[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 59726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24122]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Innovative Strategies for Increasing Self-Sufficiency:
Baseline Data Collection.
OMB No.: 0970-0343.
Billing Accounting Code (BAC): 418409 (CAN G996121).
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing a data
collection activity as part of the Innovative Strategies for Increasing
Self-Sufficiency (ISIS) demonstration and evaluation. The ISIS project
will test a range of promising strategies to promote employment, self-
sufficiency, and reduce dependence on cash welfare. The ISIS project
will evaluate multiple employment-focused strategies that build on
previous approaches and are adapted to the current Federal, State, and
local policy environment. The major goals of the project include
increasing the empirical knowledge about the effectiveness of a variety
of programs for low-income families to sustain employment and advance
to positions that enable self-sufficiency, as well as producing useful
findings for both policymakers and program administrators.
This proposed information collection activity focuses on collecting
baseline data elements. Two data collection instruments will be
completed by all participants prior to random assignment, and a third
will be an interview guide to collect information from program staff.
The first is a short baseline information form (BIF) that will collect
basic identification, demographic, and contact information. The form
will include relatively standard items from prior evaluations and
national surveys. The second instrument will be a self-administered
questionnaire (SAQ), covering information related to the project goals.
The third instrument, baseline implementation data collection
interviews, will be used to collect information from knowledgeable
informants about the service context for each evaluation site using a
baseline implementation guide. The purpose of such interviews is to
document and assess the service environment in which the evaluation is
implemented and the opportunities for control group members to access
the same or similar services as the treatment group members.
Respondents: Individuals enrolled in ISIS demonstration
interventions, control group members, ISIS program operators (BIF and
SAQ) and State and local informants (interviews).
Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number Number of Average burden
Instrument of responses per hours per Total annual
respondents respondent response burden hours
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Baseline Information Form....................... 4,800 1 0.75 3,600
Self-Administered Questionnaire................. 4800 1 0.75 3,600
Baseline Implementation Data Collection 30 1 1 30
Interviews.....................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,230
In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: [email protected]. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information collection.
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.
Dated: September 21, 2010.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-24122 Filed 9-27-10; 8:45 am]
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