[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52043-52044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20710]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Evaluation of Getting To Work: A Training 
Curriculum for HIV/AIDS Service Providers and Housing Providers

AGENCY: Office of Disability Employment Policy, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a 
preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and 
Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program 
helps to ensure that required data can be provided in the desired 
format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
    A copy of the proposed ICR can be obtained by contacting the office 
listed below in the addresses section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before November 3, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following 
methods: Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Office of 
Disability Employment Policy, Room S-1303, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Meredith DeDona, Policy Advisor. 
Instructions: Please submit one copy of your comments by only one 
method. All submissions received must include the agency name and OMB 
Control Number identified above for this information collection. 
Because we continue to experience delays in receiving mail in the 
Washington, DC area, commenters are strongly encouraged to transmit 
their comments electronically via email or to submit them by mail 
early. Comments, including any personal information provided, become a 
matter of public record. They will also be summarized and/or included 
in the request for OMB approval of the information collection request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meredith DeDona by telephone at 202-
693-7880 (this is not a toll-free number)

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or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    I. Background: Due to advances in treatment, more and more persons 
living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) can live long and healthy lives. Many 
PLWHA also have the desire, capability, and stamina to contribute to 
the workforce. Employment provides economic, social, and psychological 
benefits. Research suggests that for many PLWHA, employment, like 
stable housing, can be positively associated with improved physical and 
mental health, and it may also serve as a preventative measure to the 
spread of HIV/AIDS.
    HIV/AIDS service providers are recognizing that employment is a key 
component of serving the whole person. Some are integrating employment 
assistance, in a variety of forms, into their service menus. To 
effectively provide such services, it is important that providers 
understand HIV/AIDS in the context of employment. There are different 
approaches to helping clients who are ready to work identify and 
achieve their related goals. The goal of Getting to Work: A Training 
Curriculum for HIV/AIDS Service Providers and Housing Providers 
(Getting to Work or GTW) is to increase the capacity of service 
providers to enhance opportunities for employment and retention of 
PLWHA and/or those at risk of living with HIV/AIDS.
    In the fall of 2013, ODEP contracted with the IMPAQ team to conduct 
this study to address the following questions:
    1. What knowledge did the training participants (individuals) 
acquire about HIV/AIDS and employment?
    2. What new attitudes, behavior, or actions related to employing 
PLWHA did training participants (individuals) develop?
    3. What longer-term individual and organizational changes occurred 
related to HIV/AIDS and employment as a result of participating in the 
training?
    ODEP requests clearance to conduct, through the IMPAQ team, two 
principal research activities:

[ssquf] Web-based survey of all GTW trainees (approximately 1,000 
individuals who are staff or managers of housing providers)
[ssquf] 8 focus groups of housing provider staff and management

    This information collection is being conducted by the Office of 
Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), which was authorized by Congress 
in the Department of Labor's FY 2001 appropriation.
    The survey of trainees will take place over a period of 
approximately four months. The survey will be administered to all 
individuals who complete the GTW training. The survey will be 
administered via the web and recipients will be notified about the 
survey by mail, with email reminders. Each survey will take about 30 
minutes, on average, to complete, and an 80% response rate is expected.
    All on-site data collection (focus groups) will take place over a 
period of approximately four months. Focus groups will be conducted at 
8 housing provider facilities. Each focus group will involve 
approximately 9 customers in each group, and reasonable accommodations 
for disabilities will be provided for all attending participants, as 
needed. Focus groups will last approximately 90 minutes and all 
participants will receive $30 for their attendance.
    II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor 
is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection for the 
Evaluation of GTW. Comments are requested to:
    [ssquf] 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;
    [ssquf] 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;
    [ssquf] enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    [ssquf] minimize the burden of the information collection on those 
who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.
    III. Current Actions: At this time, the Department of Labor is 
requesting comments on its proposal to conduct (1) one survey of all 
GTW trainees, (2) focus groups with trainees at 8 housing provider 
facilities, for the Evaluation of GTW.
    Type of review: New information collection request.
    OMB Control Number: 1230-0NEW.
    Web Survey:
    Affected Public: Private Sector (staff and management at housing 
provider facilities).
    Total Respondents: 1,000.
    Frequency: Once.
    Total Responses: 1,000.
    Average Time per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 500 hours.
    Average Annual Other Burden Cost: $0.
    Focus Groups:
    Affected Public: Staff and management at housing provider 
facilities.
    Total Respondents: 72.
    Frequency: Once.
    Total Responses: 72
    Average Time per Response: 90 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 108 hours.
    Average Annual Other Burden Cost: $2,160.
    Comments submitted in response to this request will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval; they will also become a matter of public record.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of August 2014.
Kathleen Martinez,
Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department 
of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2014-20710 Filed 8-29-14; 8:45 am]
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