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criteria to keep from being evicted; it
should be given to the landlord, owner
of the residential property, or other
person who has a right to have the
individual evicted or removed. The
information collected will be limited to
the signature of the tenant, lessee, or
is exceeding 60 days, CDC is seeking
additional notice and comment.
Estimated annual burden for Tenants,
Lessees, or Residents who make a
maximum of $99,000 annually is
estimated to be 2,916,667 hours. There
will be no anticipated costs to
respondents other than time.
resident. The information will not be
collected by CDC.
As stated in the Supporting Statement
for OMB Control Number 0920–1303,
under the request for an emergency
clearance, OIRA has waived the 60-day
comment period. Because this collection
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Respondent
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Residents.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; OPRE Data Collection for the
Next Generation of Enhanced
Employment Strategies Project
(Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection—OMB #0970–0545)
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) within
the Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) is proposing revisions to
data collection activities conducted for
the Next Generation of Enhanced
Employment Strategies (NextGen)
Project, which is rigorously evaluating
innovative interventions designed to
promote employment and economic
security among low-income individuals
with complex challenges to
employment. The project includes an
experimental impact study, descriptive
study, and cost study. The project is
seeking clearance for changes to the
previously approved Phase 1
instruments, updates to the previously
approved consent form, and clearance
for a parent/guardian consent form and
SUMMARY:
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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
DECLARATION UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL AND PREVENTION’S TEMPORARY HALT IN EVICTIONS TO PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD OF COVID–19.
Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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responses per
respondent
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respondents
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a youth assent form for use in
evaluations of programs for youth. The
project also seeks approval to use a
subset of Phase 2 instruments with
programs selected for inclusion in the
project with some changes made to
those instruments. The requested
changes do not change the previously
submitted burden estimates.
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.
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 NextGen Project will
identify and test up to 10 innovative,
promising employment interventions
designed to help individuals facing
complex challenges secure a pathway
toward economic independence. In
April 2020, OMB approved the new
information collection request (ICR) for
Phase 1 data collection instruments for
the project (for more information, see
materials at https://www.reginfo.gov/
ADDRESSES:
PO 00000
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public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_
nbr=202012-0970-003). The first ICR
included drafts of Phase 2 data
collection instruments and associated
burden estimates for initial review,
information purposes, and public
comment. We indicated that if a Phase
2 instrument required revisions to tailor
to specific programs selected for
evaluation, we will submit as either a
non-substantive change request or a
revision with abbreviated public
comment time, dependent on the level
of changes and guidance provided by
OMB.
As the NextGen Project has engaged
in assessing promising programs for
inclusion in the study, we have gained
knowledge that suggests necessary
refinements to the Phase 1 instruments.
In response to this knowledge and the
2019 novel coronavirus disease
(COVID–19) pandemic, we are seeking
changes to the Phase 1 data collection
instruments and the study’s informed
consent form. We also seek clearance for
a parent/guardian consent form and a
youth assent form for use in evaluations
of programs that serve youth, and
approval to use two of the Phase 2
instruments with minor revisions.
Below are additional details regarding
these requests and further information
regarding the changes requested is
available (Appendix Q). The requested
changes do not change the previously
submitted burden estimates.
Informed Consent Form (Appendix A)
We propose revisions to the study’s
consent form to reflect recent study
design changes, specifically to allow
programs to share additional
information about study participants
(mental health diagnoses, referral
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source, and contact information) to
allow for a fuller description of the
participants and to facilitate locating
them for later data collections; to cover
collecting administrative data for up to
20 years after study enrollment, rather
than 10 years, to allow for estimation of
longer-term impacts on participants; to
change the date through when SSA can
conduct research on study participants,
from 2028 to 2040, to account for study
schedule delays due to COVID–19; and
to include consent for recording of
study interviews. We also made minor
revisions requested by the project’s
institutional review board. Lastly, we
developed two additional consent forms
(Appendix A.1) by adapting the study
consent form—one to collect consent
from parents/guardians of youth and
one to collect assent from youth.
Baseline Survey (Instrument 1)
We propose changes to the baseline
survey based on the study team’s
ongoing assessment of promising
programs. Changes include:
• Minor revisions to the wording of
some items, for clarity, and to skip
patterns.
• Modifications to the items about
emergency support (B18 and B19) to ask
how many people someone can turn to
for help, to better measure social
support outcomes.
• Addition of items to collect
information on social trust (B20, B21,
and B22).
