[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32129-32130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14793]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review: Updates to Approved Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; ACF; HHS.

ACTION: Public comment request.

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    Title: Evaluation of Employment Coaching for TANF and Other Low-
Income Populations (0970-0506).
SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is 
proposing an increase in the number of sites for data collection 
activities to be conducted as part of the Evaluation of Employment 
Coaching for TANF and Other Low-Income Populations. The Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs approved this information collection in March 2018 (0970-0506). 
As approved, we planned to include three employment programs. We have 
since identified three additional employment programs to include in the 
study. This Notice provides the opportunity for public comment on the 
addition of three sites.
    This study will provide an opportunity to learn more about the 
potential of coaching to help clients achieve self-sufficiency and 
other desired employment-related outcomes.
    The programs included in the study are Temporary Assistance for 
Needy Families (TANF) agencies and other public or private employment 
programs that serve low-income individuals. Selected sites include a 
robust coaching component and have the capacity to conduct a rigorous 
impact evaluation, among other criteria. This study will provide 
information on whether coaching helps people obtain and retain jobs, 
advance in their careers, move toward self-sufficiency, and improve 
their overall well-being. To meet these objectives, this study includes 
an impact and implementation study.
    The impact study involves participants being randomly assigned to 
either a ``program group,'' who will be paired with a coach, or to a 
``control group,'' who will not be paired with a coach. The 
effectiveness of the coaching will be determined by differences between 
members of the program and control groups in outcomes such as obtaining 
and retaining employment, earnings, measures of self-sufficiency, and 
measures of self-regulation.
    The implementation study will document coaching practices, describe 
lessons learned from implementing coaching, and enhance interpretation 
of the impact study findings.
    The proposed information collection activities have not changed 
since OMB/OIRA approval. The only change to this information collection 
is to add three additional sites.
    Respondents: Program staff and individuals enrolled in the 
Evaluation of Employment Coaching for TANF and Other Low-Income 
Populations. Program staff may include coaches, case managers, workshop 
instructors, job developers, supervisors, and managers. All 
participants will be able to opt out of participating in the data 
collection activities.

                                                                 Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                             Original         Updated         Updated                                         Updated
                                                          request: Total  request: Total     request:        Number of    Average burden     request:
                       Instrument                            number of       number of     Annual number   responses per     hours per     Annual burden
                                                            respondents     respondents   of respondents    respondent       response          hours
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Baseline data collection--study participants............           6,000           6,000           2,000               1             .33             660
Baseline data collection--staff.........................              60              60              20             100             .33             660
First follow-up survey..................................           2,400           4,800           1,600               1               1           1,600
Semi-structured staff interviews........................              66             132              44               1             1.5              66
Staff survey............................................              48              96              32               1             .75              24
In-depth participant interviews.........................              24              48              16               1             2.5              40
Staff reports of program service receipt................              30              60              20           5,200             .03           3,120
Video recordings of coaching sessions...................              27              54              18              10              .1              18
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,188.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. 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.

ADDRESSES: 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.

    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the 
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research 
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE 
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the 
title of the information collection. Email address: 
[email protected].

(Authority: Section 413 of the Social Security Act, as amended by 
the FY 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub. L. 115-31)

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-14793 Filed 7-10-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-09-P