83 FR 61156 - Submission for OMB Review
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 229 (November 28, 2018)
Administration for Children and Families
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 229 (November 28, 2018)
| Page Range | 61156-61157 | |
| FR Document | 2018-25512 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 28, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 61156-61157] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-25512] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Submission for OMB Review AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, HHS. ACTION: Request for public comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Evaluation of Employment Coaching for TANF and Related Populations--Second Follow-Up Survey (OMB #0970-0506) SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing an additional data collection activity as part of the Evaluation of Employment Coaching for TANF and Related Populations. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs approved this information collection in March 2018 (0970-0506). ACF is proposing a second follow-up survey conducted as part of the evaluation. DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. 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. ADDRESSES: 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. 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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This study will provide an opportunity to learn more about the potential of coaching to help clients achieve self-sufficiency and other desired employment-related outcomes. It will take place over five years in the following employment programs: MyGoals for Employment Success in Baltimore, MyGoals for Employment Success in Houston, Family Development and Self-Sufficiency program in Iowa, LIFT in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles; Work Success in Utah; and Goal4 It! in Jefferson County, Colorado. Together, these programs will include Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) agencies and other public or private employment programs that serve low-income individuals. Each site will have a robust coaching component and the capacity to conduct a rigorous impact evaluation. This study will provide information on whether coaching helps people obtain and retain jobs, advance in their careers, move toward self-sufficiency, and improve their overall well-being. To meet these objectives, this study includes an impact and implementation study, as approved by OMB. This submission builds on the existing impact study, which randomly assigned participants to either a ``program group,'' who were paired with a coach, or to a ``control group,'' who were not paired with a coach. The effectiveness of the coaching will be determined by differences between members of the program and control groups in outcomes such as obtaining and retaining employment, earnings, [[Page 61157]] measures of self-sufficiency, and measures of self-regulation. The proposed information collection activity is a second follow-up survey, which will be available to participants approximately 21 months after random assignment. The second follow-up survey will provide rigorous evidence on whether the coaching interventions are effective, for whom, and under what circumstances. Respondents: Individuals enrolled in the Evaluation of Employment Coaching for TANF and Related Populations. All participants will be able to opt out of participating in the data collection activities. Annual Burden Estimates: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Average burden Instrument Total number of Annual number responses per hours per Annual burden respondents of respondents respondent response hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Second follow-up survey............................................ 4,800 1,600 1 1 1,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,600. Authority: Section 413 of the Social Security Act, as amended by the FY 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub. L. 115-31). Mary B. Jones, ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 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or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for environmental concerns intervenor decision concerning the collection of
TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. status upon showing good cause by information between 30 and 60 days
Any person wishing to comment on stating that they have a clear and direct after publication of this document in the
the EA may do so. Your comments interest in this proceeding which no Federal Register. Therefore, a comment
should focus on EA’s disclosure and other party can adequately represent. is best assured of having its full effect
discussion of potential environmental Simply filing environmental comments if OMB receives it within 30 days of
effects, reasonable alternatives, and will not give you intervenor status, but publication.
measures to avoid or lessen you do not need intervenor status to ADDRESSES: Written comments and
environmental impacts. The more have your comments considered. recommendations for the proposed
specific your comments, the more useful Additional information about the information collection should be sent
they will be. To ensure that the projects is available from the directly to the following: Office of
Commission has the opportunity to Commission’s Office of External Affairs, Management and Budget, Paperwork
consider your comments prior to at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_
making its decision on these projects, it website (www.ferc.gov) using the SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn:
is important that we receive your eLibrary link. The eLibrary link also Desk Officer for the Administration for
comments in Washington, DC on or provides access to the texts of all formal Children and Families.
