80 FR 80790 - Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment on the: Evaluation of the Jobs Plus Pilot Program
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 248 (December 28, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 248 (December 28, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 80790-80791] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-32602] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-5837-N-06] Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment on the: Evaluation of the Jobs Plus Pilot Program AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD. ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment. DATES: Comments Due Date: February 26, 2016. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of the proposed forms or other available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov or telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll- free number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in Section A. A. Overview of Information Collection Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of the Jobs Plus Pilot Program. OMB Approval Number: N/A. Type of Request: New. Form Number: N/A. Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD's 2014 Appropriations included funding to support the implementation of the Jobs Plus Pilot Program, a place-based program designed to increase work and earnings among public housing residents. Nine public housing agencies (PHAs) were awarded grant funds in spring 2015, and will implement the Jobs Plus program over a period of four years. The program as designed includes three core components: 1) Employment- related services, 2) financial incentives--the Jobs Plus Earned Income Disregard (JPEID), and 3) community supports for work. The Jobs Plus program seeks to replicate the model tested under the Jobs Plus Demonstration back in the 1990s and early 2000, which led to sustained growth in earned income among residents at sites that fully implemented the program. This current generation of the Jobs Plus program, however, will differ from the Jobs Plus demonstration in some important ways-- first, the current iteration of the program will benefit from a more robust financial incentive, in the form of an earned income disregard designed specifically for the Jobs Plus program, and second, the program will be implemented almost twenty years after the initial demonstration, in a very different employment market. Because of these important variations, HUD is supporting an evaluation of the Jobs Plus Pilot program, with the goal of documenting the programs established by the Jobs Plus Pilot Program grantees and laying the groundwork for a future outcomes evaluation that will seek to understand the impact of the program, both on the program participants, as well as the entire target development. Specific research objectives include, but are not [[Page 80791]] limited to: describing the set of activities and partnerships established by grantees under core program components; describing the amount and type of leveraged resources accessed by each grantee; describing the extent to which grantees are successful at engaging a high percentage of residents in some aspect of program participation; documenting the ease with which PHAs implemented the JPEID; and documenting the costs of implementing and operating the Jobs Plus program. Data to be analyzed during the evaluation include administrative data, as well as data collected directly from PHAs, Jobs Plus program administrators, partners and staff, as well as residents of developments where Jobs Plus is being implemented. This request for OMB clearance includes the data collection instruments that will be utilized during two separate rounds of site visits to each of the nine program sites, including a site visit interview guide and a focus group discussion guide. Respondents (i.e. affected public): PHAs administering the Jobs Plus Pilot program, Jobs Plus Pilot program community partners, and residents of participating developments. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Average time to complete Total burden Form Respondent sample respondents (minimum, maximum) in minutes Frequency (hours) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Site Visit Interview Guide #1............ 12 staff and stakeholders 108 90 (75-105) 1 162 from all 9 Jobs Plus sites. Focus Group Discussion Guide #1.......... 15 residents at each of the 135 60 (50-70) 1 202.5 9 Jobs Plus sites. Site Visit Interview Guide #1............ 12 staff and stakeholders 108 90 (75-105) 1 162 from all 9 Jobs Plus sites. Focus Group Discussion Guide #2.......... 15 residents at each of the 135 60 (50-70) 1 202.5 9 Jobs Plus sites. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Burden Hours................... ............................ .............. ............................... .............. 729 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B. Solicitation of Public Comment This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected parties concerning the collection of information described in Section A on the following: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to these questions. Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. Dated: December 16, 2015. Katherine M. O'Regan, Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy Development and Research. [FR Doc. 2015-32602 Filed 12-24-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-67-P
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numbering system if that system is Frequency: On occasion. There are no hud.gov or telephone 202–402–3400.
consistent with the SNS. The Secretary recordkeeping requirements for this This is not a toll-free number. Persons
has delegated his authority under 46 information collection. with hearing or speech impairments
U.S.C. 12301 and 12302 to Commandant Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated may access this number through TTY by
of the U.S. Coast Guard. DHS Delegation burden has decreased from 286,458 calling the toll-free Federal Relay
No. 0170.1. The regulations requiring hours to 257,986 hours a year due to a Service at (800) 877–8339.
the numbering of undocumented vessels change in methodology. Copies of available documents
are in 33 CFR part 173, and regulations Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
submitted to OMB may be obtained
establishing the SNS for States to of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended. from Ms. Pollard.
voluntarily carry out this function are SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Dated: December 21, 2015.
contained in part 174. notice informs the public that HUD is
Thomas P. Michelli, seeking approval from OMB for the
In States that do not have an approved Deputy Chief Information Officer, U.S. Coast
system, the Federal Government (U.S. information collection described in
Guard. Section A.
