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criteria to keep from being evicted; it 

should be given to the landlord, owner 

of the residential property, or other 

person who has a right to have the 

individual evicted or removed. The 

information collected will be limited to 

the signature of the tenant, lessee, or 

resident. The information will not be 

collected by CDC. 

As stated in the Supporting Statement 

for OMB Control Number 0920–1303, 

under the request for an emergency 

clearance, OIRA has waived the 60-day 

comment period. Because this collection 

is exceeding 60 days, CDC is seeking 

additional notice and comment. 

Estimated annual burden for Tenants, 

Lessees, or Residents who make a 

maximum of $99,000 annually is 

estimated to be 2,916,667 hours. There 

will be no anticipated costs to 

respondents other than time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondent Form Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Tenants, Lessees, or 

Residents.

DECLARATION UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE 

CONTROL AND PREVENTION’S TEMPORARY HALT IN EVICTIONS TO PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD OF COVID–19.

35,000,000 1 5/60 2,916,667 

Total ........................ .............................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ 2,916,667 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Lead, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2020–29232 Filed 1–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; OPRE Data Collection for the 

Next Generation of Enhanced 

Employment Strategies Project 

(Revision of a Currently Approved 

Collection—OMB #0970–0545) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, 

Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) within 

the Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF) is proposing revisions to 

data collection activities conducted for 

the Next Generation of Enhanced 

Employment Strategies (NextGen) 

Project, which is rigorously evaluating 

innovative interventions designed to 

promote employment and economic 

security among low-income individuals 

with complex challenges to 

employment. The project includes an 

experimental impact study, descriptive 

study, and cost study. The project is 

seeking clearance for changes to the 

previously approved Phase 1 

instruments, updates to the previously 

approved consent form, and clearance 

for a parent/guardian consent form and 

a youth assent form for use in 

evaluations of programs for youth. The 

project also seeks approval to use a 

subset of Phase 2 instruments with 

programs selected for inclusion in the 

project with some changes made to 

those instruments. The requested 

changes do not change the previously 

submitted burden estimates. 

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of 

publication. OMB is required to make a 

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: Copies of the proposed 

collection of information can be 

obtained and comments may be 

forwarded by emailing 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

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 NextGen Project will 

identify and test up to 10 innovative, 

promising employment interventions 

designed to help individuals facing 

complex challenges secure a pathway 

toward economic independence. In 

April 2020, OMB approved the new 

information collection request (ICR) for 

Phase 1 data collection instruments for 

the project (for more information, see 

materials at https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_

nbr=202012-0970-003). The first ICR 

included drafts of Phase 2 data 

collection instruments and associated 

burden estimates for initial review, 

information purposes, and public 

comment. We indicated that if a Phase 

2 instrument required revisions to tailor 

to specific programs selected for 

evaluation, we will submit as either a 

non-substantive change request or a 

revision with abbreviated public 

comment time, dependent on the level 

of changes and guidance provided by 

OMB. 

As the NextGen Project has engaged 

in assessing promising programs for 

inclusion in the study, we have gained 

knowledge that suggests necessary 

refinements to the Phase 1 instruments. 

In response to this knowledge and the 

2019 novel coronavirus disease 

(COVID–19) pandemic, we are seeking 

changes to the Phase 1 data collection 

instruments and the study’s informed 

consent form. We also seek clearance for 

a parent/guardian consent form and a 

youth assent form for use in evaluations 

of programs that serve youth, and 

approval to use two of the Phase 2 

instruments with minor revisions. 

Below are additional details regarding 

these requests and further information 

regarding the changes requested is 

available (Appendix Q). The requested 

changes do not change the previously 

submitted burden estimates. 

