[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 130 (Friday, July 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40845-40846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14580]
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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 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 30 days of publication. OMB must make a
decision about 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 within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information 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
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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 2.0 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
respondents respondent Average burden Total burden Annual burden
Instrument (total over (total over per response (in hours) (in hours)
request request (in hours)
period) period)
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Instrument 21a: HPOG 2.0 Long- 3,064 1 1 3,064 1,021
Term Survey....................
Instrument 21a: HPOG 2.0 Long- 541 1 0.33 179 60
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.
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. 2022-14580 Filed 7-7-22; 8:45 am]
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