| Page Range | 81409-81412 | |
| FR Document | 2015-32643 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 81409-81412] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-32643] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION [Docket No SSA-2015-0076] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice includes revisions of OMB-approved information collections. SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Mail, email, or fax your comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following addresses or fax numbers. (OMB) Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, Fax: 202-395-6974, Email address: [email protected]. (SSA) Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: [email protected]. Or you may submit your comments online through www.regulations.gov, referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2015-0076]. I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will submit it to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than February 29, 2016. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instrument by writing to the above email address. Statement for Determining Continuing Eligibility for Supplemental Security Income Payment--20 CFR 416.204--0960-0145 SSA uses Form SSA-8202-BK to conduct low-and middle-error-profile telephone or face-to-face redetermination interviews with Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients and representative payees. The information SSA collects during the interview is necessary to determine whether SSI recipients met and continue to meet all statutory and regulatory requirements for SSI eligibility, and whether they received, and still receive the correct payment amount. Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information collection. [[Page 81410]] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Estimated total Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden responses response (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SSA-8202-BK......................... 10,307 1 21 3,607 MSSICS.............................. 2,289,599 1 20 763,200 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals.......................... 2,299,906 ................. ................. 766,807 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. SSA submitted the information collection below to OMB for clearance. Your comments regarding the information collection would be most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than January 28, 2016. Individuals can obtain copies of the OMB clearance package by writing to [email protected]. Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE) Evaluation--0960-0799 Background The Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE) demonstration pursues positive outcomes for children with disabilities who receive SSI and their families by reducing dependency on SSI. The Department of Education (ED) awarded six cooperative agreements to states to improve the provision and coordination of services and support for children with disabilities who receive SSI and their families to achieve improved education and employment outcomes. ED awarded PROMISE funds to five single-state projects, and to one six-state consortium.\1\ With support from ED, the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), SSA is evaluating the six PROMISE projects. SSA contracted with Mathematica Policy Research to conduct the evaluation. Under PROMISE, targeted outcomes for youth include an enhanced sense of self-determination; achievement of secondary and post-secondary educational credentials; an attainment of early work experiences culminating with competitive employment in an integrated setting; and long-term reduction in reliance on SSI. Outcomes of interest for families include heightened expectations for and support of the long-term self-sufficiency of their youth; parent or guardian attainment of education and training credentials; and increases in earnings and total income. To achieve these outcomes, we expect the PROMISE projects to make better use of existing resources by improving service coordination among multiple state and local agencies and programs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ The six-state consortium project goes by the name Achieving Success by Promoting Readiness for Education and Employment (ASPIRE) rather than by PROMISE. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ED, SSA, DOL, and HHS intend the PROMISE projects to address key limitations in the existing service system for youth with disabilities. By intervening early in the lives of these young people, at ages 14-16, the projects engage the youth and their families well before critical decisions regarding the age 18 redetermination are upon them. We expect the required partnerships among the various state and Federal agencies that serve youth with disabilities to result in improved integration of services and fewer dropped handoffs as youth move from one agency to another. By requiring the programs to engage and serve families and provide youth with paid work experiences, the initiative is mandating the adoption of critical best practices in promoting the independence of youth with disabilities. Project Description SSA is requesting clearance for the collection of data needed to implement and evaluate PROMISE. The evaluation provides empirical evidence on the impact of the intervention for youth and their families in several critical areas, including: (1) Improved educational attainment; (2) increased employment skills, experience, and earnings; and (3) long-term reduction in use of public benefits. We base the PROMISE evaluation on a rigorous design that entails the random assignment of approximately 2,000 youth in each of the six projects to treatment or control groups (12,000 total). The PROMISE projects provide enhanced services for youth in the treatment groups; whereas youth in the control groups are eligible only for those services already available in their communities independent of the interventions. The evaluation assesses the effect of PROMISE services on educational attainment, employment, earnings, and reduced receipt of disability payments. The three components of this evaluation include:The process analysis, which documents program models, assesses the relationships among the partner organizations, documents whether the grantees implemented the programs as planned, identifies features of the programs that may account for their impacts on youth and families, and identifies lessons for future programs with similar objectives. The impact analysis, which determines whether youth and families in the treatment groups receive more services than their counterparts in the control groups. It also determines whether treatment group members have better results than control group members with respect to the targeted outcomes noted above. The cost-benefit analysis, which assesses whether the benefits of PROMISE, including increases in employment and reductions in benefit receipt, are large enough to justify its costs. We conduct this assessment from a range of perspectives, including those of the participants, state and Federal governments, SSA, and society as a whole. SSA planned several data collection efforts for the evaluation. These include: (1) Follow-up interviews with youth