80 FR 41505 - Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 135 (July 15, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 135 (Wednesday, July 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41505-41506]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17264]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Job Search Assistance (JSA) Strategies Evaluation.
    OMB No.: 0970-0440.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is 
proposing a data collection activity as part of the Job Search 
Assistance (JSA) Strategies Evaluation. The JSA evaluation aims to 
determine which JSA strategies are most effective in moving TANF 
applicants and recipients into work. The impact study will randomly 
assign individuals to contrasting JSA approaches and then compare their 
employment and earnings to determine their relative effectiveness. The 
implementation study will describe services participants receive under 
each approach as well as provide operational lessons gathered directly 
from practitioners.
    Data collection efforts previously approved for JSA, include: Data 
collection activities to document program implementation, a staff 
survey and a baseline information form for program participants. These 
collection activities will continue with this new request.
    This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on 
a proposed new information collection activity for JSA: A follow-up 
survey for JSA participants approximately 6 months after program 
enrollment. The purpose of the survey is to follow-up with study 
participants and document their job search assistance services and 
experiences including their receipt of job search assistance services, 
their knowledge and skills for conducting a job search, the nature of 
their job search process, including tools and services used to locate 
employment, and their search outputs and outcomes, such as the number 
of applications submitted, interviews attended, offers received and 
jobs obtained. In addition, the survey will provide an opportunity for

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respondents to provide contact data for possible longer-term follow-up.
    Respondents: JSA study participants and program staff.

Annual Burden Estimates

                            Extension of Previously Approved Information Collections
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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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Baseline Information Form.......           6,400           3,200               1              .2             640
Implementation Study Site Visits             600             300               1               1             300
JSA Staff Survey................             440             220               1             .33              73
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                                      Proposed New Information Collections
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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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6 Month Follow-Up Survey........           6,400           3,200               1            .333           1,066
Contact Update Form.............           6,400           3,200              11            .033           1,162
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,241.
    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. Email 
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.

Karl Koerper,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-17264 Filed 7-14-15; 8:45 am]
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