[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 119 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33302-33303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13468]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Evaluation of LifeSet 
(New Collection)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration 
for Children and Families; HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a new 
information collection activity to assess the impact and implementation 
of LifeSet, a program that provides services and supports to young 
adults ages 17 to 21 with previous child welfare involvement. Data 
collection efforts will include accessing administrative data from the 
child welfare agency, program, and other private and governmental 
databases; surveys of young adults (participants and those receiving 
services as usual); interviews and focus groups with program and child 
welfare agency administrators and staff; interviews and focus groups 
with young adult program participants; and interviews with other 
program stakeholders.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a 
decision about 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 within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Description: The proposed information collection activity is the 
first phase of a larger study that intends to assess the impact and 
implementation of LifeSet, a program that provides services and 
supports to young adults ages 17 to 21 with previous child welfare 
involvement. The program aims to support young adults in their 
transition from foster care to independent living in the areas of 
education, employment and earnings, housing and economic well-being, 
social support, well-being, health and safety, and criminal 
involvement. It focuses on helping young adults identify and achieve 
their goals while developing the skills necessary for independent 
living.
    The impact study will assess the effects of young adults' 
participation in LifeSet on outcomes in the primary (i.e., 
confirmatory) domains of education and employment, housing stability, 
social support, and well-being. These outcomes have been identified by 
the implementing agency as the main areas they expect to target for 
positive program impacts. In addition, the impact study will explore 
the effects of participation in the secondary (i.e., exploratory) 
domains of mental health, criminal justice system contact, intimate 
partner violence, and economic well-being. The study will utilize a 
randomized controlled design. Information collection activities will 
take place over three years and will include collection of 
administrative data from the state child welfare agency, the program 
developer, the local program provider agencies, the National Student 
Clearinghouse, unemployment insurance and employer wage records, the 
National Directory of New Hires, the state homelessness management 
information system, the state department of corrections, the state 
juvenile justice commission, the state court probation services 
division, and the state department of human services division of family 
development, as well as survey interviews with program participants and 
young adults receiving services as usual.
    The implementation study will collect information through phone 
calls and site visits to the participating program and child welfare 
agency. Information collection activities include interviews and focus 
groups with administrators and staff from the program developer, child 
welfare agency, and program providers.
    This evaluation is part of a larger project to help ACF build the 
evidence base in child welfare through rigorous evaluation of programs, 
practices, and policies. The activities and products from this project 
will contribute to evidence building in child welfare and help to 
determine the effectiveness of a program for youth formerly in foster 
care on young adult outcomes.
    Respondents: Program participants, young adults receiving services 
as usual, agency and program administrators and staff, other program 
stakeholders.

                                                                 Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                                             Number of
                                                                             Number of     responses per
                                                                            respondents     respondent    Average burden   Total burden    Annual burden
                Instrument                           Respondents            (total over     (total over    per response     (in hours)      (in hours)
                                                                              request         request       (in hours)
                                                                              period)         period)
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Site Visit 1 Interview Guide for            Child Welfare Agency                      22               1               1              22               7
 Administrators.                             Administrators.
                                            Licensed LifeSet Experts
                                            Provider Agency
                                             Administrators.
                                            LifeSet Developer
                                             Administrators.
Site Visit 2 Interview Guide for            Child Welfare Agency                      22               1               1              22               7
 Administrators.                             Administrators.

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                                            Licensed LifeSet Experts
                                            Provider Agency
                                             Administrators.
                                            LifeSet Developer
                                             Administrators.
Site Visit 2 Focus Group Guide for Staff..  LifeSet Specialists.........              12               1             1.5              18               6
                                            LifeSet Team Supervisors....
Baseline Youth Survey.....................  Youth Formerly in Foster                 600               1             0.6             360             120
                                             Care.
Administrative data file..................  Agency and Program Staff....              12               1               5              60              20
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 160.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 677.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-13468 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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