• Revisions to current items and
addition of a few items to collect data
on variables that may predict
employment outcomes for respondents
that were recently released from jail or
prison, specifically:
Æ Revision to the item asking whether
the respondent was ever convicted (C9)
to collect number of convictions and
addition of an item (C9a) to collect the
number of felony convictions.
Æ Revisions to collect more detail
about parole or probation (C10).
Æ Addition of an item (C10a) to
collect the type of crime committed and
an item to collect time spent in last
incarceration (C12a).
• Addition of items (C4b, C5a, C6e1,
C6e2, C6r, C6s, D1a) to collect
information on whether COVID–19
posed specific challenges to
employment for study participants and
to ask if participants have been
vaccinated against COVID–19 (D1a), as
this is likely to be associated with
employment outcomes.
navigator for programs that use this
intervention.
Identifying and Contact Information
(Instrument 2)
Semi-Structured Employer Discussion
Guide (Instrument 9)
We propose changes to the identifying
and contact information collection.
Changes include:
• Addition of the Center for
Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
Revised (CESD–R, added as item B2) for
use by one program under consideration
for evaluation that uses the scale as a
programmatic eligibility screening tool.
The CESD–R will only display for this
program to facilitate program intake;
other programs will skip these items.
The study team will maintain CESD–R
scores for those who are eligible for the
program and also consent to participate
in the study (as noted in the consent
form).
• Addition of items (in item B3 and
B4) that will only display for programs
that work with school districts and/or
youth to ask if a study applicant is in
a prefilled school district, and obtain
consent for being recorded, if such
consent is required by the district.
• Addition of a question (item B9)
about the likelihood that the study
participant will be assigned to a career
We request approval to use the Phase
2 employer discussion guide to collect
information from all programs selected
for the NextGen Project. We propose
minor revisions to the instrument to add
probes about changes to the employer’s
relationship with the program as a result
of the pandemic.
Respondents: Program staff, program
partners, employer staff, and
individuals enrolled in the NextGen
Project. Program staff and partners may
include case managers, health
professionals, workshop instructors, job
developers, supervisors, managers, and
administrators. Employers may include
administrators, human resources staff,
and worksite supervisors.
Total number
of respondents
Instrument
Annual
number of
respondents
Service Receipt Tracking (Instrument 5)
We request approval to use the Phase
2 service receipt tracking instrument to
collect information from most programs
selected for the NextGen Project, with
the following proposed changes:
Inclusion of additional modes of service
delivery; addition of in-person service
locations; allowance of program-specific
responses to how services were
terminated; and tailoring for certain
items’ response options to ensure
service receipt data collection captures
program-specific services.
Annual Burden Estimates
The annual burden estimates for the
instruments included in this request are
presented below. All currently approved
materials under OMB #0970–0545 and
the associated burden can be found at
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202012-0970-003.
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Annual
burden hours
PHASE 1
Baseline survey & identifying and contact information—
participants .......................................................................
Baseline survey & identifying and contact information—
staff ...................................................................................
10,000
3,333
1
0.42
1,400
200
67
50
0.42
1,400
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours, Phase 1:
2,800
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PHASE 2 ESTIMATES
Service receipt tracking—staff .............................................
Semi-structured employer interviews—employers ..............
200
50
67
17
250
1
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours, Phase 2:
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Variations in Implementation
of Quality Interventions (VIQI) Project
(OMB #0970–0508)
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),
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), is
requesting a 3-year extension with
changes to continue collecting data for
the study Variations in Implementation
of Quality Interventions (VIQI). In
addition to extending data collection,
OPRE proposes to update burden
estimates to accommodate a different
sample size of centers, administrators,
teachers, and coaches; to revise data
collection instruments and activities for
the impact evaluation and process study
in line with lessons learned during the
pilot study; to add a second timepoint
of data collection for the teacher reports
to questions about children; to provide
one new instrument to collect parent
report of children’s skills and behaviors;
and to provide one new instrument in
anticipation of COVID–19 necessitating
further information gathering to
contextualize findings from the impact
evaluation and process study.
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,
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
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SUMMARY:
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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: Through the VIQI Project,
OPRE aims to inform policymakers,
practitioners, and stakeholders about
effective ways to support the quality
and effectiveness of early care and
education (ECE) centers for promoting
young children’s learning and
development. The VIQI Project
completed a pilot study in about 40
centers in three metropolitan areas in
2018–2019 that is informing a year-long
impact evaluation and process study
that involves testing the effectiveness of
two curricular and professional
development models aiming to
strengthen the quality of classroom
processes and children’s outcomes. The
impact evaluation and process study is
expected to begin in the fall of 2021 and
will include about 140 communitybased and Head Start ECE centers
spread across about 12 different
metropolitan areas in the United States.
