[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 74 (Monday, April 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21749-21750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9222]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Evaluation of Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grants
(HPOG).
OMB No.: New Collection.
Billing Accounting Code (BAC): 418408.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
proposing information collection activities as part of the Evaluation
of the Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) (HHS-2010-
ACF-OFA-FY-0124). Through this information collection, ACF seeks to
conduct a comprehensive process and outcome evaluation to provide
documentation and lessons learned about diverse programmatic approaches
to health professions trainings for Tribal populations.
The goals of the Tribal HPOG evaluation are to: (1) Provide an in-
depth, systematic analysis of program structure, implementation and
outcomes of the sites served by the five Tribal HPOG grantees funded in
FFY 2010, and (2) compare these data within and across grantees to
generate hypotheses about the effectiveness of different program
approaches for Tribal populations.
Both of these goals require collecting information from Tribal HPOG
grantees and other program stakeholders on an annual basis for three
years. The information collection will include data gathered through
in-person and telephone interviews and focus groups. Program operations
data related to this effort will be collected through a Web-based
performance management system under a separate information collection
(the Federal Register Notice for this information collection was
published in Vol. 76, No. 18, January 27, 2011, page 4912).
Respondents
Respondents to the Grantee and Partner Administrative Staff
interview will be the administrators of the Tribal HPOG program,
workforce development and TANF agencies, public and private university-
based partners, and not-for profit organizations.
Respondents to the Program Implementation Staff interview will be
instructors, trainers, and providers of program or supportive services.
Respondents to the Program Participant focus groups or interviews
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will be current program participants. Interviews will be conducted in
lieu of focus groups with program participants at secondary
implementation sites (additional locations where the Tribal HPOG
program are being implemented) in Year 2.
Respondents to the Employers interview will be local or regional
employers at public or private companies or organizations that are
partnering with the Tribal HPOG program or have employed program
participants.
Respondents to the Program Completers interview will be program
completers.
Respondents to the Program Non-completers interview will be
individuals who did not complete the programs.
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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Grantee and partner administrative staff 35 1 1 35
interview......................................
Program implementation staff interview.......... 120 1 1.5 180
Program participant focus groups................ 108 1 1.5 162
Employer interview.............................. 60 1 .75 45
Program completers interview.................... 67 1 1 67
Program non-completers interview................ 20 1 .30 6
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Total Estimated Annual Burden............... .............. .............. .............. 495
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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: April 11, 2011.
Seth F. Chamberlain,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-9222 Filed 4-15-11; 8:45 am]
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