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on documents issued by the Commission, Copies of the proposed collection may
December 21, 2018. such as orders, notices, and be obtained by writing to the
For your convenience, there are three rulemakings. Administration for Children and
methods you can use to file your In addition, the Commission offers a Families, Office of Planning, Research
comments to the Commission. The free service called eSubscription which and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW,
Commission encourages electronic filing allows you to keep track of all formal Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE
of comments and has staff available to issuances and submittals in specific Reports Clearance Officer. All requests
assist you at (866) 208–3676 or dockets. This can reduce the amount of should be identified by the title of the
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please time you spend researching proceedings information collection. Email address:
carefully follow these instructions so by automatically providing you with
that your comments are properly OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
notification of these filings, document SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This study
recorded. summaries, and direct links to the
(1) You can file your comments will provide an opportunity to learn
documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- more about the potential of coaching to
electronically using the eComment
filing/esubscription.asp. help clients achieve self-sufficiency and
feature on the Commission’s website
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to Dated: November 21, 2018. other desired employment-related
Documents and Filings. This is an easy Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., outcomes. It will take place over five
method for submitting brief, text-only Deputy Secretary. years in the following employment
comments on a project; [FR Doc. 2018–25922 Filed 11–27–18; 8:45 am] programs: MyGoals for Employment
(2) You can also file your comments BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Success in Baltimore, MyGoals for
electronically using the eFiling feature Employment Success in Houston,
on the Commission’s website Family Development and Self-
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to Sufficiency program in Iowa, LIFT in
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND New York City, Chicago, and Los
Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
HUMAN SERVICES Angeles; Work Success in Utah; and
you can provide comments in a variety
of formats by attaching them as a file Administration for Children and Goal4 It! in Jefferson County, Colorado.
with your submission. New eFiling Families Together, these programs will include
users must first create an account by Temporary Assistance for Needy
clicking on eRegister. You must select Submission for OMB Review Families (TANF) agencies and other
the type of filing you are making. If you public or private employment programs
are filing a comment on a particular AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, that serve low-income individuals. Each
project, please select Comment on a and Evaluation, Administration for site will have a robust coaching
Filing; or Children and Families, HHS. component and the capacity to conduct
(3) You can file a paper copy of your ACTION: Request for public comment. a rigorous impact evaluation. This study
comments by mailing them to the will provide information on whether
following address. Be sure to reference Title: Evaluation of Employment coaching helps people obtain and retain
the project docket number (CP18534– Coaching for TANF and Related jobs, advance in their careers, move
000) with your submission: Kimberly D. Populations—Second Follow-Up Survey toward self-sufficiency, and improve
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy (OMB #0970–0506) their overall well-being. To meet these
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street SUMMARY: The Administration for objectives, this study includes an
NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Children and Families (ACF) is impact and implementation study, as
Any person seeking to become a party proposing an additional data collection approved by OMB.
to the proceeding must file a motion to activity as part of the Evaluation of This submission builds on the
intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Employment Coaching for TANF and existing impact study, which randomly
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Related Populations. The Office of assigned participants to either a
Procedures (18 CFR 385.214). Motions Management and Budget (OMB) Office ‘‘program group,’’ who were paired with
to intervene are more fully described at of Information and Regulatory Affairs a coach, or to a ‘‘control group,’’ who
http://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/ approved this information collection in were not paired with a coach. The
how-to/intervene.asp. Only intervenors March 2018 (0970–0506). ACF is effectiveness of the coaching will be
have the right to seek rehearing or proposing a second follow-up survey determined by differences between
judicial review of the Commission’s conducted as part of the evaluation. members of the program and control
decision. The Commission may grant DATES: Comments due within 30 days of groups in outcomes such as obtaining
affected landowners and others with publication. OMB is required to make a and retaining employment, earnings,
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measures of self-sufficiency, and survey will provide rigorous evidence participants will be able to opt out of
measures of self-regulation. on whether the coaching interventions participating in the data collection
The proposed information collection are effective, for whom, and under what activities.
activity is a second follow-up survey, circumstances. Annual Burden Estimates:
which will be available to participants Respondents: Individuals enrolled in
approximately 21 months after random the Evaluation of Employment Coaching
assignment. The second follow-up for TANF and Related Populations. All
Annual Number of Average
Total number Annual burden
Instrument number of responses per burden hours
of respondents hours
respondents respondent per response
Second follow-up survey ...................................................... 4,800 1,600 1 1 1,600
Estimated Total Annual Burden Temporary Assistance for Needy of Columbia). The percentages must fall
Hours: 1,600. Families (TANF) Contingency Funds, within the upper and lower limits
Authority: Section 413 of the Social Child Support Enforcement collections, specified in section 1905(b) of the Act.
