[Federal Register: August 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 161)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: DHHS/ACF/ASPE/DOL Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ
Demonstration and Evaluation: Rhode Island 36-Month Data Collection.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ
Demonstration and Evaluation Project (HtE) seeks to learn what services
improve the employment prospects of low-income persons who face serious
obstacles to steady work. The project is sponsored by the Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), both within the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), and the U.S. Department of Labor
(DOL).
The HtE project is a multi-year, multi-site evaluation that employs
and experimental longitudinal research design to test four strategies
aimed at promoting employment among hard-to-employ populations. The
four include: (1) Intensive care management and job services program
for Rhode Island Medicaid recipients with serious depression; (2) job
readiness training, worksite placements, job coaching, job development
and other training opportunities for recent parolees in New York City;
(3) pre-employment services and transitional employment for long-term
participants receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF);
and (4) two-generational Early Head Start (EHS) services providing
enhanced self-sufficiency services for parents, parent skills training,
and high-quality child care for children in low-income families in
Kansas and Missouri.
The purpose of this document is to request public comment on the
proposed 36-month participant survey in Rhode Island for participating
parents and their children.
The follow-up survey and direct child assessments at the 36-month
follow-up in Rhode Island will be used for the following purposes:
Detecting the long-term effects of a telephonic care management
intervention on parents' depression and general health, as well as
their employment, income, and earnings; detecting effects of a
telephonic care management intervention for parents' depression on
parents' parenting and on children's health, behavior, and development
over time, and determining the extent to which long-term intervention
effects on children's development can be attributed to changes in their
parents' depressive symptomatology that result from the intervention.
Respondents: The respondents to these follow-up surveys will be
low-income parents from the Rhode Island site currently participating
in the HtE Project, and some of their children.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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RI 36-month, parent survey...................... 400 1 .75 300.00
RI 36-month, youth survey....................... 298 1 .75 223.50
RI 36-month, direct child assessment............ 164 1 .75 123.00
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 646.50.
Additional Information
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Administration,
Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests
should be identified by the title of the information collection. E-mail
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of informatino 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. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202-395-
6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and
Families.
Dated: August 15, 2007.
Brendan Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-4062 Filed 8-20-07; 8:45 am]
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