[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21924-21926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07873]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That 
Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities 
(SUPPORT) Act Grants Evaluation, New Collection

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation 
Office, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a 
preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and 
federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95). This program helps to ensure that 
requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden 
(time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are 
clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on 
respondents is properly assessed. Currently, the Department of Labor is 
soliciting comments concerning the collection of data about the SUPPORT 
Act Grant Program Evaluation. A copy of the proposed Information 
Collection Request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office 
listed below in the addressee section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
ADDRESSES section below on or before June 13, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following 
methods:

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    Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Kuang-chi 
Chang, Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-
2312, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210.
    Instructions: Please submit one copy of your comments by only one 
method. All submissions received must include the agency name and OMB 
Control Number identified above for this information collection. 
Comments, including any personal information provided, become a matter 
of public record. They will also be summarized and/or included in the 
request for OMB approval of the information collection request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kuang-chi Chang by email at 
[email protected] or by phone at (202)693-5992.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) in partnership with the 
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is sponsoring an 
implementation evaluation of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that 
Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities 
(SUPPORT) Act Grants. The implementation evaluation will inform program 
administrators and practitioners on innovative practices and 
implementation challenges in providing services that address both 
employment and treatment needs for people with substance use disorders 
(SUDs). This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to 
comment on proposed data collection instruments that will be used in 
the implementation evaluation. The proposed information collection 
activity consists of:
    1. Data collection planning interviews. Interviews with grantees 
and sub-grantees will be used to obtain background information for 
planning site visits to grantees and sub-grantees, identify partners to 
participate in the site visits, and identify key areas of interest for 
implementation learning activities.
    2. Web-based surveys. The surveys will collect information from 
grantees about key relationships for program implementation that will 
be used for a social network analysis. The surveys will collect 
consistent information from sub-grantees about local implementation of 
grant-funded services across all sub-grantees. It will also collect 
information from community and employer partners about their 
involvement in grant-funded services, employer engagement, and 
relationships with the sub-grantee and other partners.
    3. Implementation study site visits. Site visits will document the 
program context, program organization and staffing, program components, 
and other relevant aspects of grant activities. During the visits, site 
teams will interview key grantee administrators and staff, sub-grantee 
program managers and staff, and key community and employer partners 
using a modular interview guide that will be tailored for each 
respondent.
    4. In-depth participant interviews. During implementation study 
site visits, site teams will interview program participants to learn 
about their experiences and attitudes about the SUPPORT Act grant-
funded programs. Participants will also complete a brief participant 
information form to document demographic information about those 
responding to interviews.
    5. Final reflection interviews. Approximately one year after site 
visits, grantee and sub-grantee program managers will be interviewed 
about changes to implementation, sustainability of grant-funded 
services, and to reflect on implementation learning activities.
    Much of this data collection will occur during site visits to each 
grantee and selected sub-grantees. Surveys will be web-based and the 
data collection planning interviews and final reflection interviews 
will be conducted via video-conference.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

    Currently, the Department of Labor is soliciting comments 
concerning the above data collection for the SUPPORT Act Grants 
Evaluation. DOL is particularly interested in comments that do the 
following:
    [cir] Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
    [cir] evaluate the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate of the 
proposed information collection, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions;
    [cir] enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    [cir] minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology--for example, permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.

III. Current Actions

    At this time, the Department of Labor is requesting clearance for 
the data collection planning interviews, web-based surveys, 
implementation study site visits, in-depth participant interviews, and 
final reflection interviews.
    Type of Review: New information collection request.
    OMB Control Number: 1290-0NEW.
    Affected Public: SUPPORT Act grantee and sub-grantee staff, sub-
grantee partners involved in providing training, employment, and 
treatment and recovery services, and SUPPORT Act grant program 
participants.
    Comments submitted in response to this request will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

                                          Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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                                                                                  Average burden
    Type of instrument (form/        Number of       Number of     Total number      time per        Estimated
            activity)               respondents    responses per   of responses      response      burden hours
                                                    respondent                        (hours)
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Interview Guide for Data                   \1\ 4               1               2               1               2
 Collection Planning--Grantee
 Director.......................
Interview Guide for Data                   \1\ 8               1               4             1.5             6.5
 Collection Planning--Sub-
 grantee Director...............
Survey--Grantee Director........           \2\ 4               1               2             0.5               1
Survey--Sub-grantee Director....          \2\ 18               1               9               1               9
Survey--Sub-Grantee Community             \2\ 72               1              36             0.5              18
 Partner........................
Survey--Sub-Grantee Employer              \2\ 18               1               9             0.5             4.5
 Partner........................
Interview Guide--Grantee                   \3\ 4               1               2             1.5               3
 Director.......................
Interview Guide--Grantee Staff..          \3\ 16               1               8               1               8
Interview Guide--Sub-grantee               \4\ 8               1               4             1.5               6
 Director.......................
Interview Guide--Sub-grantee              \4\ 40               1              20               1              20
 Staff..........................

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Interview Guide--Sub-grantee              \4\ 24               1              12               1              12
 Community Partner..............
Interview Guide--Sub-Grantee               \4\ 8               1               4               1               4
 Employer Partner...............
In-depth Participant Interview            \5\ 40               1              20             .12             2.4
 Consent Form...................
In-depth Participant Interview            \5\ 40               1              20               1              20
 Guide..........................
Participant Interview                     \5\ 40               1              20             .12             2.4
 Information Form...............
Final Reflection Interview                 \6\ 4               1               2             1.5               3
 Guide--Grantee Director........
Final Reflection Interview                 \6\ 8               1               4             1.5               6
 Guide--Sub-grantee Director....
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    Total.......................             356  ..............             178  ..............           127.8
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\1\ Assumes planning interviews with 4 grantees and the 8 sub-grantees selected for site visits.
\2\ Assumes survey responses for 4 grantees, 18 sub-grantees, 4 community partners per sub-grantee, and 1
  employer partner per sub-grantee.
\3\ Assumes site visits to 4 grantees, which include 4 grantee director interviews and 4 staff interviews per
  grantee.
\4\ Assumes site visits to 8 sub-grantees, which include 8 sub-grantee director interviews, 5 staff interviews
  per sub-grantee, 3 community partners and 1 employer partner per sub-grantee.
\5\ Assumes 5 in-depth participant interviews per 8 sub-grantees.
\6\ Assumes final reflection interviews with 4 grantees and 8 sub-grantees.


Christina Yancey,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2022-07873 Filed 4-12-22; 8:45 am]
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