Submission for OMB Review; National and Tribal Evaluation of the 2nd Generation of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (OMB #0970-0462)
| Published date | 23 April 2019 |
| Citation | 84 FR 16870 |
| Record Number | 2019-08163 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Children And Families Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 78 (Tuesday, April 23, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16870-16872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08163]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; 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 Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing data
collection activities as part of the Health Profession Opportunity
Grants (HPOG) to Serve TANF Recipients and Other Low Income
Individuals. ACF has developed a multi-pronged research and evaluation
approach for the HPOG Program to better understand and assess the
activities conducted and their results. Two rounds of HPOG grants have
been awarded--the first in 2010 (HPOG 1.0) and the second in 2015 (HPOG
2.0). There are federal evaluations associated with each round of
grants. HPOG grants provide funding to government agencies, community-
based organizations, post-secondary educational institutions, and
tribal-affiliated organizations to provide education and training
services to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients
and other low-income individuals, including tribal members. Under HPOG
2.0, ACF provided grants to five tribal-affiliated organizations and 27
non-tribal entities. OMB previously approved data collection under OMB
Control Number 0970-0462 for the HPOG 2.0 National and Tribal
Evaluation. The first submission, approved in August 2015, included
baseline data collection instruments and the grant performance
management system. A second submission, approved in June 2017, included
additional data collection for the National Evaluation impact study,
the National Evaluation descriptive study, and the Tribal Evaluation. A
third submission for National Evaluation impact study data collection
was approved in June 2018. The proposed data collection activities
described in this Federal Register Notice will provide data for the
impact, descriptive, and cost benefit studies of the 27 non-tribal
grantees participating in the National Evaluation of HPOG 2.0.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB is required to
make a
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decision concerning 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 directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget Paperwork Reduction Project Email:
[email protected] Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration
for Children and Families.
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by emailing
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation pertains only to the
27 non-tribal grantees that received HPOG 2.0 funding. The design for
the National Evaluation features an impact study, a descriptive study,
and a cost benefit study. The National Evaluation is using an
experimental design to measure and analyze key participant outcomes
including completion of education and training, receipt of certificates
and/or degrees, earnings, and employment in a healthcare career. The
impact evaluation will assess the outcomes for study participants that
were offered HPOG 2.0 training, financial assistance, and support
services, compared to outcomes for a control group that were not
offered HPOG 2.0 services. ACF and the study team estimates that the
non-tribal grantees will randomize about 40,000 applicants. As detailed
in the burden estimates below, the study team will only survey a subset
of those randomized. The goal of the descriptive study is to describe
and assess the implementation, systems change, outcomes, and other
important information about the operations of the 27 non-tribal HPOG
grantees, which are operating 38 distinct programs. To achieve these
goals, it is necessary to collect data about the non-tribal HPOG
programs' design and implementation, HPOG partner and program networks,
the composition and intensity of HPOG services received by
participants, participant characteristics and HPOG experiences, and
participant outputs and outcomes. The cost benefit study will estimate
the costs of providing the HPOG 2.0 programs and compare the costs with
gains in participant employment and earnings measured in the impact
analysis. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to collect information
from the 38 HPOG 2.0 programs on the cost of providing education and
training and associated services. This Notice provides the opportunity
to comment on proposed new information collection activities for the
HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation's impact, descriptive, and cost-benefit
studies.
The information collection activities to be submitted in the
request package include:
1. Screening Interview to identify respondents for the HPOG 2.0
National Evaluation descriptive study second-round telephone
interviews.
2. HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation descriptive study second-round
telephone interview guide for program management, staff, partners, and
stakeholders. These interviews will confirm or update information
collected in a first round of calls, approved in June 2017. The second
round interviews will update or confirm any new information about the
HPOG program context and about program administration, activities and
services, partner and stakeholder roles and networks, and respondent
perceptions of the program's strengths.
3. HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation descriptive study program operator
interview guide will collect information for the systems study from
HPOG 2.0 programs operators. These interviews will collect information
on how local service delivery systems (i.e., the economic and service
delivery environment in which specific HPOG 2.0 programs operate) may
have influenced HPOG program design and implementation and how HPOG 2.0
implementation may have influenced these local systems.
4. HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation descriptive study partner interview
guide will collect information for the systems study from HPOG 2.0
partner organizations.
5. HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation descriptive study participant in-
depth interview guide will collect qualitative information about the
experiences of treatment group members participating in HPOG 2.0
program services.
6. Intermediate Follow-up Survey for the HPOG 2.0 National
Evaluation impact study will collect information from both treatment
and control group members at the 27 non-tribal grantees, approximately
36 months after baseline data collection and random assignment.
(Instrument 18_HPOG 2.0 Intermediate Follow-up
Survey_10172018_FINAL.doc)
7. HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation impact study instrument for a Pilot
Study of Phone-Based Skills Assessment will collect information from
HPOG 2.0 study participants in a subset of non-tribal grantee programs.
The phone-based questionnaire will pilot an assessment of respondents'
literacy and numeracy skills to inform the selection of survey
questions for inclusion in the intermediate follow-up survey.
8. HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation Program Cost Survey will collect
information from program staff at the 27 non-tribal grantees to support
the cost-benefit study.
At this time, the Department does not foresee the need for any
subsequent requests for clearance for the HPOG 2.0 National and Tribal
Evaluations.
Respondents: HPOG impact study participants from the 27 non-tribal
HPOG 2.0 grantees (treatment and control group); HPOG program managers;
HPOG program staff; and representatives of partner agencies and
stakeholders, including support service providers, educational and
vocational training partners, Workforce Investment Boards, and TANF
agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number Number of Average
Instrument Total number of responses per burden hours Annual burden
of respondents respondents respondent per response hours
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Screening interview to identify 38 13 1 .5 7
respondents for the HPOG 2.0
National Evaluation descriptive
study second-round telephone
interviews.....................
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HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation 190 63 1 1.25 79
descriptive study second round
telephone interview protocol...
HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation 16 5 1 1.25 6
descriptive study program
operator interview guide.......
HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation 112 37 1 1 37
descriptive study partner
interview guide................
HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation 140 47 1 1.33 63
descriptive study participant
in-depth interview guide.......
Intermediate follow-up survey 4,000 1,333 1 1 1,333
for the HPOG 2.0 National
Evaluation impact study........
HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation 300 100 1 .75 75
impact study instrument for a
Pilot Study of Phone-Based
Skills Assessment..............
HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation 38 13 1 7 91
program cost survey............
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,691.
Authority: Section 2008 of the Social Security Act as enacted by
Section 5507 of the Affordable Care Act.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-08163 Filed 4-22-19; 8:45 am]
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