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Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
Title: Evaluation of Employment
Coaching for TANF and Related
Populations—Second Follow-Up Survey
(OMB #0970–0506)
SUMMARY: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
proposing an additional data collection
activity as part of the Evaluation of
Employment Coaching for TANF and
Related Populations. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs
approved this information collection in
March 2018 (0970–0506). ACF is
proposing a second follow-up survey
conducted as part of the evaluation.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of
publication. OMB is required to make a
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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.
ADDRESSES: 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.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. It will take place over five
years in the following employment
programs: MyGoals for Employment
Success in Baltimore, MyGoals for
Employment Success in Houston,
Family Development and SelfSufficiency program in Iowa, LIFT in
New York City, Chicago, and Los
Angeles; Work Success in Utah; and
Goal4 It! in Jefferson County, Colorado.
Together, these programs will include
Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) agencies and other
public or private employment programs
that serve low-income individuals. Each
site will have a robust coaching
component and the capacity to conduct
a rigorous impact evaluation. 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, as
approved by OMB.
This submission builds on the
existing impact study, which randomly
assigned participants to either a
‘‘program group,’’ who were paired with
a coach, or to a ‘‘control group,’’ who
were not 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,
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measures of self-sufficiency, and
measures of self-regulation.
The proposed information collection
activity is a second follow-up survey,
which will be available to participants
approximately 21 months after random
assignment. The second follow-up
survey will provide rigorous evidence
on whether the coaching interventions
are effective, for whom, and under what
circumstances.
Respondents: Individuals enrolled in
the Evaluation of Employment Coaching
for TANF and Related Populations. All
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participants will be able to opt out of
participating in the data collection
activities.
Annual Burden Estimates:
Instrument
Total number
of respondents
Annual
number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Annual burden
hours
Second follow-up survey ......................................................
4,800
1,600
1
1
1,600
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,600.
Authority: Section 413 of the Social
Security Act, as amended by the FY 2017
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub.
L. 115–31).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018–25512 Filed 11–27–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Federal Financial Participation in State
Assistance Expenditures; Federal
Matching Shares for Medicaid, the
Children’s Health Insurance Program,
and Aid to Needy Aged, Blind, or
Disabled Persons for October 1, 2019
Through September 30, 2020
Office of the Secretary, DHHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The percentages listed in Table
1 will be effective for each of the four
quarter-year periods beginning October
1, 2019 and ending September 30, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rose
Chu, Office of Health Policy, Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation, Room 447D—Hubert H.
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20201,
(202) 690–6870.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Medical Assistance Percentages
(FMAP), Enhanced Federal Medical
Assistance Percentages (eFMAP), and
disaster-recovery FMAP adjustments for
Fiscal Year 2020 have been calculated
pursuant to the Social Security Act (the
Act). These percentages will be effective
from October 1, 2019 through
September 30, 2020. This notice
announces the calculated FMAP rates,
in accordance with sections 1101(a)(8)
and 1905(b) of the Act, that the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) will use in determining
the amount of federal matching for state
medical assistance (Medicaid),
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Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) Contingency Funds,
Child Support Enforcement collections,
Child Care Mandatory and Matching
Funds of the Child Care and
Development Fund, Title IV–E Foster
Care Maintenance payments, Adoption
Assistance payments and Kinship
Guardianship Assistance payments, and
the eFMAP rates for the Children’s
Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
expenditures. Table 1 gives figures for
each of the 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and
the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands. This notice reminds
states of adjustments available for states
meeting requirements for
disproportionate employer pension or
insurance fund contributions and
adjustments for disaster recovery. At
this time, no state qualifies for such
adjustments, and territories are not
eligible.
This notice also contains the
increased eFMAPs for CHIP as
authorized under section 2705(b) of the
Act, as amended by the HEALTHY KIDS
Act of 2017, for fiscal year 2020
(October 1, 2019 through September 30,
2020).
