[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20869-20870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07461]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; National and Tribal
Evaluation of the 2nd Generation of the Health Profession Opportunity
Grants (OMB #0970-0462)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Program
provides healthcare occupational training for Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families recipients and other individuals with low incomes. The
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved various data
collection activities for the National and Tribal Evaluation of the 2nd
Generation of HPOG (HPOG 2.0 National and Tribal Evaluation) under OMB
#0970-0462. The Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Office
of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is now preparing to
conduct the HPOG 2.0 Long-Term Follow-Up Study of HPOG 2.0 participants
5\1/2\ years after study enrollment, using a long-term survey (LTS) and
administrative data. This notice provides a summary for public review
and comment of the use and burden associated with the LTS instrument.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing
[email protected]. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The HPOG 2.0 evaluation of non-tribal programs is
assessing the implementation and impacts of HPOG in non-tribal HPOG
programs and will include a cost-benefit analysis. Key participant
outcomes of interest include (but are not limited to) educational
progress, employment, and earnings.
The HPOG 2.0 Long-Term Follow-Up Study will use survey and
administrative data to estimate longer-term (approximately 5\1/2\ years
after random assignment) program impacts at the local and national
level and to explore characteristics of local programs that are
associated with more favorable outcomes. By extending data collection
to include an LTS, OPRE can address important unanswered questions for
policymakers and practitioners. The HPOG 2.0 LTS specifically will
provide insights into the long-term impacts of HPOG 2.0 for outcomes
that are not captured in administrative records, such as details about
educational experiences, characteristics of employment, self-
employment, and earnings from jobs not covered in administrative data,
receipt of public assistance, physical and mental well-being, and child
outcomes. There are two versions of the HPOG 2.0 LTS, the full version
(Instrument 21) and a shorter version with critical items of interest
only (Instrument 21a). Instrument 21a will be offered to reluctant
participants who would otherwise not complete the survey to help
maximize response rates and reduce item non-response for the most
critical outcomes in the study.
Respondents: HPOG impact study participants from the 27 non-tribal
HPOG 2.0 grantees (treatment and control group members) who enrolled
between September 2017 and January 2018.
Annual Burden Estimates: This request is specific to the HPOG 2.0
Long-Term Follow-Up Survey (LTS) (both the full and critical items only
versions). Currently approved materials and associated burden, which we
plan to continue to use can be found at: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAICList?ref_nbr=201904-0970-006.
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Number of
Number of responses per Avg. burden
Instrument respondents respondent per response Total burden Annual burden
(total over (total over (in hours) (in hours) (in hours)
request period) request period)
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Instrument 21a: HPOG 2.0 3,064 1 1 3,064 1,021
Long-Term Survey...........
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Instrument 21a: HPOG 2.0 541 1 0.33 179 60
Long-Term Survey Critical
Items Instrument...........
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Total................... 3,605 ................ .............. 3,243 1,081
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,081.
Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: Section 2008 of the Social Security Act as enacted by
section 5507 of the Affordable Care Act and section 413 of the Social
Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 613.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-07461 Filed 4-7-22; 8:45 am]
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