The VIQI Project will consist of a 3group experimental design where the
initial quality and other characteristics
of ECE centers are measured. For details
about the study design, see the
Supporting Statements at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=2020080970-009.
In anticipation of changes to center
characteristics due to COVID–19, annual
burden estimates and instruments have
been updated to accommodate a
different sample size of centers,
administrators, teachers, and coaches
for the impact evaluation and process
study.
The previously approved data
collection instruments for the impact
evaluation and process study include
the following:
(1) Instruments for Screening and
Recruitment of ECE Centers. We do not
propose any changes to these materials;
(2) Baseline Instruments.
Modifications made to surveys remove
items that showed little variation in the
pilot study, edit item wording to
increase clarity and ease of
understanding, and add a few new items
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to capture new constructs of interest
based upon the insights gained from the
pilot study. The child assessment and
classroom observation instruments have
been updated to reflect the selected
assessments and observations. We
added an additional time point of data
collection (baseline) for teacher reports
on questions about children in the
classroom and have added in questions
about children’s academic skills. Parent/
guardian reports to questions about
children have been added to gather
information about children’s skills at
the beginning of the impact evaluation
and process study. Administrator/
teacher COVID–19 supplemental survey
questions have been added to gather
information about how the pandemic
has changed typical center and
classroom programming and
functioning, if there is a need to
contextualize findings from the impact
evaluation and process study due to
circumstances surrounding the COVID–
19 pandemic at the time of data
collection;
(3) Follow-Up Instruments.
Modifications made to surveys remove
items that showed little variation in the
pilot study, edit item wording to
increase clarity and ease of
understanding, and add a few new items
to capture new constructs of interest
based upon insights gained from the
pilot study. The child assessment and
classroom observation instruments have
been updated to reflect the selected
assessments and observations. We
added in questions about children’s
academic skills to the teacher reports on
questions about children in the
classroom. Parent/guardian reports to
questions about children have been
added to gather information about
children’s skills at the end of the impact
evaluation and process study; and
(4) Fidelity of Implementation
Instruments. Modifications to the Coach
Log have been made to remove or
consolidate items that showed little
variation or proved less useful in the
pilot study and to edit item wording to
increase clarity and ease of
understanding.
Respondents: Staff members working
in Head Start grantee and communitybased child care oversight agencies, staff
members working in about 140 ECE
centers in about 12 metropolitan areas
across the United States, and parents
and children being served in these
centers.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; OPRE Data Collection
for the Next Generation of Enhanced Employment Strategies Project
(Revision of a Currently Approved Collection--OMB #0970-0545)
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) within
the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing
revisions to data collection activities conducted for the Next
Generation of Enhanced Employment Strategies (NextGen) Project, which
is rigorously evaluating innovative interventions designed to promote
employment and economic security among low-income individuals with
complex challenges to employment. The project includes an experimental
impact study, descriptive study, and cost study. The project is seeking
clearance for changes to the previously approved Phase 1 instruments,
updates to the previously approved consent form, and clearance for a
parent/guardian consent form and a youth assent form for use in
evaluations of programs for youth. The project also seeks approval to
use a subset of Phase 2 instruments with programs selected for
inclusion in the project with some changes made to those instruments.
The requested changes do not change the previously submitted burden
estimates.
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: 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 NextGen Project will identify and test up to 10
innovative, promising employment interventions designed to help
individuals facing complex challenges secure a pathway toward economic
independence. In April 2020, OMB approved the new information
collection request (ICR) for Phase 1 data collection instruments for
the project (for more information, see materials at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202012-0970-003). The
first ICR included drafts of Phase 2 data collection instruments and
associated burden estimates for initial review, information purposes,
and public comment. We indicated that if a Phase 2 instrument required
revisions to tailor to specific programs selected for evaluation, we
will submit as either a non-substantive change request or a revision
with abbreviated public comment time, dependent on the level of changes
and guidance provided by OMB.
As the NextGen Project has engaged in assessing promising programs
for inclusion in the study, we have gained knowledge that suggests
necessary refinements to the Phase 1 instruments. In response to this
knowledge and the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic,
we are seeking changes to the Phase 1 data collection instruments and
the study's informed consent form. We also seek clearance for a parent/
guardian consent form and a youth assent form for use in evaluations of
programs that serve youth, and approval to use two of the Phase 2
instruments with minor revisions. Below are additional details
regarding these requests and further information regarding the changes
requested is available (Appendix Q). The requested changes do not
change the previously submitted burden estimates.