Programs under title XIX of the Act
exist in each jurisdiction. Programs
under titles I, X, and XIV operate only
in Guam and the Virgin Islands. The
percentages in this notice apply to state
expenditures for most medical
assistance and child health assistance,
and assistance payments for certain
social services. The Act provides
separately for federal matching of
administrative costs.
Sections 1905(b) and 1101(a)(8)(B) of
the Social Security Act (the Act) require
the Secretary of HHS to publish the
FMAP rates each year. The Secretary
calculates the percentages, using
formulas in sections 1905(b) and
1101(a)(8), and calculations by the
Department of Commerce of average
income per person in each state and for
the United States (meaning, for this
purpose, the fifty states and the District
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of Columbia). The percentages must fall
within the upper and lower limits
specified in section 1905(b) of the Act.
The percentages for the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and
the Northern Mariana Islands are
specified in statute, and thus are not
based on the statutory formula that
determines the percentages for the 50
states.
Federal Medical Assistance Percentage
(FMAP)
Section 1905(b) of the Act specifies
the formula for calculating FMAPs as
follows:
‘‘Federal medical assistance percentage’’
for any state shall be 100 per centum less the
state percentage; and the state percentage
shall be that percentage which bears the same
ratio to 45 per centum as the square of the
per capita income of such state bears to the
square of the per capita income of the
continental United States (including Alaska)
and Hawaii; except that (1) the Federal
medical assistance percentage shall in no
case be less than 50 per centum or more than
83 per centum . . . .
Section 1905(b) further specifies that
the FMAP for Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana
Islands, and American Samoa shall be
55 percent. Section 4725(b) of the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 amended
section 1905(b) to provide that the
FMAP for the District of Columbia, for
purposes of titles XIX and XXI, shall be
70 percent. For the District of Columbia,
we note under Table 1 that other rates
may apply in certain other programs. In
addition, we note the rate that applies
for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands in certain other programs
pursuant to section 1118 of the Act. The
rates for the States, District of Columbia
and the territories are displayed in
Table 1, Column 1.
Section 1905(y) of the Act, as added
by section 2001 of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act of 2010
(‘‘Affordable Care Act’’), provides for a
significant increase in the FMAP for
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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Title: Evaluation of Employment Coaching for TANF and Related
Populations--Second Follow-Up Survey (OMB #0970-0506)
SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
proposing an additional data collection activity as part of the
Evaluation of Employment Coaching for TANF and Related Populations. The
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs approved this information collection in March 2018
(0970-0506). ACF is proposing a second follow-up survey conducted as
part of the evaluation.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. 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.
ADDRESSES: 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.
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].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. It will
take place over five years in the following employment programs:
MyGoals for Employment Success in Baltimore, MyGoals for Employment
Success in Houston, Family Development and Self-Sufficiency program in
Iowa, LIFT in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles; Work Success in
Utah; and Goal4 It! in Jefferson County, Colorado. Together, these
programs will include Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
agencies and other public or private employment programs that serve
low-income individuals. Each site will have a robust coaching component
and the capacity to conduct a rigorous impact evaluation. 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, as approved by OMB.
This submission builds on the existing impact study, which randomly
assigned participants to either a ``program group,'' who were paired
with a coach, or to a ``control group,'' who were not 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,
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measures of self-sufficiency, and measures of self-regulation.
The proposed information collection activity is a second follow-up
survey, which will be available to participants approximately 21 months
after random assignment. The second follow-up survey will provide
rigorous evidence on whether the coaching interventions are effective,
for whom, and under what circumstances.
Respondents: Individuals enrolled in the Evaluation of Employment
Coaching for TANF and Related Populations. All participants will be
able to opt out of participating in the data collection activities.
Annual Burden Estimates:
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of Annual number responses per hours per Annual burden
respondents of respondents respondent response hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Second follow-up survey............................................ 4,800 1,600 1 1 1,600
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,600.
Authority: Section 413 of the Social Security Act, as amended by
the FY 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub. L. 115-31).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-25512 Filed 11-27-18; 8:45 am]
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