Coast Guard) must administer the vessel [FR Doc. 2015–32661 Filed 12–24–15; 8:45 am]
numbering system. Currently, all 56 A. Overview of Information Collection
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States and Territories have approved
Title of Information Collection:
numbering systems. The approximate
Evaluation of the Jobs Plus Pilot
number of undocumented vessels
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND Program.
registered by the States in 2014 was OMB Approval Number: N/A.
nearly 12 million. URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Type of Request: New.
The SNS collects information on [Docket No. FR–5837–N–06] Form Number: N/A.
undocumented vessels and vessel Description of the need for the
owners. States submit reports annually Notice of Proposed Information information and proposed use: HUD’s
to the Coast Guard on the number, size, Collection for Public Comment on the: 2014 Appropriations included funding
construction, etc., of vessels they have Evaluation of the Jobs Plus Pilot to support the implementation of the
numbered. That information is used by Program Jobs Plus Pilot Program, a place-based
the Coast Guard in (1) publication of an AGENCY: Office of Policy Development program designed to increase work and
annual ‘‘Boating Statistics’’ report and Research, HUD. earnings among public housing
required by 46 U.S.C. 6102(b), and (2) residents. Nine public housing agencies
ACTION: Notice of proposed information
for allocation of Federal funds to assist (PHAs) were awarded grant funds in
collection.
States in carrying out the Recreational spring 2015, and will implement the
Boating Safety (RBS) Program SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from Jobs Plus program over a period of four
established by 46 U.S.C. chapter 131. the Office of Management and Budget years. The program as designed includes
On a daily basis or as warranted, (OMB) for the information collection three core components: 1) Employment-
described below. In accordance with the related services, 2) financial
Federal, State, and local law
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is incentives—the Jobs Plus Earned
enforcement personnel use SNS
requesting comment from all interested Income Disregard (JPEID), and 3)
information from the States’ numbering
parties on the proposed collection of community supports for work. The Jobs
system for enforcement of boating laws
information. The purpose of this notice Plus program seeks to replicate the
or theft and fraud investigations. In
is to allow for 60 days of public model tested under the Jobs Plus
addition, when encountering a vessel
comment. Demonstration back in the 1990s and
suspected of illegal activity, information
early 2000, which led to sustained
from the SNS increases officer safety by DATES: Comments Due Date: February growth in earned income among
assisting boarding officers in 26, 2016. residents at sites that fully implemented
determining how best to approach a ADDRESSES: Interested persons are the program. This current generation of
vessel. Since, the September 11, 2001 invited to submit comments regarding the Jobs Plus program, however, will
terrorist attacks on the United States, this proposal. Comments should refer to differ from the Jobs Plus demonstration
the need has increased for identification the proposal by name and/or OMB in some important ways—first, the
of undocumented vessels and their Control Number and should be sent to: current iteration of the program will
owners for port security and other Colette Pollard, Reports Management benefit from a more robust financial
missions to safeguard the homeland, Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing incentive, in the form of an earned
although the statutory requirement for and Urban Development, 451 7th Street income disregard designed specifically
numbering of vessels dates back to 1918. SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC for the Jobs Plus program, and second,
Forms: None. 20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400 the program will be implemented
Respondents: Owners of all (this is not a toll-free number) or email almost twenty years after the initial
undocumented vessels propelled by at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of demonstration, in a very different
machinery are required by Federal law the proposed forms or other available employment market. Because of these
to apply for a number from the issuing information. Persons with hearing or important variations, HUD is supporting
authority of the State in which the speech impairments may access this an evaluation of the Jobs Plus Pilot
vessel is to be principally operated. In number through TTY by calling the toll- program, with the goal of documenting
free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
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addition, States may require other the programs established by the Jobs
vessels, such as sailboats or even canoes 8339. Plus Pilot Program grantees and laying
and kayaks, to be numbered. ‘‘Owners’’ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the groundwork for a future outcomes
may include individuals or households, Colette Pollard, Reports Management evaluation that will seek to understand
non-profit organizations, and small Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing the impact of the program, both on the
businesses (e.g., liveries that offer and Urban Development, 451 7th Street program participants, as well as the
recreational vessels for rental by the SW., Washington, DC 20410; email entire target development. Specific
public) or other for-profit organizations. Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@ research objectives include, but are not
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limited to: describing the set of documenting the costs of implementing utilized during two separate rounds of
activities and partnerships established and operating the Jobs Plus program. site visits to each of the nine program
by grantees under core program Data to be analyzed during the sites, including a site visit interview
components; describing the amount and evaluation include administrative data, guide and a focus group discussion
type of leveraged resources accessed by as well as data collected directly from guide.
