83 FR 32128 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 133 (July 11, 2018)
Administration for Children and Families
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 133 (July 11, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-14792 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 11, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 32128-32129] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-14792] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Title: Evaluation of the Family Unification Program. OMB No.: New Collection. Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing an information collection activity to assess the impact, through rigorous evaluation, of participation in the Family Unification Program (FUP) on child welfare involvement and child maltreatment. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds and administers FUP. Through the program, vouchers are provided to families for whom the lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in (a) the imminent placement of the family's child, or children, in out-of-home care or (b) the delay in the discharge of the child, or children, to the family from out-of-home-care. The program aims to prevent children's placement in out-of-home care, promote family reunification for children placed in out-of-home care, and decrease new reports of abuse and neglect. Vouchers may also be provided to youth transitioning from foster care who do not have adequate housing, although this population is not the focus of this evaluation. The evaluation will contribute to understanding the effects of FUP on project participants' child welfare involvement. The evaluation will be conducted in approximately ten sites, with random assignment of FUP- eligible families to program and control groups. The evaluation consists of both an impact study and an implementation study. Data collection for the impact study will be exclusively through administrative data. Data collection for the implementation study will be through site visits and collection of program data. Data collection activities will span 3 years. Implementation study data collection will occur at three points in time: (1) Prior to the implementation (``first site visit''), (2) 6-9 months into the implementation (``second site visit'', and (3) 18-21 months into implementation (``third site visit''). Semi-structured interviews will be conducted with agency/organization management (first and second site visits) and FUP management (second and third site visits), and focus groups will be conducted with front-line staff (second and third site visits). In addition, semi-structured interviews will be conducted with parents (second and third site visits). Program data, collected using a housing status form, a referral form and questionnaires about housing assistance and other services, will be completed by frontline staff. FUP management staff will complete an online randomization tool and a form (``dashboard'') to facilitate monitoring of the evaluation. This evaluation is part of a larger project to help ACF build the evidence base in child welfare through rigorous evaluation of programs, practices, and policies. It will also contribute to HUD's understanding of how housing can serve as a platform for improving quality of life. Respondents: Public housing authority staff, public child welfare agency staff, Continuums of Care (CoC) staff, other service provider staff, and the parent of families housed using FUP vouchers. Annual Burden Estimates ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Average burden Total number Annual number responses per hour per Annual burden of respondents of respondents respondent response hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guide for Recruitment with PHA 30 10 1 1.00 10 and PCWA Administrators........ Guide to Develop an Evaluation 10 4 1 1.00 4 Plan for PCWA FUP Management... Guide to Develop an Evaluation 10 4 1 1.00 4 Plan for PHA FUP Management.... Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4 for PCWA Management............ Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4 for PHA Management............. Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4 for CoC Management............. Guide for Implementation Study 14 5 1 1.00 5 for Referral Provider Administrators................. Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4 with PCWA FUP Management (Second)....................... Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4 for PHA FUP Management......... Guide for Implementation Study 30 10 1 1.50 15 Focus Groups with PHA Frontline Workers........................ Guide for Implementation Study 120 40 1 1.50 60 for Parents (Second, Third).... Guide for Implementation Study 440 147 1 1.50 221 Focus Groups with Frontline Workers........................ Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4 for PCWA FUP Management (Third) Guide for Implementation Study 18 6 1 1.00 6 for Service Provider Management Housing Status Form............. 616 206 31 0.04 255 Referral Form................... 200 67 6 0.17 68 Randomization Tool.............. 10 4 106 0.02 9 Housing Assistance Questionnaire 200 67 3 0.09 18 Ongoing Services Questionnaire.. 200 67 3 0.09 18 Dashboard....................... 20 7 27 0.17 32 [[Page 32129]] Administrative Data List........ 30 10 2 5.00 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 849. Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection. Email address: OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV. Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families. Mary B. Jones, ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. [FR Doc. 2018-14792 Filed 7-10-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184-25-P
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Jeffrey M. Zirger, child, or children, in out-of-home care and (3) 18–21 months into
Acting Chief, Information Collection Review or (b) the delay in the discharge of the implementation (‘‘third site visit’’).
Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office child, or children, to the family from Semi-structured interviews will be
of the Associate Director for Science, Office out-of-home-care. The program aims to conducted with agency/organization
of the Director, Centers for Disease Control prevent children’s placement in out-of- management (first and second site
and Prevention.
home care, promote family reunification visits) and FUP management (second
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for children placed in out-of-home care, and third site visits), and focus groups
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neglect. Vouchers may also be provided (second and third site visits). In
to youth transitioning from foster care addition, semi-structured interviews
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
who do not have adequate housing, will be conducted with parents (second
HUMAN SERVICES
although this population is not the focus and third site visits). Program data,
Administration for Children and of this evaluation. collected using a housing status form, a
Families The evaluation will contribute to referral form and questionnaires about
understanding the effects of FUP on housing assistance and other services,
Submission for OMB Review; project participants’ child welfare will be completed by frontline staff.
Comment Request involvement. The evaluation will be FUP management staff will complete an
conducted in approximately ten sites, online randomization tool and a form
Title: Evaluation of the Family (‘‘dashboard’’) to facilitate monitoring of
Unification Program. with random assignment of FUP-eligible
families to program and control groups. the evaluation.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for The evaluation consists of both an This evaluation is part of a larger
Children and Families (ACF) is impact study and an implementation project to help ACF build the evidence
proposing an information collection study. Data collection for the impact base in child welfare through rigorous
activity to assess the impact, through study will be exclusively through evaluation of programs, practices, and
rigorous evaluation, of participation in administrative data. Data collection for policies. It will also contribute to HUD’s
the Family Unification Program (FUP) the implementation study will be understanding of how housing can serve
on child welfare involvement and child through site visits and collection of as a platform for improving quality of
maltreatment. The Department of program data. Data collection activities life.
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will span 3 years. Respondents: Public housing
funds and administers FUP. Through Implementation study data collection authority staff, public child welfare
the program, vouchers are provided to will occur at three points in time: (1) agency staff, Continuums of Care (CoC)
families for whom the lack of adequate Prior to the implementation (‘‘first site staff, other service provider staff, and
housing is a primary factor in (a) the visit’’), (2) 6–9 months into the the parent of families housed using FUP
imminent placement of the family’s implementation (‘‘second site visit’’, vouchers.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Total Annual Number of Average Annual
number of number of responses per burden hour burden hours
respondents respondents respondent per response
Guide for Recruitment with PHA and PCWA Administra-
tors .................................................................................... 30 10 1 1.00 10
Guide to Develop an Evaluation Plan for PCWA FUP
Management ..................................................................... 10 4 1 1.00 4
Guide to Develop an Evaluation Plan for PHA FUP Man-
agement ............................................................................ 10 4 1 1.00 4
Guide for Implementation Study for PCWA Management .. 10 4 1 1.00 4
Guide for Implementation Study for PHA Management ...... 10 4 1 1.00 4
Guide for Implementation Study for CoC Management ...... 10 4 1 1.00 4
Guide for Implementation Study for Referral Provider Ad-
ministrators ....................................................................... 14 5 1 1.00 5
Guide for Implementation Study with PCWA FUP Manage-
ment (Second) .................................................................. 10 4 1 1.00 4
Guide for Implementation Study for PHA FUP Manage-
ment .................................................................................. 10 4 1 1.00 4
Guide for Implementation Study Focus Groups with PHA
Frontline Workers ............................................................. 30 10 1 1.50 15
Guide for Implementation Study for Parents (Second,
Third) ................................................................................ 120 40 1 1.50 60
Guide for Implementation Study Focus Groups with Front-
line Workers ..................................................................... 440 147 1 1.50 221
Guide for Implementation Study for PCWA FUP Manage-
ment (Third) ...................................................................... 10 4 1 1.00 4
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Guide for Implementation Study for Service Provider Man-
agement ............................................................................ 18 6 1 1.00 6
Housing Status Form ........................................................... 616 206 31 0.04 255
Referral Form ....................................................................... 200 67 6 0.17 68
Randomization Tool ............................................................. 10 4 106 0.02 9
Housing Assistance Questionnaire ...................................... 200 67 3 0.09 18
Ongoing Services Questionnaire ......................................... 200 67 3 0.09 18
Dashboard ............................................................................ 20 7 27 0.17 32
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued
Total Annual Number of Average Annual
number of number of responses per burden hour burden hours
respondents respondents respondent per response
Administrative Data List ....................................................... 30 10 2 5.00 100
Estimated Total Annual Burden DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Selected sites include a robust coaching
Hours: 849. HUMAN SERVICES component and have the capacity to
Additional Information: Copies of the conduct a rigorous impact evaluation,
Administration for Children and among other criteria. This study will
proposed collection may be obtained by
Families provide information on whether
writing to the Administration for
coaching helps people obtain and retain
Children and Families, Office of Submission for OMB Review: Updates jobs, advance in their careers, move
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 to Approved Information Collection toward self-sufficiency, and improve
C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201, their overall well-being. To meet these
Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation; ACF; HHS. objectives, this study includes an
All requests should be identified by the impact and implementation study.