Informed Consent Form (Appendix A) 

We propose revisions to the study’s 

consent form to reflect recent study 

design changes, specifically to allow 

programs to share additional 

information about study participants 

(mental health diagnoses, referral 


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source, and contact information) to 

allow for a fuller description of the 

participants and to facilitate locating 

them for later data collections; to cover 

collecting administrative data for up to 

20 years after study enrollment, rather 

than 10 years, to allow for estimation of 

longer-term impacts on participants; to 

change the date through when SSA can 

conduct research on study participants, 

from 2028 to 2040, to account for study 

schedule delays due to COVID–19; and 

to include consent for recording of 

study interviews. We also made minor 

revisions requested by the project’s 

institutional review board. Lastly, we 

developed two additional consent forms 

(Appendix A.1) by adapting the study 

consent form—one to collect consent 

from parents/guardians of youth and 

one to collect assent from youth. 

Baseline Survey (Instrument 1) 

We propose changes to the baseline 

survey based on the study team’s 

ongoing assessment of promising 

programs. Changes include: 

• Minor revisions to the wording of 

some items, for clarity, and to skip 

patterns. 

• Modifications to the items about 

emergency support (B18 and B19) to ask 

how many people someone can turn to 

for help, to better measure social 

support outcomes. 

• Addition of items to collect 

information on social trust (B20, B21, 

and B22). 

• Revisions to current items and 

addition of a few items to collect data 

on variables that may predict 

employment outcomes for respondents 

that were recently released from jail or 

prison, specifically: 

Æ Revision to the item asking whether 

the respondent was ever convicted (C9) 

to collect number of convictions and 

addition of an item (C9a) to collect the 

number of felony convictions. 

Æ Revisions to collect more detail 

about parole or probation (C10). 

Æ Addition of an item (C10a) to 

collect the type of crime committed and 

an item to collect time spent in last 

incarceration (C12a). 

• Addition of items (C4b, C5a, C6e1, 

C6e2, C6r, C6s, D1a) to collect 

information on whether COVID–19 

posed specific challenges to 

employment for study participants and 

to ask if participants have been 

vaccinated against COVID–19 (D1a), as 

this is likely to be associated with 

employment outcomes. 

Identifying and Contact Information 

(Instrument 2) 

We propose changes to the identifying 

and contact information collection. 

Changes include: 

• Addition of the Center for 

Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale 

Revised (CESD–R, added as item B2) for 

use by one program under consideration 

for evaluation that uses the scale as a 

programmatic eligibility screening tool. 

The CESD–R will only display for this 

program to facilitate program intake; 

other programs will skip these items. 

The study team will maintain CESD–R 

scores for those who are eligible for the 

program and also consent to participate 

in the study (as noted in the consent 

form). 

• Addition of items (in item B3 and 

B4) that will only display for programs 

that work with school districts and/or 

youth to ask if a study applicant is in 

a prefilled school district, and obtain 

consent for being recorded, if such 

consent is required by the district. 

• Addition of a question (item B9) 

about the likelihood that the study 

participant will be assigned to a career 

navigator for programs that use this 

intervention. 

Service Receipt Tracking (Instrument 5) 

We request approval to use the Phase 

2 service receipt tracking instrument to 

collect information from most programs 

selected for the NextGen Project, with 

the following proposed changes: 

Inclusion of additional modes of service 

delivery; addition of in-person service 

locations; allowance of program-specific 

responses to how services were 

terminated; and tailoring for certain 

items’ response options to ensure 

service receipt data collection captures 

program-specific services. 

Semi-Structured Employer Discussion 

Guide (Instrument 9) 

We request approval to use the Phase 

2 employer discussion guide to collect 

information from all programs selected 

for the NextGen Project. We propose 

minor revisions to the instrument to add 

probes about changes to the employer’s 

relationship with the program as a result 

of the pandemic. 

Respondents: Program staff, program 

partners, employer staff, and 

individuals enrolled in the NextGen 

Project. Program staff and partners may 

include case managers, health 

professionals, workshop instructors, job 

developers, supervisors, managers, and 

administrators. Employers may include 

administrators, human resources staff, 

and worksite supervisors. 

Annual Burden Estimates 

The annual burden estimates for the 

instruments included in this request are 

presented below. All currently approved 

materials under OMB #0970–0545 and 

the associated burden can be found at 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202012-0970-003. 

