[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39161-39162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16717]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for the Evaluation of 
the Young Parents Demonstration Program, Reinstatement With Change

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, 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 [44 U.S.C. 3506 (c) (A)] (PRA). The PRA helps ensure that 
respondents can provide requested data in the desired format with 
minimal reporting burden (time and financial resources), collection 
instruments are clearly understood and the impact of collection 
requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
    Currently, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the information 
collection request (ICR) to collect data for the Evaluation of the 
Young Parents Demonstration Program (YPDP).\1\
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    \1\ U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training 
Administration. 2008. ``Young Parents Demonstration Program (YPDP) 
SGA/DFA PY 08-08,'' Federal Register, Vol. 73, No. 193, October 3, 
2008 (available over the Internet at: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-23319.pdf).
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    Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the 
contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to 
receive consideration, and they will be summarized and included in the 
request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the final 
ICR. In order to help ensure appropriate consideration, comments should 
mention OMB 1205-0494.

DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addresses 
section below on or before September 8, 2015.

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 free by 
contacting Michelle Ennis, Office of Policy Development and Research, 
Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room 
N-5641, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202-
693-3636 (this is not a toll-free number). Individuals with hearing or 
speech impairments may access the telephone number above via TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-
5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202-693-2766. Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Ennis, 202-693-3636, or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The proposed reinstatement with change of information collection is 
for an evaluation of the YPDP. The YPDP is sponsored by ETA to test 
innovative strategies that can improve the skills and education of 
young parents and, ultimately their employment and earnings.
    The YPDP grantees are required to develop a ``bump-up'' 
intervention providing an additional level of services above and beyond 
the existing services currently provided that are specifically intended 
to increase an individual's education, job training and employment. A 
key factor in the bump-up design is having a single, persistent 
intervention for the treatment group that is substantially different 
from what the control group receives. Each of the grantees is 
implementing one of the following two bump-up interventions:
     Mentoring Models--Intensive professional staff mentoring 
specifically for education, employment, and training; and specifically 
for pregnant and parenting teens and young parents; or
     Employment/Education/Training Models--Guided employment, 
education, training and related supports specifically for pregnant and 
parenting teens and young parents.
    Individuals enrolling in YPDP have a 50/50 chance of receiving this 
additional level of services. Those individuals not receiving the bump-
up services receive the existing services offered by the grantee.
    To evaluate the YPDP bump-up interventions, we will compare the 
education, employment, and other outcomes for the two groups over 
various points in time. The evaluation will estimate the success in 
providing educational and occupational skills training that fosters 
family economic self-sufficiency to young parents (both mothers and 
fathers) and expectant parents ages 16-24.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which:
     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 submissions of responses.

III. Current Actions

    [ssquf] Agency: DOL-ETA.
    [ssquf] Type of Review: Reinstatement with change.
    [ssquf] Title of Collection: Evaluation of the Young Parents 
Demonstration Program.
    [ssquf] OMB Control Number: 1205-0494.
    [ssquf] Affected Public: Individuals (Young Parents) and community-
based organizations.
    [ssquf] Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,971.
    [ssquf] Frequency: Six (6) Participant Tracking System entries, two 
(2) site visit interviews, and one (1) survey response.
    [ssquf] Total Estimated Annual Responses: 11,168.
    [ssquf] Estimated Average Time per Response: 11.4 minutes or 0.19 
hours.
    [ssquf] Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,119 hours.
    [ssquf] Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $44,276.

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                                                                             Number of
                                                                             responses      Total       Response      Total       Average       Total
         Type of respondent               Data collection       Number of       per       number of     time per      annual    hourly wage   annualized
                                              activity         respondents   respondent   responses     response    burden (in   (Jan 2015)      cost
                                                                            (frequency)                (in hours)     hours)         *
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Study Participant...................  Participant Tracking           1,633            6        9,798        0.167        1,636       $20.81      $34,051
                                       System--Data
                                       Collection.
Program Staff.......................  Site Visit Interviews..           32            2           64        0.750           48       $24.48       $1,175
Study Participant...................  18-Month Follow-Up             1,306            1        1,306        0.333          435       $20.81       $9,050
                                       Survey.
    Total...........................  .......................        2,971  ...........       11,168  ...........        2,119  ...........      $44,276
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* For the wage rate used for the ``study participant,'' see U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly
  earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted (accessed from the following
  website as of January 2015: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t24.htm). For the wage rate for ``program staff,'' see U.S. Department of Labor,
  Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally
  adjusted (accessed from the following website as of January 2015: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t19.htm).

    We will summarize and/or include the comments received in response 
to this request for comments in our request for OMB approval of the 
ICR. They will also become a matter of public record.

Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2015-16717 Filed 7-7-15; 8:45 am]
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