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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request,
Implementation Evaluation of the
National Health Emergency (NHE)
Demonstration Grants To Address the
Opioid Crisis, 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, the
Department of Labor is soliciting
comments concerning the collection of
data about the Implementation
Evaluation of the National Health
Emergency Demonstration Grants to
Address the Opioid Crisis. A copy of the
proposed Information Collection
Request (ICR) can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below 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
February 25, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@
dol.gov; Mail or Courier: Jennifer Daley,
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.
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Jennifer Daley by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov or by
phone at (202) 693–5913.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Chief Evaluation
Office (CEO) of the U.S. Department of
Labor (DOL) intends to design and
conduct information collection
activities to provide data for the
implementation evaluation of the
National Health Emergency (NHE)
Demonstration Grants to Address the
Opioid Crisis. DOL awarded $22 million
in NHE grants to six states in 2018.
States have proposed a variety of
strategies including services for
individuals or family members affected
by opioid addiction, training for
workers to address the crisis, and
system-wide investments to align
workforce services with services
provided by other organizations at the
state and local levels. The
implementation study of the grants will
address four research questions: (1) How
were the grants implemented, what
services were provided, and what
factors influenced implementation and
job placement and retention?; (2) Who
were the major partners involved and
what services did they provide?; (3)
What challenges did grantees encounter
in implementation and how were those
addressed?; and (4) What practices
developed under the grant appear to be
promising or potentially promising?
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on
proposed data collection instruments
that will be used in the implementation
evaluation: Key informant interview
protocols, survey of key informants
(state- and local-level administrators)
and a program participant interview
guide.
1. Key informant interview protocol.
The protocol will be used during site
visits to the grantees to collect
information from administrators and
staff at the state- and local-level, and
with partner organizations and
employers at either the state or local
level. Issues to be covered include the
state and local community context,
strategies and approaches to service
delivery, target populations and
recruiting, the role of various partners in
grant and subgrant activities, successes
and challenges, preliminary outcomes,
promising practices, and other topics.
2. Survey of key informants. This
short questionnaire for key informants
(administrators and staff at the stateand local-level) includes basic
background information, such as their
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highest education level and experience,
and brief questions about their
perspectives on the opioid crisis and the
state’s partnerships to address the crisis.
3. Program participant interview
guide. The guide will be used for
individual or group discussions with
approximately 10 program participants
in each state. Topics will include
participant background, service receipt,
participants’ views on the quality and
effectiveness of the workforce services
received, and their current or
anticipated labor market experiences as
a result of the services.
II. Desired Focus of Comments:
Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the
above data collection for the
Implementation Evaluation of the
National Health Emergency (NHE)
Demonstration Grants to Address the
Opioid Crisis. DOL is particularly
interested in comments that do the
following:
Æ 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;
Æ evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s burden estimate of the
proposed information collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
Æ enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
Æ 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 key
informant interview protocol, written
survey for key informants, and a
program participant interview guide.
Type of Review: New information
collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290–0NEW.
Affected Public: NHE grantee
administrators, participants, and
partners.
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.
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ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Type of instrument
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden time
per response
(hours)
Estimated
burden hours
Key informant interview protocol: state and local administrator, staff, and
partners b ......................................................................................................
Survey: State and local staff and partners ......................................................
Program participant interview guide ................................................................
60
60
20
1
1
1
1
0.17
1
60
10
20
Total ..........................................................................................................
140
........................
........................
90
a The
study is scheduled to take three years.
b Assumes each visit will, on average, involve individual or group interviews with approximately 30 respondents. The team assumes the average burden time per response to be about 1 hour, although some meetings will be shorter and some will be longer.
Molly Irwin,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of
Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; National
Database of Childcare Costs
Submission for Review: National
Database of Childcare Costs
Women’s Bureau, DOL.
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Labor, Women’s Bureau (WB) is
soliciting comments concerning a
proposed information collection request
(ICR) titled, ‘‘National Database of
Childcare Costs’’. This comment request
is part of continuing Departmental
efforts to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA).
SUMMARY:
Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until February 25,
2019.
DATES:
A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained without charge by
contacting the U.S. Department of
Labor, Women’s Bureau, Room S–3002,
200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20210, (202)693–6710,
Womens.Bureau@dol.gov. Comments in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
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the comment period will not be
accepted. Comments submitted by
postal mail or delivery should be
addressed to U.S. Department of Labor,
Women’s Bureau, Room S–3002, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, contact Sarah Miller by
telephone at (202)693–6716 (this is not
a toll-free number) or by email at
miller.sarah@dol.gov. For technical
questions, contact: Liana Christin
Landivar by telephone at (202)693–6713
(this is not a toll-free number) or by
email at landivar.liana.c@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOL,
as part of continuing efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies an opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information
before submitting them to the OMB for
final approval. This program helps to
ensure 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 can be properly
assessed. This proposed information
collection seeks to establish the
National Database of Childcare Costs.