each grantee; describing the extent to PHAs, Jobs Plus program administrators,
Respondents (i.e. affected public):
which grantees are successful at partners and staff, as well as residents
engaging a high percentage of residents of developments where Jobs Plus is PHAs administering the Jobs Plus Pilot
in some aspect of program participation; being implemented. This request for program, Jobs Plus Pilot program
documenting the ease with which PHAs OMB clearance includes the data community partners, and residents of
implemented the JPEID; and collection instruments that will be participating developments.
Average time
to complete
Number of Total burden
Form Respondent sample (minimum, Frequency
respondents (hours)
maximum) in
minutes
Site Visit Interview Guide #1 ............ 12 staff and stakeholders from all 9 108 90 (75–105) 1 162
Jobs Plus sites.
Focus Group Discussion Guide #1 .. 15 residents at each of the 9 Jobs 135 60 (50–70) 1 202.5
Plus sites.
Site Visit Interview Guide #1 ............ 12 staff and stakeholders from all 9 108 90 (75–105) 1 162
Jobs Plus sites.
Focus Group Discussion Guide #2 .. 15 residents at each of the 9 Jobs 135 60 (50–70) 1 202.5
Plus sites.
Total Burden Hours ................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ 729
B. Solicitation of Public Comment DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND number through TTY by calling the toll-
URBAN DEVELOPMENT free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
This notice is soliciting comments 8339.
from members of the public and affected [Docket No. FR–5838–N–10]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
parties concerning the collection of Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy,
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
information described in Section A on Programs and Legislative Initiatives,
Collection: Public Housing Mortgage
the following: PIH, Department of Housing and Urban
Program and Section 30
(1) Whether the proposed collection Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
of information is necessary for the AGENCY: Office of the Assistant (L’Enfant Plaza, Room 2206),
proper performance of the functions of Secretary for Public and Indian Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202–
Housing, PIH, HUD. 402–4109, (this is not a toll-free
the agency, including whether the
ACTION: Notice. number). Persons with hearing or
information will have practical utility;
speech impairments may access this
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from
number via TTY by calling the Federal
estimate of the burden of the proposed the Office of Management and Budget
Information Relay Service at (800) 877–
collection of information; (OMB) for the information collection
8339. Copies of available documents
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, described below. In accordance with the
submitted to OMB may be obtained
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is
utility, and clarity of the information to from Ms. Mussington.
requesting comment from all interested
be collected; and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
parties on the proposed collection of
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of information. The purpose of this notice notice informs the public that HUD is
the collection of information on those is to allow for 60 days of public seeking approval from OMB for the
who are to respond, including through comment. information collection described in
the use of appropriate automated Section A.
DATES: Comments Due Date: February
collection techniques or other forms of 26, 2016. A. Overview of Information Collection
information technology, e.g., permitting ADDRESSES: Interested persons are Title of Information Collection: Public
electronic submission of responses. invited to submit comments regarding Housing Mortgage Program and Section
HUD encourages interested parties to this proposal. Comments should refer to 30.
submit comment in response to these the proposal by name and/or OMB OMB Approval Number: 2577–0265.
questions. Control Number and should be sent to: Type of Request: Extension of an
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Colette Pollard, Reports Management approved collection.
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing Form Number: N/A—Because federal
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street regulations have not been adopted for
Dated: December 16, 2015. SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC this program, no specific forms are
Katherine M. O’Regan, 20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400 required.
Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy (this is not a toll-free number) or email Description of the need for the
Development and Research. at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of information and proposed use: Section
[FR Doc. 2015–32602 Filed 12–24–15; 8:45 am] the proposed forms or other available 516 of the Quality Housing and Work
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information. Persons with hearing or Responsibility Act of 1998 (QHWRA)
speech impairments may access this (Pub. L. 105–276, October 21, 1998)
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| Contact | Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at [email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll- free number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. | |
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