10
10
10
4
4
4
4
1
1
1
1
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
4
4
4
4
14
5
1
1.00
5
10
4
1
1.00
4
10
4
1
1.00
4
30
10
1
1.50
15
120
40
1
1.50
60
440
147
1
1.50
221
10
4
1
1.00
4
18
616
200
10
200
200
20
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6
206
67
4
67
67
7
1
31
6
106
3
3
27
1.00
0.04
0.17
0.02
0.09
0.09
0.17
6
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued
Total
number of
respondents
Administrative Data List .......................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 849.
Additional Information: Copies of the
proposed collection may be obtained by
writing to the Administration for
Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330
C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201,
Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
All requests should be identified by the
title of the information collection. Email
address: OPREinfocollection@
acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to
make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30
and 60 days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication. Written
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_
SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV. Attn:
Desk Officer for the Administration for
Children and Families.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018–14792 Filed 7–10–18; 8:45 am]
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Annual
number of
respondents
30
Number of
responses per
respondent
10
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review: Updates
to Approved Information Collection
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation; ACF; HHS.
ACTION: Public comment request.
AGENCY:
Title: Evaluation of Employment
Coaching for TANF and Other LowIncome Populations (0970–0506).
SUMMARY: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
proposing an increase in the number of
sites for data collection activities to be
conducted as part of the Evaluation of
Employment Coaching for TANF and
Other Low-Income Populations. The
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs approved this
information collection in March 2018
(0970–0506). As approved, we planned
to include three employment programs.
We have since identified three
additional employment programs to
include in the study. This Notice
provides the opportunity for public
comment on the addition of three sites.
This study will provide an
opportunity to learn more about the
potential of coaching to help clients
achieve self-sufficiency and other
desired employment-related outcomes.
The programs included in the study
are Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) agencies and other
public or private employment programs
that serve low-income individuals.
2
Average
burden hour
per response
5.00
Annual
burden hours
100
Selected sites include a robust coaching
component and have the capacity to
conduct a rigorous impact evaluation,
among other criteria. This study will
provide information on whether
coaching helps people obtain and retain
jobs, advance in their careers, move
toward self-sufficiency, and improve
their overall well-being. To meet these
objectives, this study includes an
impact and implementation study.
The impact study involves
participants being randomly assigned to
either a ‘‘program group,’’ who will be
paired with a coach, or to a ‘‘control
group,’’ who will not be paired with a
coach. The effectiveness of the coaching
will be determined by differences
between members of the program and
control groups in outcomes such as
obtaining and retaining employment,
earnings, measures of self-sufficiency,
and measures of self-regulation.
The implementation study will
document coaching practices, describe
lessons learned from implementing
coaching, and enhance interpretation of
the impact study findings.
The proposed information collection
activities have not changed since OMB/
OIRA approval. The only change to this
information collection is to add three
additional sites.
Respondents: Program staff and
individuals enrolled in the Evaluation
of Employment Coaching for TANF and
Other Low-Income Populations.
Program staff may include coaches, case
managers, workshop instructors, job
developers, supervisors, and managers.
All participants will be able to opt out
of participating in the data collection
activities.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Original
request:
Total number
of respondents
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Instrument
Updated
request:
Total number
of respondents
Updated
request:
Annual
number
of respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
6,000
60
2,400
66
48
24
30
27
6,000
60
4,800
132
96
48
60
54
2,000
20
1,600
44
32
16
20
18
1
100
1
1
1
1
5,200
10
Baseline data collection—study participants .....................................................
Baseline data collection—staff .................
First follow-up survey ...............................
Semi-structured staff interviews ...............
Staff survey ..............................................
In-depth participant interviews .................
Staff reports of program service receipt ..
Video recordings of coaching sessions ...
