[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17490-17491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07064]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5909-N-23]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of 
the Jobs Plus Pilot Program

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection 
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public 
comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 28, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: [email protected]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-
free number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this 
number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339.
    Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from 
Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in 
Section A.
    The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the 
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on 
December 28, 2015 at 80 FR 80790.

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A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of the Jobs Plus Pilot 
Program.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-New.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD's 
2014 Appropriations included funding to support the implementation of 
the Jobs Plus Pilot Program, a place-based program designed to increase 
work and earnings among public housing residents. Nine public housing 
agencies (PHAs) were awarded grant funds in the Spring of 2015, and 
will implement the Jobs Plus program over a period of four years. The 
program as designed includes three core components: (1) Employment-
related services, (2) financial incentives--the Jobs Plus Earned Income 
Disregard (JPEID), and (3) community supports for work. The Jobs Plus 
program seeks to replicate the model tested under the Jobs Plus 
Demonstration back in the 1990s and early 2000, which led to sustained 
growth in earned income among residents at sites that fully implemented 
the program. This current generation of the Jobs Plus program, however, 
will differ from the Jobs Plus demonstration in some important ways--
first, the current iteration of the program will benefit from a more 
robust financial incentive, and second, the program will be implemented 
almost twenty years after the initial demonstration, in a very 
different employment market. Because of these important variations, HUD 
is supporting an evaluation of the Jobs Plus Pilot program, with the 
goal of documenting the programs established by the Jobs Plus Pilot 
Program grantees and laying the groundwork for future evaluative work 
that will seek to document the impact of the program, both on the 
program participants, as well as the entire target development. 
Specific research objectives include, but are not limited to: 
Describing the set of activities and partnerships established by 
grantees under core program components; describing the amount and type 
of leveraged resources accessed by each grantee; describing the extent 
to which grantees are successful at engaging a high percentage of 
residents in some aspect of program participation; documenting the ease 
with which PHAs implemented the JPEID; and documenting the costs of 
implementing and operating the Jobs Plus program. Data to be analyzed 
during the evaluation include administrative data, as well as data 
collected directly from PHAs, Jobs Plus program administrators, 
partners and staff, as well as residents of developments where Jobs 
Plus is being implemented. This request for OMB clearance includes the 
data collection instruments that will be utilized during two separate 
rounds of site visits to each of the nine program sites, including a 
site visit interview guide and a focus group discussion guide.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): PHAs administering the Jobs 
Plus Pilot program, Jobs Plus Pilot program community partners, and 
residents of participating developments.

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                                                                                                         Average time
                                                                                                          to complete
                     Form                                  Respondent sample               Number of       (minimum,       Frequency      Total burden
                                                                                          respondents     maximum) in                        (hours)
                                                                                                            minutes
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Site Visit Interview Guide #1.................  12 staff and stakeholders from all 9               108     90 (75-105)               1             162
                                                 Jobs Plus sites.
Focus Group Discussion Guide #1...............  15 residents at each of the 9 Jobs                 135      90 (50-70)               1             202.5
                                                 Plus sites.
Site Visit Interview Guide #1.................  12 staff and stakeholders from all 9               108     90 (75-105)               1             162
                                                 Jobs Plus sites.
Focus Group Discussion Guide #2...............  15 residents at each of the 9 Jobs                 135      90 (50-70)               1             202.5
                                                 Plus sites.
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    Total Burden Hours........................  ......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             729
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in 
Section A on the following:
    (1) 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;
    (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond; including through the use of appropriate 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to 
these questions.

     Authority:  Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

    Dated: March 23, 2016.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-07064 Filed 3-28-16; 8:45 am]
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