Proposed Information Collection Activity; Formative Evaluation of Family Unification Program (FUP) Vouchers for Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care (New Collection), 52511 [2019-21452]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Formative Evaluation of
Family Unification Program (FUP)
Vouchers for Youth Transitioning Out
of Foster Care (New Collection)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation; Administration for
Children and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation is
requesting public comment on data
collection activities as part of the
Formative Evaluation of Family
Unification Program (FUP) Vouchers for
Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care.
The purpose of the request is to conduct
information collection activities,
including an online survey, interviews,
and focus group discussions.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
SUMMARY:
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
the Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) is soliciting public
comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be
forwarded 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 ACF Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation is
proposing a new information collection.
The information collection activities are
part of the Formative Evaluation of
Family Unification Program (FUP)
Vouchers for Youth Transitioning Out of
Foster Care. The purpose of the request
is to conduct information collection
activities, which consist of an online
survey of FUP liaisons from agencies
and organizations serving transition-age
youth in foster care and site visits to
selected agencies and organizations that
have allocated a significant number of
FUP vouchers to youth. During site
visits, staff from the Urban Institute and
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
will interview agency and program
leaders, frontline staff, and participants.
The information collection also includes
collection of administrative data from
sites selected for visits. This descriptive
work will capture how FUP for youth
has been administered on the ground,
how eligible youth are identified and
referred by the public child welfare
agency (PCWA), barriers to obtaining a
voucher or leasing-up into housing,
what public housing authorities (PHAs)
and public child welfare agencies have
done to streamline the application
process, and other aspects of program
operations. The activities and products
from this project will help ACF to fulfill
its ongoing legislative mandate for
program evaluation specified in the
Foster Care Independence Act of 1999.
Respondents: PCWA and PHA agency
administrators, program managers/FUP
liaisons, front-line staff, and young
adults being served by FUP.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Total
number of
respondents
Instrument
PHA survey ..........................................................................
PCWA survey .......................................................................
CoC survey ..........................................................................
Interview guide for FSS manager ........................................
Interview guide for CoC lead organization administrator
and FUP liaison ................................................................
Focus group guide for PHA intake workers and case managers .................................................................................
Focus group guide for PCWA caseworkers, referring partners, and service provider partners .................................
Interview guide for service provider FUP leads ..................
Interview guide for PCWA administrator and FUP liaison ..
Interview guide for PHA administrator and FUP liaison ......
Focus group guide for youth ................................................
Administrative data list .........................................................
Total ..............................................................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 630.
Comments: The Department
specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
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of information; (c) the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
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Authority: Title IV–E of the Social
Security Act, IV–E § 477(g)(1–2), as
amended by the Foster Care
Independence Act of 1999.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Formative Evaluation of
Family Unification Program (FUP) Vouchers for Youth Transitioning Out
of Foster Care (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration
for Children and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation is requesting public comment on data
collection activities as part of the Formative Evaluation of Family
Unification Program (FUP) Vouchers for Youth Transitioning Out of
Foster Care. The purpose of the request is to conduct information
collection activities, including an online survey, interviews, and
focus group discussions.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be forwarded 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:
Description: The ACF Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
is proposing a new information collection. The information collection
activities are part of the Formative Evaluation of Family Unification
Program (FUP) Vouchers for Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care. The
purpose of the request is to conduct information collection activities,
which consist of an online survey of FUP liaisons from agencies and
organizations serving transition-age youth in foster care and site
visits to selected agencies and organizations that have allocated a
significant number of FUP vouchers to youth. During site visits, staff
from the Urban Institute and Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
will interview agency and program leaders, frontline staff, and
participants. The information collection also includes collection of
administrative data from sites selected for visits. This descriptive
work will capture how FUP for youth has been administered on the
ground, how eligible youth are identified and referred by the public
child welfare agency (PCWA), barriers to obtaining a voucher or
leasing-up into housing, what public housing authorities (PHAs) and
public child welfare agencies have done to streamline the application
process, and other aspects of program operations. The activities and
products from this project will help ACF to fulfill its ongoing
legislative mandate for program evaluation specified in the Foster Care
Independence Act of 1999.
Respondents: PCWA and PHA agency administrators, program managers/
FUP liaisons, front-line staff, and young adults being served by FUP.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Total number Annual number responses per hours per Annual burden
of respondents of respondents respondent response hours
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PHA survey...................... 111 56 1 0.62 35
PCWA survey..................... 72 36 1 0.62 22
CoC survey...................... 99 50 1 0.62 31
Interview guide for FSS manager. 8 4 1 1 4
Interview guide for CoC lead 16 8 1 1 8
organization administrator and
FUP liaison....................
Focus group guide for PHA intake 192 96 1 1.5 144
workers and case managers......
Focus group guide for PCWA 312 156 1 1.5 234
caseworkers, referring
partners, and service provider
partners.......................
Interview guide for service 7 4 1 1 4
provider FUP leads.............
Interview guide for PCWA 16 8 1 1 8
administrator and FUP liaison..
Interview guide for PHA 16 8 1 1 8
administrator and FUP liaison..
Focus group guide for youth..... 96 48 1 1.5 72
Administrative data list........ 24 12 1 5 60
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Total....................... .............. .............. .............. .............. 630
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 630.
Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, IV-E Sec.
477(g)(1-2), as amended by the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-21452 Filed 10-1-19; 8:45 am]
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