[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 179 (Friday, September 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56868-56869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22630]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; YouthBuild Impact Evaluation, Youth Follow-Up 
Surveys

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and 
Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request 
(ICR) proposal titled, ``YouthBuild Impact Evaluation, Youth Follow-Up 
Surveys,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval for use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

DATES: Submit comments on or before October 15, 2012.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; 
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency 
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained from the 
RegInfo.gov Web site, http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, on the 
day following publication of this notice or by contacting Michel Smyth 
by telephone at 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or 
sending an email to [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-ETA, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 
20503, Fax: 202-395-6881 (this is not a toll-free number), email: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 
202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at [email protected].

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: YouthBuild is a youth and community 
development program addressing several core issues facing low-income 
communities: Available housing, youth education, employment, and 
criminal behavior. The program primarily serves high school dropouts 
and focuses on helping them attain a high school diploma or general 
educational development and teaching them construction skills geared 
toward career placement. The YouthBuild Impact Evaluation will measure 
core program outcomes including educational attainment, postsecondary 
planning, employment, earnings, delinquency and involvement with the 
criminal justice system, and social and emotional development. The 
evaluation represents an important opportunity for the DOL to add to 
the growing body of knowledge about the impacts of so-called second 
chance programs for youth who have dropped out of high school. Data for 
the study is being collected from YouthBuild grantees and from study 
participants through several information collections. In this ICR, the 
ETA seeks OMB approval for three follow-up surveys with youth who were 
randomly assigned in the 83 sites to either a treatment group or 
control group during earlier aspects of this ongoing experimental 
evaluation. The surveys will be fielded 12, 30, and 48 months after 
random assignment.
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays 
a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any 
other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if the 
collection of information does not

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display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. For 
additional information, see the related notice published in the Federal 
Register on May 15, 2012 (77 FR 28623).
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section within 30 days of publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should mention OMB ICR Reference Number 201208-
1205-007. The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Agency: DOL-ETA.
    Title of Collection: YouthBuild Impact Evaluation, Youth Follow-Up 
Surveys.
    OMB ICR Reference Number: 201208-1205-07.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,772.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 2,772.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,848.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

    Dated: September 10, 2012.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-22630 Filed 9-13-12; 8:45 am]
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