[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 225 (Monday, November 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72969-72970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29749]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Job Search Assistance (JSA) Strategies Evaluation.
    OMB No.: 0970-0440.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is 
proposing a data collection activity as part of the Job Search 
Assistance (JSA) Strategies Evaluation. The JSA evaluation aims to 
determine which JSA strategies are most effective in moving TANF 
applicants and recipients into work. The impact study will randomly 
assign individuals to contrasting JSA approaches and then compare their 
employment and earnings to determine their relative effectiveness. The 
implementation study will describe services participants receive under 
each approach as well as provide operational lessons gathered directly 
from practitioners.
    Two data collection efforts have been previously approved for JSA, 
including one for data collection activities to document program 
implementation, to administer a staff survey and to collect baseline 
information of program participants. These collection activities will 
continue under this new request.
    This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on 
a proposed new information collection activity for JSA: A follow-up 
survey for JSA participants approximately 6 months after program 
enrollment.
    The purpose of the survey is to follow-up with study participants 
and document their job search assistance services and experiences 
including their receipt of job search assistance services, their 
knowledge and skills for conducting a job search, the nature of their 
job search process, including tools and services used to locate 
employment, and their search outputs and outcomes, such as the number 
of applications submitted, interviews attended, offers received and 
jobs obtained. In addition, the survey will provide an opportunity for 
respondents to provide contact data for possible longer-term follow-up.
    Respondents: JSA study participants and program staff.

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                                        Existing Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of    Average burden
           Instrument              Total number         of         responses per     hours per     Annual burden
                                  of respondents    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Baseline Information Form.......           8,000           4,000               1             0.2             800
Implementation Study Site Visits             150              75               1               1              75
JSA Staff Survey................             440             220               1            0.33              73
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    Total Previously Approved Annual Burden: 948.

                                      Proposed New Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of    Average burden
           Instrument              Total number          of        responses per     hours per     Annual burden
                                  of respondents    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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6 Month Follow-Up Survey........           6,400           3,200               1           0.333           1,066
Participant Contact Update Form.           1,200             600               1           0.083              50
Tracking Surveys................           2,800           1,400               5           0.167           1,169
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    Estimated Total NEW Annual Burden Hours: 2285.
    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.

Robert Sargis,
ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-29749 Filed 11-20-15; 8:45 am]
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