[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 213 (Thursday, November 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76595-76596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26560]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.564]


Announcement of the Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement 
Grant to the Wisconsin Department for Children and Families in Madison, 
WI

AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of the award of a single-source expansion supplement 
grant to the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families to support 
the evaluation of the Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment 
Demonstration.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of 
Child Support Enforcement, Division of Program Innovation announces the 
award of a cooperative agreement in the amount of $200,000 to the 
Wisconsin Department for Children and Families in Madison, WI to 
support the evaluation of the Child Support Noncustodial Parent 
Employment Demonstration.
    In FY 2012, the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) 
competitively awarded a cooperative agreement to the Wisconsin 
Department of Children and Families to conduct a 5-year evaluation of 
OCSE's national demonstration called Child Support Noncustodial Parent 
Employment Demonstration (CSPED) under Funding Opportunity Announcement 
(FOA) number HHS-2012-ACF-OCSE-FD-0537. Under this FOA, a total of $4.5 
million of 1115 funds were made available to the Wisconsin Department 
of Children and Families to conduct this evaluation.
    The award of $200,000 the Wisconsin Department of Children and 
Families is required to cover the unanticipated costs of conducting the 
CSPED evaluation. The CSPED evaluation includes an impact evaluation 
using random assignment, an implementation study and a benefit-cost 
analysis. The evaluator is also providing evaluation-related technical 
assistance to the grantees implementing CSPED. A baseline and 12 month 
follow-up survey

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are being conducted. Administrative data from multiple sources are also 
being collected and evaluated. A grants management information system 
was developed for grantees to use to conduct random assignment, enroll 
individuals into the project, and document service delivery.

DATES: The period of support for this supplement is September 30, 2016 
through September 29, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Sorensen, Office of Child 
Support Enforcement, 330 C Street SW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20201. 
Telephone: 202-401-5099; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Given the importance of child support 
outcomes for the evaluation of CSPED, OCSE has asked the Wisconsin 
Department of Children and Families to expand the child support 
outcomes included in the evaluation, requiring additional collection of 
child support administrative data and additional analyses of these 
data. In addition, the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families 
provided OCSE with preliminary impact findings using child support 
administrative data, which uncovered further unexpected complications 
with the child support administrative data. OCSE has asked the 
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families to go back and collect 
additional child support administrative data to further understand 
these complications and report their findings to OCSE. Finally, given 
the strong focus on child support outcomes for this evaluation, OCSE 
has asked the evaluator to add a second impact report that focuses 
exclusively on child support outcomes.

    Statutory Authority: Section 1115 of the Social Security Act 
authorizes funds for experimental, pilot, or demonstration projects 
that are likely to assist in promoting the objectives of Part D of 
Title IV.

Christopher Beach,
Certifying Official, Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of 
Grants Policy, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-26560 Filed 11-2-16; 8:45 am]
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