[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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