Security Act, as amended by the FY 2017 Child Care Mandatory and Matching The percentages for the District of
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub. Funds of the Child Care and Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
L. 115–31). Development Fund, Title IV–E Foster Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and
Care Maintenance payments, Adoption the Northern Mariana Islands are
Mary B. Jones,
Assistance payments and Kinship specified in statute, and thus are not
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
Guardianship Assistance payments, and based on the statutory formula that
[FR Doc. 2018–25512 Filed 11–27–18; 8:45 am] determines the percentages for the 50
the eFMAP rates for the Children’s
BILLING CODE 4184–09–P states.
Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
expenditures. Table 1 gives figures for Federal Medical Assistance Percentage
each of the 50 states, the District of (FMAP)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
HUMAN SERVICES Section 1905(b) of the Act specifies
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and
the Commonwealth of the Northern the formula for calculating FMAPs as
Federal Financial Participation in State follows:
Assistance Expenditures; Federal Mariana Islands. This notice reminds
Matching Shares for Medicaid, the states of adjustments available for states ‘‘Federal medical assistance percentage’’
Children’s Health Insurance Program, meeting requirements for for any state shall be 100 per centum less the
disproportionate employer pension or state percentage; and the state percentage
and Aid to Needy Aged, Blind, or shall be that percentage which bears the same
Disabled Persons for October 1, 2019 insurance fund contributions and
ratio to 45 per centum as the square of the
Through September 30, 2020 adjustments for disaster recovery. At per capita income of such state bears to the
this time, no state qualifies for such square of the per capita income of the
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHHS. adjustments, and territories are not continental United States (including Alaska)
ACTION: Notice. eligible. and Hawaii; except that (1) the Federal
This notice also contains the medical assistance percentage shall in no
DATES: The percentages listed in Table increased eFMAPs for CHIP as case be less than 50 per centum or more than
1 will be effective for each of the four authorized under section 2705(b) of the 83 per centum . . . .
quarter-year periods beginning October Act, as amended by the HEALTHY KIDS Section 1905(b) further specifies that
1, 2019 and ending September 30, 2020. Act of 2017, for fiscal year 2020 the FMAP for Puerto Rico, the Virgin
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rose (October 1, 2019 through September 30, Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana
Chu, Office of Health Policy, Office of 2020). Islands, and American Samoa shall be
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Programs under title XIX of the Act 55 percent. Section 4725(b) of the
Evaluation, Room 447D—Hubert H. exist in each jurisdiction. Programs Balanced Budget Act of 1997 amended
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence under titles I, X, and XIV operate only section 1905(b) to provide that the
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20201, in Guam and the Virgin Islands. The FMAP for the District of Columbia, for
(202) 690–6870. percentages in this notice apply to state purposes of titles XIX and XXI, shall be
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The expenditures for most medical 70 percent. For the District of Columbia,
Federal Medical Assistance Percentages assistance and child health assistance, we note under Table 1 that other rates
(FMAP), Enhanced Federal Medical and assistance payments for certain may apply in certain other programs. In
Assistance Percentages (eFMAP), and social services. The Act provides addition, we note the rate that applies
disaster-recovery FMAP adjustments for separately for federal matching of for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
Fiscal Year 2020 have been calculated administrative costs. Guam, American Samoa, and the
pursuant to the Social Security Act (the Sections 1905(b) and 1101(a)(8)(B) of Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Act). These percentages will be effective the Social Security Act (the Act) require Islands in certain other programs
from October 1, 2019 through the Secretary of HHS to publish the pursuant to section 1118 of the Act. The
September 30, 2020. This notice FMAP rates each year. The Secretary rates for the States, District of Columbia
announces the calculated FMAP rates, calculates the percentages, using and the territories are displayed in
in accordance with sections 1101(a)(8) formulas in sections 1905(b) and Table 1, Column 1.
and 1905(b) of the Act, that the U.S. 1101(a)(8), and calculations by the Section 1905(y) of the Act, as added
Department of Health and Human Department of Commerce of average by section 2001 of the Patient Protection
Services (HHS) will use in determining income per person in each state and for and Affordable Care Act of 2010
the amount of federal matching for state the United States (meaning, for this (‘‘Affordable Care Act’’), provides for a
medical assistance (Medicaid), purpose, the fifty states and the District significant increase in the FMAP for
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