[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28466]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New]


Agency Information Collection Request; 60-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and 
Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed 
collection for public comment.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before March 7, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or by calling 
(202) 795-7714.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier 0990-New-60D and 
project title for reference, to Sherrette A. Funn, email: 
[email protected], or call (202) 795-7714 the Reports Clearance 
Officer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested persons are invited to send 
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this 
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) 
The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for 
the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of 
the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology to minimize the information collection burden.
    Title of the Collection: Understanding Economic Risk for Low Income 
Families: Economic Security, Program Benefits, and Decisions about 
Work.
    Type of Collection: New.
    OMB No.: 0990-XXXX.
    Abstract: The primary purpose of this study is to identify the 
risks that federal program benefit recipients weigh when faced with an 
opportunity to increase earnings, including benefit reductions, 
earnings instability and the ease of regaining lost benefits if needed.
    The study will use a discrete choice experiment to explore the 
importance of these considerations when low-income individuals are 
presented with a hypothetical opportunity to increase earnings. 
Statistical analysis will explore interactions between factors and 
threshold effects. The focus population will be persons currently 
receiving benefits from at least one of the following programs: 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid/Children's 
Health Insurance Program (CHIP), housing assistance, Child Care 
Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies, and/or Temporary Assistance for 
Needy Families (TANF). The study will explore whether different 
preferences are exhibited by parents with children and by persons of 
different races and ethnicities.
    The results of this study will provide HHS with a better 
understanding of the economic risks that people weigh when they make 
decisions about increasing earnings, which will inform HHS policy and 
programs at large, and further lines of research around benefit 
programs and employment decisions.
    The length of the request for data collection is one year. The data 
will be collected once, using primarily a web-based survey, from a 
sample of low-income persons receiving one or more federal benefit 
programs. The survey consists of five vignettes presenting different 
combinations of experimental conditions surrounding a hypothetical 
earnings increase. In each vignette, respondents will be presented with 
a scenario where a hypothetical individual is presented with an 
opportunity to increase their earnings (by accepting a higher hourly 
wage); consequences of the earnings increase for his or her receipt of 
benefits; the risk of going back down to the lower, original hourly 
wage at a later time; and the prospect of re-applying for lost 
benefits. Respondents will be asked to review the vignette and choose 
whether they think the hypothetical individual should accept the 
earnings increase. In addition, the questionnaire includes follow-up 
questions for each vignette/experimental condition, and a set of 
demographic questions.

                                          Annualized Burden Hour Table
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                                                                  Number of
                    Number of respondents                       responses per    Average burden    Total burden
                                                                 respondents      per response        hours
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Approximately 2,000..........................................               1            20/60              667
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Sherrette A. Funn,
Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the 
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-28466 Filed 1-3-22; 8:45 am]
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