title of the information collection. Email ACTION: Public comment request.
The impact study involves
address: OPREinfocollection@ Title: Evaluation of Employment participants being randomly assigned to
acf.hhs.gov. Coaching for TANF and Other Low- either a ‘‘program group,’’ who will be
OMB Comment: OMB is required to Income Populations (0970–0506). paired with a coach, or to a ‘‘control
make a decision concerning the SUMMARY: The Administration for group,’’ who will not be paired with a
collection of information between 30 Children and Families (ACF) is coach. The effectiveness of the coaching
and 60 days after publication of this proposing an increase in the number of will be determined by differences
document in the Federal Register. sites for data collection activities to be between members of the program and
Therefore, a comment is best assured of conducted as part of the Evaluation of control groups in outcomes such as
having its full effect if OMB receives it Employment Coaching for TANF and obtaining and retaining employment,
within 30 days of publication. Written Other Low-Income Populations. The earnings, measures of self-sufficiency,
comments and recommendations for the Office of Management and Budget and measures of self-regulation.
proposed information collection should (OMB) Office of Information and The implementation study will
be sent directly to the following: Office Regulatory Affairs approved this document coaching practices, describe
information collection in March 2018 lessons learned from implementing
of Management and Budget, Paperwork
(0970–0506). As approved, we planned coaching, and enhance interpretation of
Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_
to include three employment programs. the impact study findings.
SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV. Attn:
We have since identified three The proposed information collection
Desk Officer for the Administration for activities have not changed since OMB/
additional employment programs to
Children and Families. include in the study. This Notice OIRA approval. The only change to this
Mary B. Jones, provides the opportunity for public information collection is to add three
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. comment on the addition of three sites. additional sites.
This study will provide an Respondents: Program staff and
[FR Doc. 2018–14792 Filed 7–10–18; 8:45 am]
opportunity to learn more about the individuals enrolled in the Evaluation
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potential of coaching to help clients of Employment Coaching for TANF and
achieve self-sufficiency and other Other Low-Income Populations.
desired employment-related outcomes. Program staff may include coaches, case
The programs included in the study managers, workshop instructors, job
are Temporary Assistance for Needy developers, supervisors, and managers.
Families (TANF) agencies and other All participants will be able to opt out
public or private employment programs of participating in the data collection
that serve low-income individuals. activities.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Updated
Original Updated Updated
request: Number of Average
request: request: request:
Instrument Annual responses per burden hours
Total number Total number Annual
number respondent per response
of respondents of respondents burden hours
of respondents
Baseline data collection—study partici-
pants ..................................................... 6,000 6,000 2,000 1 .33 660
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Baseline data collection—staff ................. 60 60 20 100 .33 660
First follow-up survey ............................... 2,400 4,800 1,600 1 1 1,600
Semi-structured staff interviews ............... 66 132 44 1 1.5 66
Staff survey .............................................. 48 96 32 1 .75 24
In-depth participant interviews ................. 24 48 16 1 2.5 40
Staff reports of program service receipt .. 30 60 20 5,200 .03 3,120
Video recordings of coaching sessions ... 27 54 18 10 .1 18
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