[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38400-38401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16212]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Evaluation of Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grants 
(HPOG).
    OMB No.: New collection.
    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 
FY 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 reporting 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 
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 Participant focus groups or interviews 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 the 
middle data collection year. 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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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                      Annual number   responses per     hours per     Total annual
                                                  of respondents    respondent       response      burden hours
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Grantee and Partner Administrative Staff                      35               1            1                 35
 interview......................................
Program Implementation Staff interview..........             117               1            1.5              176
Employers interview.............................              52               1            0.75              39
Program Participant focus groups or interviews..             117               1            1.35             158
Program Completers interview....................              67               1            1                 67
Program Noncompleters interview.................              20               1            0.5               10
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 485.
    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, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection. E-mail address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this

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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, Fax: 202-395-
6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration, for Children and 
Families.

    Dated: June 22, 2011.
Steven M. Hanmer,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-16212 Filed 6-29-11; 8:45 am]
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