[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 4912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1688]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Implementation, Systems and Outcome Evaluation of the Tribal 
and Low-Income Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG).
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Billing Accounting Code (BAC): 418409 (G99612l).
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACE) is 
proposing information collection activities as part of the 
Implementation, Systems and Outcome Evaluation of the Health Profession 
Opportunity Grants (HPOG). Through this information collection, ACF 
seeks to develop comprehensive management and performance reports on 
the HPOG initiative and design a feasible and reliable evaluation 
design to produce accurate evidence of the effect of HPOG on 
individuals and health job training programs systems.
    The goals of the HPOG evaluation are to establish a performance 
management reporting process for HPOG, and design an evaluation of 
HPOG. Both goals require collecting information from HPOG grantees on a 
regular basis. The information collection proposed is an internet-based 
collection of information from HPOG grantees on (1) program 
participants: baseline characteristics, program participation and 
patterns, and participant outputs and outcomes; and (2) program designs 
and operating characteristics. The performance management system would 
collect information from grantees on their programs and participants on 
a bi-annual basis.
    Respondents: Participant data to be collected by program staff in 
the 32 grantee organizations (higher education Institutions, workforce 
investment boards, private training institutions, and tribal entities).

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                Number of      Average burden
               Instrument                 Annual number of    responses per       hours per       Total annual
                                             respondents       respondent         responses       burden hours
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HPOG program performance report.........                32                 2                12               768
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.  ................  ................  ................               768
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    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: January 20, 2011.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-1688 Filed 1-26-11; 8:45 am]
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