Informed Consent Form (Appendix A)
We propose revisions to the study's consent form to reflect recent
study design changes, specifically to allow programs to share
additional information about study participants (mental health
diagnoses, referral
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source, and contact information) to allow for a fuller description of
the participants and to facilitate locating them for later data
collections; to cover collecting administrative data for up to 20 years
after study enrollment, rather than 10 years, to allow for estimation
of longer-term impacts on participants; to change the date through when
SSA can conduct research on study participants, from 2028 to 2040, to
account for study schedule delays due to COVID-19; and to include
consent for recording of study interviews. We also made minor revisions
requested by the project's institutional review board. Lastly, we
developed two additional consent forms (Appendix A.1) by adapting the
study consent form--one to collect consent from parents/guardians of
youth and one to collect assent from youth.
Baseline Survey (Instrument 1)
We propose changes to the baseline survey based on the study team's
ongoing assessment of promising programs. Changes include:
Minor revisions to the wording of some items, for clarity,
and to skip patterns.
Modifications to the items about emergency support (B18
and B19) to ask how many people someone can turn to for help, to better
measure social support outcomes.
Addition of items to collect information on social trust
(B20, B21, and B22).
Revisions to current items and addition of a few items to
collect data on variables that may predict employment outcomes for
respondents that were recently released from jail or prison,
specifically:
[cir] Revision to the item asking whether the respondent was ever
convicted (C9) to collect number of convictions and addition of an item
(C9a) to collect the number of felony convictions.
[cir] Revisions to collect more detail about parole or probation
(C10).
[cir] Addition of an item (C10a) to collect the type of crime
committed and an item to collect time spent in last incarceration
(C12a).
Addition of items (C4b, C5a, C6e1, C6e2, C6r, C6s, D1a) to
collect information on whether COVID-19 posed specific challenges to
employment for study participants and to ask if participants have been
vaccinated against COVID-19 (D1a), as this is likely to be associated
with employment outcomes.
Identifying and Contact Information (Instrument 2)
We propose changes to the identifying and contact information
collection. Changes include:
Addition of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies
Depression Scale Revised (CESD-R, added as item B2) for use by one
program under consideration for evaluation that uses the scale as a
programmatic eligibility screening tool. The CESD-R will only display
for this program to facilitate program intake; other programs will skip
these items. The study team will maintain CESD-R scores for those who
are eligible for the program and also consent to participate in the
study (as noted in the consent form).
Addition of items (in item B3 and B4) that will only
display for programs that work with school districts and/or youth to
ask if a study applicant is in a prefilled school district, and obtain
consent for being recorded, if such consent is required by the
district.
Addition of a question (item B9) about the likelihood that
the study participant will be assigned to a career navigator for
programs that use this intervention.
Service Receipt Tracking (Instrument 5)
We request approval to use the Phase 2 service receipt tracking
instrument to collect information from most programs selected for the
NextGen Project, with the following proposed changes: Inclusion of
additional modes of service delivery; addition of in-person service
locations; allowance of program-specific responses to how services were
terminated; and tailoring for certain items' response options to ensure
service receipt data collection captures program-specific services.
Semi-Structured Employer Discussion Guide (Instrument 9)
We request approval to use the Phase 2 employer discussion guide to
collect information from all programs selected for the NextGen Project.
We propose minor revisions to the instrument to add probes about
changes to the employer's relationship with the program as a result of
the pandemic.
Respondents: Program staff, program partners, employer staff, and
individuals enrolled in the NextGen Project. Program staff and partners
may include case managers, health professionals, workshop instructors,
job developers, supervisors, managers, and administrators. Employers
may include administrators, human resources staff, and worksite
supervisors.
Annual Burden Estimates
The annual burden estimates for the instruments included in this
request are presented below. All currently approved materials under OMB
#0970-0545 and the associated burden can be found at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202012-0970-003.
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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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PHASE 1
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Baseline survey & identifying 10,000 3,333 1 0.42 1,400
and contact information--
participants...................
Baseline survey & identifying 200 67 50 0.42 1,400
and contact information--staff.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours, Phase 1: 2,800
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PHASE 2 ESTIMATES
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Service receipt tracking--staff. 200 67 250 0.08 1,340
Semi-structured employer 50 17 1 1.0 17
interviews--employers..........
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours, Phase 2: 1,357
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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. 2020-29234 Filed 1-5-21; 8:45 am]
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