[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 74 (Monday, April 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21749-21750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9222]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Evaluation of Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grants 
(HPOG).
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Billing Accounting Code (BAC): 418408.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is 
proposing information collection activities as part of the Evaluation 
of the Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) (HHS-2010-
ACF-OFA-FY-0124). Through this information collection, ACF seeks to 
conduct a comprehensive process and outcome evaluation to provide 
documentation and lessons learned about diverse programmatic approaches 
to health professions trainings for Tribal populations.
    The goals of the Tribal HPOG evaluation are to: (1) Provide an in-
depth, systematic analysis of program structure, implementation and 
outcomes of the sites served by the five Tribal HPOG grantees funded in 
FFY 2010, and (2) compare these data within and across grantees to 
generate hypotheses about the effectiveness of different program 
approaches for Tribal populations.
    Both of these goals require collecting information from Tribal HPOG 
grantees and other program stakeholders on an annual basis for three 
years. The information collection will include data gathered through 
in-person and telephone interviews and focus groups. Program operations 
data related to this effort will be collected through a Web-based 
performance management system under a separate information collection 
(the Federal Register Notice for this information collection was 
published in Vol. 76, No. 18, January 27, 2011, page 4912).

Respondents

    Respondents to the Grantee and Partner Administrative Staff 
interview will be the administrators of the Tribal HPOG program, 
workforce development and TANF agencies, public and private university-
based partners, and not-for profit organizations.
    Respondents to the Program Implementation Staff interview will be 
instructors, trainers, and providers of program or supportive services.
    Respondents to the Program Participant focus groups or interviews

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will be current program participants. Interviews will be conducted in 
lieu of focus groups with program participants at secondary 
implementation sites (additional locations where the Tribal HPOG 
program are being implemented) in Year 2.
    Respondents to the Employers interview will be local or regional 
employers at public or private companies or organizations that are 
partnering with the Tribal HPOG program or have employed program 
participants.
    Respondents to the Program Completers interview will be program 
completers.
    Respondents to the Program Non-completers interview will be 
individuals who did not complete the programs.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                   Annual number     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                           of         responses per     hours per     Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent       response      burden hours
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Grantee and partner administrative staff                      35               1            1                 35
 interview......................................
Program implementation staff interview..........             120               1            1.5              180
Program participant focus groups................             108               1            1.5              162
Employer interview..............................              60               1             .75              45
Program completers interview....................              67               1            1                 67
Program non-completers interview................              20               1             .30               6
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    Total Estimated Annual Burden...............  ..............  ..............  ..............             495
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    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. E-mail 
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.

    Dated: April 11, 2011.
Seth F. Chamberlain,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-9222 Filed 4-15-11; 8:45 am]
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