Submission for OMB Review; Behavioral Interventions To Advance Self-Sufficiency Next Generation (BIAS-NG) (0970-0502), 33947-33948 [2019-15082]
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,970.
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation; Administration for
Children and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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 emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Alternatively, copies can also 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,
emailed or written, should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Office of Planning,
Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS)
requests Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval to modify the
previously approved pilot generic
clearance (0970–0502) to collect data as
part of rapid cycle testing and
evaluation, in order to inform the design
of interventions informed by behavioral
science and to better understand the
mechanisms and effects of such
interventions. Interventions have been
and will continue to be developed in the
program area domains of Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
and child welfare, and this revision
would also allow for collection of data
in the Early Head Start/Head Start
program area. These interventions are
intended to improve outcomes for
participants in these programs.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of
publication. OMB is required to make a
Correction
This is a republication of Federal
Register 2019–13701; 84 FR 30718 to
ensure the correct materials are
available for public comment on
RegInfo.gov.
Description: OPRE is conducting the
Behavioral Interventions to Advance
Self-Sufficiency Next Generation (BIAS–
NG) project. This project uses
behavioral insights to design and test
interventions intended to improve the
efficiency, operations, and efficacy of
human services programs. The BIAS–
NG project is applying and testing
behavioral insights to ACF programs
including TANF and Child Welfare, and
intends to expand these efforts to Early
Head Start/Head Start. This notice is a
revision to a previously approved
collection, which included data
collection to design and test
interventions in the TANF and Child
Welfare domains. Under the approved
pilot generic clearance, OPRE plans to
work with approximately six sites, and
Authorities: Sec. 640(a)(2)(D) and Sec. 649
of the Improving Head Start for School
Readiness Act.
Sec. 645A and 649 of the Improving Head
Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 and
the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019–15080 Filed 7–15–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Behavioral Interventions To Advance
Self-Sufficiency Next Generation
(BIAS–NG) (0970–0502)
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
will conduct one or more tests per site,
for a total of approximately 9 tests of
behavioral interventions. At least one of
these sites will be in the newly added
program area of Head Start/Early Head
Start. The design and testing of BIASNG interventions is rapid and, to the
extent possible, iterative. Each specific
intervention is designed in consultation
with agency leaders and launched as
quickly as possible. To maximize the
likelihood that the intervention
produces measurable, significant,
positive effects on outcomes of interest,
rapid cycle evaluation techniques will
be employed in which proximate
outcomes will be measured to allow the
research team to more quickly iterate
and adjust the intervention design,
informing subsequent tests. Due to the
rapid and iterative nature of this work,
OPRE sought and received generic
clearance to conduct this research.
Following standard OMB requirements
for generic clearances, once instruments
requiring burden are tailored to a
specific site and the site’s intervention,
OPRE submits an individual generic
information collection request under
this umbrella clearance. Each request
includes the individual instrument(s), a
justification specific to the individual
information collection, a description of
the proposed intervention, and any
supplementary documents. Each
specific information collection includes
up to two submissions: One submission
for the formative stage research and
another submission for any further data
collection requiring burden during the
testing phase. The type of information to
be collected and the uses of the
information is described in the
supporting statements, found here:
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=2017070970-005.
This Notice is specific to expanding
the program area domains to include
Early Head Start/Head Start, in addition
to the previously approved domains of
Child Welfare and TANF.
Respondents: (1) Program
Administrators, (2) Program Staff and
(3) Program Clients.
TOTAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
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[TANF, CW, Third Domain]
Previously
approved
respondents
for TANF
& CW
Instrument
Total
number of
respondents
(TANF, CW,
EHS/HS)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
with 3rd
domain
Diagnosis and Design
Administrator interviews/focus groups .................................
Staff interviews/focus groups ...............................................
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TOTAL BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued
[TANF, CW, Third Domain]
Previously
approved
respondents
for TANF
& CW
Instrument
Client interviews/focus groups .............................................
Client survey ........................................................................
Staff Survey .........................................................................
Total
number of
respondents
(TANF, CW,
EHS/HS)
48
600
120
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
with 3rd
domain
348
840
144
1
1
1
1
.25
.25
348
210
36
96
756
696
10,800
600
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
.25
.25
96
756
696
2,700
150
Evaluation
Administrator interviews/focus groups .................................
Staff interviews/focus groups ...............................................
Client interviews/focus groups .............................................
Client survey ........................................................................
Staff Survey .........................................................................
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,418.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1310.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019–15082 Filed 7–15–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review; State
Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families Case Studies (New Collection)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation; Administration for
Children and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Office of Planning,
Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is
proposing a data collection activity as
part of the State Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families (TANF) Case Studies
project. This study seeks to document
innovative employment and training
programs for low-income individuals
including TANF recipients and examine
the ways the programs provide or link
families to wraparound services. Over a
three-year period, the study will
conduct up to 12 comprehensive
qualitative case studies and up to 20
profiles of innovative programs to
showcase promising approaches.
