[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 90 (Monday, May 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26927-26928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11266]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: The Evaluation and System Design for Career Pathways 
Programs: 2nd Generation of HPOG (HPOG Next Gen Design).
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing 
information collection activities as part of the Evaluation and System 
Design for Career Pathways Programs: 2nd Generation of Health 
Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG Next Gen Design). The key goals of 
the HPOG Next Gen Design project are to establish a data system for 
program management and evaluation, and to design a study to assess the 
effectiveness of the new HPOG programs. The study also is intended to 
evaluate variation in participant impact that may be attributable to 
different HPOG program components. The impact study design will include 
a classic experiment in which eligible applicants for the non-Tribal 
HPOG program services will be randomly assigned to a treatment group 
offered participation in HPOG and a control group not offered the 
opportunity to enroll in HPOG. There will be a separate but coordinated 
evaluation of the HPOG Next Gen Tribal grantees. Both goals require 
collecting information from HPOG Next Gen grantees on a regular basis. 
The information collection proposed is an Internet-based collection of 
information from HPOG Next Gen grantees on: (1) Grantee program designs 
and offerings; (2) intake information on eligible

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applicants (both treatment and control) through baseline data 
collection; and (3) individual enrolled program participants' 
activities and outcomes.
    The universe of information collection proposed for HPOG Next Gen 
includes the HPOG Next Gen Participant Accomplishment and Grant 
Evaluation System (PAGES). PAGES is a performance management system 
that will collect information from all grantees on their programs and 
participants on a semi-annual basis over the grant period of 
performance and intake information on eligible applicants (both 
treatment and control) through baseline data collection. The data 
system will meet the performance data needs of the HPOG Next Gen 
grantees and of the ACF Office of Family Assistance to monitor the 
performance of the grants and prepare the report to Congress on the 
grants, as well as support an impact study, a coordinated Tribal 
evaluation, and other future research and evaluation efforts sponsored 
by ACF.
    Respondents: Grantee- and participant-level data to be collected by 
program staff in the approximately 40 grantee organizations (higher 
education institutions, workforce investment boards, private training 
institutions, nonprofit organizations, and tribal entities). Applicants 
at the 40 grantee organizations.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of        Average
           Instrument              Total number         of         responses per   burden hours    Annual burden
                                  of respondents    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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PAGES Grantee--and Participant-              120              40               2           31.75           2,540
 Level Data Collection (all
 grantees)......................
PAGES Participant-Level Baseline          31,500          10,500               1              .5           5,250
 Data Collection (participants
 at non-Tribal grantees
 participating in impact study).
PAGES Participant-Level Baseline           1,200             400               1             .25             100
 Data Collection (participants
 at Tribal grantees)............
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    Estimated Total Annual        ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............           7,890
     Burden Hours:..............
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    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. Email 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 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, Email: 
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.

Karl Koerper,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-11266 Filed 5-8-15; 8:45 am]
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