State-administered Market Rate Surveys
are conducted by state human services
or workforce development offices as a
requirement to receive Child Care and
Development Block Grants (CCDBG).
The surveys establish a benchmark of
the local prices of various types of care
(e.g., center-based, home-based, familyprovided) by age of children (i.e.,
infants, preschool, and school-age
children). These surveys are used to
establish the maximum reimbursement
rates for childcare subsidies. Market
Rate Surveys sample all eligible centers
and care providers and obtain the full
market price of care. Because the state
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Market Rate Surveys establish the full
market price of care in local areas, these
data are ideal to examine local childcare
prices. However, these data are not
reported to the federal government and
they are retained by the states.
This information collection would
request Market Rate Survey data from
all states and reconcile measures for
uniformity across the states. Metrics
would be made comparable and
geography would be standardized to be
able to combine these data for analysis
with county characteristics available
from the American Community Survey.
The database would be evaluated to
protect respondent confidentiality,
implementing proper disclosure
avoidance techniques in counties with
small samples. The database would be
made available to the public as a
research tool to understand childcare
prices at the county level and changes
in childcare prices over time. Section 2
of Public Law 66–259 that established
the Women’s Bureau authorizes this
information collection. See 29 U.S.C. 13.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid Control Number. See 5
CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
Interested parties are encouraged to
provide comments to the contact shown
in the ADDRESSES section. Comments
must be written to receive
consideration, and they will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval of the final ICR. In
order to help ensure appropriate
consideration, comments should
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Implementation Evaluation of the National
Health Emergency (NHE) Demonstration Grants To Address the Opioid
Crisis, 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, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the collection of data about the
Implementation Evaluation of the National Health Emergency
Demonstration Grants to Address the Opioid Crisis. A copy of the
proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below 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 February 25, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov; Mail or Courier: Jennifer
Daley, 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: Jennifer Daley by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov or by phone at (202) 693-5913.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) of the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL) intends to design and conduct information
collection activities to provide data for the implementation evaluation
of the National Health Emergency (NHE) Demonstration Grants to Address
the Opioid Crisis. DOL awarded $22 million in NHE grants to six states
in 2018. States have proposed a variety of strategies including
services for individuals or family members affected by opioid
addiction, training for workers to address the crisis, and system-wide
investments to align workforce services with services provided by other
organizations at the state and local levels. The implementation study
of the grants will address four research questions: (1) How were the
grants implemented, what services were provided, and what factors
influenced implementation and job placement and retention?; (2) Who
were the major partners involved and what services did they provide?;
(3) What challenges did grantees encounter in implementation and how
were those addressed?; and (4) What practices developed under the grant
appear to be promising or potentially promising?
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
proposed data collection instruments that will be used in the
implementation evaluation: Key informant interview protocols, survey of
key informants (state- and local-level administrators) and a program
participant interview guide.
1. Key informant interview protocol. The protocol will be used
during site visits to the grantees to collect information from
administrators and staff at the state- and local-level, and with
partner organizations and employers at either the state or local level.
Issues to be covered include the state and local community context,
strategies and approaches to service delivery, target populations and
recruiting, the role of various partners in grant and subgrant
activities, successes and challenges, preliminary outcomes, promising
practices, and other topics.
2. Survey of key informants. This short questionnaire for key
informants (administrators and staff at the state- and local-level)
includes basic background information, such as their highest education
level and experience, and brief questions about their perspectives on
the opioid crisis and the state's partnerships to address the crisis.
3. Program participant interview guide. The guide will be used for
individual or group discussions with approximately 10 program
participants in each state. Topics will include participant background,
service receipt, participants' views on the quality and effectiveness
of the workforce services received, and their current or anticipated
labor market experiences as a result of the services.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor
is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection for the
Implementation Evaluation of the National Health Emergency (NHE)
Demonstration Grants to Address the Opioid Crisis. DOL is particularly
interested in comments that do the following:
[cir] 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;
[cir] evaluate the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate of the
proposed information collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
[cir] enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
[cir] 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 key informant interview protocol, written survey for key
informants, and a program participant interview guide.
Type of Review: New information collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290-0NEW.
Affected Public: NHE grantee administrators, participants, and
partners.
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.
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Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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Average burden
Number of Number of time per Estimated
Type of instrument respondents responses per response burden hours
respondent (hours)
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Key informant interview protocol: state and 60 1 1 60
local administrator, staff, and partners \b\...
Survey: State and local staff and partners...... 60 1 0.17 10
Program participant interview guide............. 20 1 1 20
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Total....................................... 140 .............. .............. 90
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\a\ The study is scheduled to take three years.
\b\ Assumes each visit will, on average, involve individual or group interviews with approximately 30
respondents. The team assumes the average burden time per response to be about 1 hour, although some meetings
will be shorter and some will be longer.
Molly Irwin,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor.
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