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
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SUMMARY:
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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 emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Alternatively, copies can also 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,
emailed or written, should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The State TANF Case
Studies project will involve several
phases including: (1) Identifying
innovative programs through a scan of
the field and engagement with
stakeholders; (2) visiting up to 12
selected programs to collect detailed
information and produce
comprehensive case studies of these
programs to enhance policymakers’ and
other stakeholders’ understanding of
promising programs helping lowincome individuals to succeed in the
labor force; and (3) gathering
information through telephone
interviews to produce up to 20 shorter
case studies. The proposed information
collection activities are: (1) Semi-
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structured interviews with program and
partner administrators and frontline
staff; (2) in-depth interviews with
participants to better inform and
enhance understanding of client
experiences and perspectives; (3) a
guided case review with frontline staff
to capture information about client
characteristics as well as intensity,
frequency, duration, and sequencing of
services; and (4) an observation of
program services, such as case
management sessions, intakes and
referrals, services delivered in a
classroom setting, and work sites. The
study will take place over a three year
period.
Respondents: Respondents include
program administrators, frontline
program staff, and program participants.
Program administrators include staff
who administer and supervise the case
study program under review, TANF and
employment and training programs;
child care and other wraparound
supports; and other workforce programs
and partners such as community
colleges, adult basic education
providers, and employers; and state
decision makers, as appropriate.
Frontline program staff include intake
workers, case managers, job developers,
and other direct service providers who
work at TANF agencies and American
Job Centers, employment and training
providers such as community colleges,
and providers of wraparound supports,
such as child care subsidy frontline
staff. TANF and other low-income
program participants will also be
respondents. All participants will be
able to opt out of participating in the
data collection activities.
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[FR Doc No: 2019-15082]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Behavioral Interventions To Advance
Self-Sufficiency Next Generation (BIAS-NG) (0970-0502)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration
for Children and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) requests Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval to modify the previously approved pilot generic
clearance (0970-0502) to collect data as part of rapid cycle testing
and evaluation, in order to inform the design of interventions informed
by behavioral science and to better understand the mechanisms and
effects of such interventions. Interventions have been and will
continue to be developed in the program area domains of Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and child welfare, and this
revision would also allow for collection of data in the Early Head
Start/Head Start program area. These interventions are intended to
improve outcomes for participants in these programs.
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 emailing
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also 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, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Correction
This is a republication of Federal Register 2019-13701; 84 FR 30718
to ensure the correct materials are available for public comment on
RegInfo.gov.
Description: OPRE is conducting the Behavioral Interventions to
Advance Self-Sufficiency Next Generation (BIAS-NG) project. This
project uses behavioral insights to design and test interventions
intended to improve the efficiency, operations, and efficacy of human
services programs. The BIAS-NG project is applying and testing
behavioral insights to ACF programs including TANF and Child Welfare,
and intends to expand these efforts to Early Head Start/Head Start.
This notice is a revision to a previously approved collection, which
included data collection to design and test interventions in the TANF
and Child Welfare domains. Under the approved pilot generic clearance,
OPRE plans to work with approximately six sites, and will conduct one
or more tests per site, for a total of approximately 9 tests of
behavioral interventions. At least one of these sites will be in the
newly added program area of Head Start/Early Head Start. The design and
testing of BIAS-NG interventions is rapid and, to the extent possible,
iterative. Each specific intervention is designed in consultation with
agency leaders and launched as quickly as possible. To maximize the
likelihood that the intervention produces measurable, significant,
positive effects on outcomes of interest, rapid cycle evaluation
techniques will be employed in which proximate outcomes will be
measured to allow the research team to more quickly iterate and adjust
the intervention design, informing subsequent tests. Due to the rapid
and iterative nature of this work, OPRE sought and received generic
clearance to conduct this research. Following standard OMB requirements
for generic clearances, once instruments requiring burden are tailored
to a specific site and the site's intervention, OPRE submits an
individual generic information collection request under this umbrella
clearance. Each request includes the individual instrument(s), a
justification specific to the individual information collection, a
description of the proposed intervention, and any supplementary
documents. Each specific information collection includes up to two
submissions: One submission for the formative stage research and
another submission for any further data collection requiring burden
during the testing phase. The type of information to be collected and
the uses of the information is described in the supporting statements,
found here: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=201707-0970-005.
This Notice is specific to expanding the program area domains to
include Early Head Start/Head Start, in addition to the previously
approved domains of Child Welfare and TANF.
Respondents: (1) Program Administrators, (2) Program Staff and (3)
Program Clients.
Total Burden Estimates
[TANF, CW, Third Domain]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Previously Total number
approved of respondents Number of Average burden Total burden
Instrument respondents (TANF, CW, EHS/ responses per hours per hours with 3rd
for TANF & CW HS) respondent response domain
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Diagnosis and Design
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrator interviews/focus 24 48 1 1 48
groups.........................
Staff interviews/focus groups... 48 378 1 1 378
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Client interviews/focus groups.. 48 348 1 1 348
Client survey................... 600 840 1 .25 210
Staff Survey.................... 120 144 1 .25 36
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Evaluation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrator interviews/focus 48 96 1 1 96
groups.........................
Staff interviews/focus groups... 96 756 1 1 756
Client interviews/focus groups.. 96 696 1 1 696
Client survey................... 6,000 10,800 1 .25 2,700
Staff Survey.................... 120 600 1 .25 150
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,418.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1310.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-15082 Filed 7-15-19; 8:45 am]
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