and their parent or guardian 18 months and 5 years after enrollment; (2) phone and in- person interviews with local program administrators, program supervisors, and service delivery staff at two points in time over the course of the demonstration; (3) two rounds of focus groups with participating youth in the treatment group; (4) two rounds of focus groups with parents or guardians of participating youth; (5) staff activity logs which provide data on aspects of service delivery; and (6) collection of administrative data. At this time, SSA requests clearance for the staff activity logs. SSA will request clearance for the 5-year survey interviews in a future submission. The respondents are the administrative and direct service staff, as well as some subcontractors whose primary roles with their organizations involve PROMISE service delivery. Type of Request: Revision to an OMB-approved information collection. Time Burden on Respondents [[Page 81411]] 2014--Interviews and Focus Group Discussions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Estimated total Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden responses response (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Staff Interviews with Administrators 24 1 66 26 or Directors....................... Staff Interviews with PROMISE 48 1 66 53 Project Staff...................... Youth Focus Groups--Non-participants 100 1 5 8 Youth Focus Groups--Participants.... 20 1 100 33 Parents or Guardian Focus Groups-- 100 1 5 8 Non-participants................... Parents or Guardian Focus Groups-- 20 1 100 33 Participants....................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals.......................... 312 ................. ................. 161 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015--Interviews and Focus Group Discussions, and 18-Month Survey Interviews ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Estimated total Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden responses response (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Staff Interviews with Administrators 51 1 66 56 or Directors....................... Staff Interviews with PROMISE 97 1 66 107 Project Staff...................... Youth Focus Groups--Non-participants 220 1 5 18 Youth Focus Groups--Participants.... 60 1 100 100 Parents or Guardian Focus Groups-- 220 1 5 18 Non-participants................... Parents or Guardian Focus Groups-- 60 1 100 100 Participants....................... 18 Month Survey Interviews--Parent.. 850 1 41 595 18 Month Survey Interviews--Youth... 850 1 30 425 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals.......................... 2,408 ................. ................. 1,405 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016--Interviews and Focus Group Discussions, Staff Activity Logs, and 18 Month Survey Interviews ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Estimated total Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden responses response (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Staff Interviews with Administrators 75 1 66 83 or Directors....................... Staff Interviews with PROMISE 145 1 66 160 Project Staff...................... Activity Logs for Administrators or 45 14 5 52 Directors.......................... Activity Logs for PROMISE Project 160 14 5 187 Staff.............................. Youth Focus Groups--Non-participants 320 1 5 27 Youth Focus Groups--Participants.... 80 1 100 133 Parents or Guardian Focus Groups-- 320 1 5 27 Non-participants................... Parents or Guardian Focus Groups-- 80 1 100 133 Participants....................... 18 Month Survey Interviews--Parent.. 5,100 1 41 3,485 18 Month Survey Interviews--Youth... 5,100 1 30 2,550 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals.......................... 11,425 ................. ................. 6,837 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2017--18 Month Survey Interviews ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Estimated total Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden responses response (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Month Survey Interviews--Parent.. 4,250 1 41 2,904 18 Month Survey Interviews--Youth... 4,250 1 30 2,125 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals.......................... 8,500 ................. ................. 5,029 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Estimated total Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden responses response (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand Total......................... 22,645 ................. ................. 13,432 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cost Burden on Respondents [[Page 81412]] 2014--Annual Cost to Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Median hourly Respondent type Number of Frequency of per response wage rate Total respondent respondents response (minutes) (dollars) cost (dollars) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parent or Guardian Focus Group--Non-Participants......... 100 1 5 7.38 61.00 Parent or Guardian Focus Group--Participants............. 20 1 100 7.38 246.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total................................................ 120 ................. ................. ................. 307.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015--Annual Cost to Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Median hourly Respondent type Number of Frequency of per response wage rate Total respondent respondents response (minutes) (dollars) cost (dollars) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parent or Guardian Focus Group--Non-Participants......... 220 1 5 7.38 135.00 Parent or Guardian Focus Group--Participants............. 60 1 100 7.38 738.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total................................................ 280 ................. ................. ................. 873.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016--Annual Cost to Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Median hourly Respondent type Number of Frequency of per response wage rate Total respondent respondents response (minutes) (dollars) cost (dollars) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parent or Guardian Focus Group--Non-Participants......... 320 1 5 7.38 196.00 Parent or Guardian Focus Group--Participants............. 80 1 100 7.38 984.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total................................................ 400 ................. ................. ................. 1,180.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Median hourly Respondent type Number of Frequency of per response wage rate Total respondent respondents response (minutes) (dollars) cost (dollars) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand Total...................................... 800 ................. ................. ................. 2,360.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated: December 22, 2015. Naomi R. Sipple, Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration. [FR Doc. 2015-32643 Filed 12-28-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4191-02-P
| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 81409 |