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burden hours
per response
.33
.33
1
1.5
.75
2.5
.03
.1
Updated
request:
Annual
burden hours
660
660
1,600
66
24
40
3,120
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[FR Doc No: 2018-14792]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Evaluation of the Family Unification Program.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
proposing an information collection activity to assess the impact,
through rigorous evaluation, of participation in the Family Unification
Program (FUP) on child welfare involvement and child maltreatment. The
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds and administers
FUP. Through the program, vouchers are provided to families for whom
the lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in (a) the imminent
placement of the family's child, or children, in out-of-home care or
(b) the delay in the discharge of the child, or children, to the family
from out-of-home-care. The program aims to prevent children's placement
in out-of-home care, promote family reunification for children placed
in out-of-home care, and decrease new reports of abuse and neglect.
Vouchers may also be provided to youth transitioning from foster care
who do not have adequate housing, although this population is not the
focus of this evaluation.
The evaluation will contribute to understanding the effects of FUP
on project participants' child welfare involvement. The evaluation will
be conducted in approximately ten sites, with random assignment of FUP-
eligible families to program and control groups. The evaluation
consists of both an impact study and an implementation study. Data
collection for the impact study will be exclusively through
administrative data. Data collection for the implementation study will
be through site visits and collection of program data. Data collection
activities will span 3 years.
Implementation study data collection will occur at three points in
time: (1) Prior to the implementation (``first site visit''), (2) 6-9
months into the implementation (``second site visit'', and (3) 18-21
months into implementation (``third site visit''). Semi-structured
interviews will be conducted with agency/organization management (first
and second site visits) and FUP management (second and third site
visits), and focus groups will be conducted with front-line staff
(second and third site visits). In addition, semi-structured interviews
will be conducted with parents (second and third site visits). Program
data, collected using a housing status form, a referral form and
questionnaires about housing assistance and other services, will be
completed by frontline staff. FUP management staff will complete an
online randomization tool and a form (``dashboard'') to facilitate
monitoring of the evaluation.
This evaluation is part of a larger project to help ACF build the
evidence base in child welfare through rigorous evaluation of programs,
practices, and policies. It will also contribute to HUD's understanding
of how housing can serve as a platform for improving quality of life.
Respondents: Public housing authority staff, public child welfare
agency staff, Continuums of Care (CoC) staff, other service provider
staff, and the parent of families housed using FUP vouchers.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Total number Annual number responses per hour per Annual burden
of respondents of respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Guide for Recruitment with PHA 30 10 1 1.00 10
and PCWA Administrators........
Guide to Develop an Evaluation 10 4 1 1.00 4
Plan for PCWA FUP Management...
Guide to Develop an Evaluation 10 4 1 1.00 4
Plan for PHA FUP Management....
Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4
for PCWA Management............
Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4
for PHA Management.............
Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4
for CoC Management.............
Guide for Implementation Study 14 5 1 1.00 5
for Referral Provider
Administrators.................
Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4
with PCWA FUP Management
(Second).......................
Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4
for PHA FUP Management.........
Guide for Implementation Study 30 10 1 1.50 15
Focus Groups with PHA Frontline
Workers........................
Guide for Implementation Study 120 40 1 1.50 60
for Parents (Second, Third)....
Guide for Implementation Study 440 147 1 1.50 221
Focus Groups with Frontline
Workers........................
Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4
for PCWA FUP Management (Third)
Guide for Implementation Study 18 6 1 1.00 6
for Service Provider Management
Housing Status Form............. 616 206 31 0.04 255
Referral Form................... 200 67 6 0.17 68
Randomization Tool.............. 10 4 106 0.02 9
Housing Assistance Questionnaire 200 67 3 0.09 18
Ongoing Services Questionnaire.. 200 67 3 0.09 18
Dashboard....................... 20 7 27 0.17 32
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Administrative Data List........ 30 10 2 5.00 100
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 849.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests should be identified by the title of the information
collection. Email address: [email protected].
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email:
[email protected]. Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration
for Children and Families.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-14792 Filed 7-10-18; 8:45 am]
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