Instrument Total number 

of respondents 

Annual 

number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

PHASE 1 

Baseline survey & identifying and contact information— 

participants ....................................................................... 10,000 3,333 1 0.42 1,400 

Baseline survey & identifying and contact information— 

staff ................................................................................... 200 67 50 0.42 1,400 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours, Phase 1: 2,800 

PHASE 2 ESTIMATES 

Service receipt tracking—staff ............................................. 200 67 250 0.08 1,340 

Semi-structured employer interviews—employers .............. 50 17 1 1.0 17 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours, Phase 2: 1,357 


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Authority: Section 413 of the Social 

Security Act, as amended by the FY 2017 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub. 

L. 115–31). 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2020–29234 Filed 1–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Variations in Implementation 

of Quality Interventions (VIQI) Project 

(OMB #0970–0508) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, 

Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS), is 

requesting a 3-year extension with 

changes to continue collecting data for 

the study Variations in Implementation 

of Quality Interventions (VIQI). In 

addition to extending data collection, 

OPRE proposes to update burden 

estimates to accommodate a different 

sample size of centers, administrators, 

teachers, and coaches; to revise data 

collection instruments and activities for 

the impact evaluation and process study 

in line with lessons learned during the 

pilot study; to add a second timepoint 

of data collection for the teacher reports 

to questions about children; to provide 

one new instrument to collect parent 

report of children’s skills and behaviors; 

and to provide one new instrument in 

anticipation of COVID–19 necessitating 

further information gathering to 

contextualize findings from the impact 

evaluation and process study. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

ACF is soliciting public comment on the 

specific aspects of the information 

collection described above. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed 

collection of information can be 

obtained and comments may be 

forwarded by emailing 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

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: Through the VIQI Project, 

OPRE aims to inform policymakers, 

practitioners, and stakeholders about 

effective ways to support the quality 

and effectiveness of early care and 

education (ECE) centers for promoting 

young children’s learning and 

development. The VIQI Project 

completed a pilot study in about 40 

centers in three metropolitan areas in 

2018–2019 that is informing a year-long 

impact evaluation and process study 

that involves testing the effectiveness of 

two curricular and professional 

development models aiming to 

strengthen the quality of classroom 

processes and children’s outcomes. The 

impact evaluation and process study is 

expected to begin in the fall of 2021 and 

will include about 140 communitybased and Head Start ECE centers 

spread across about 12 different 

metropolitan areas in the United States. 

The VIQI Project will consist of a 3- 

group experimental design where the 

initial quality and other characteristics 

of ECE centers are measured. For details 

about the study design, see the 

Supporting Statements at https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=202008- 

0970-009. 

In anticipation of changes to center 

characteristics due to COVID–19, annual 

burden estimates and instruments have 

been updated to accommodate a 

different sample size of centers, 

administrators, teachers, and coaches 

for the impact evaluation and process 

study. 

The previously approved data 

collection instruments for the impact 

evaluation and process study include 

the following: 

(1) Instruments for Screening and 

Recruitment of ECE Centers. We do not 

propose any changes to these materials; 

(2) Baseline Instruments. 

Modifications made to surveys remove 

items that showed little variation in the 

pilot study, edit item wording to 

increase clarity and ease of 

understanding, and add a few new items 

to capture new constructs of interest 

based upon the insights gained from the 

pilot study. The child assessment and 

classroom observation instruments have 

been updated to reflect the selected 

assessments and observations. We 

added an additional time point of data 

collection (baseline) for teacher reports 

on questions about children in the 

classroom and have added in questions 

about children’s academic skills. Parent/ 

guardian reports to questions about 

children have been added to gather 

information about children’s skills at 

the beginning of the impact evaluation 

and process study. Administrator/ 

teacher COVID–19 supplemental survey 

questions have been added to gather 

information about how the pandemic 

has changed typical center and 

classroom programming and 

functioning, if there is a need to 

contextualize findings from the impact 

evaluation and process study due to 

circumstances surrounding the COVID– 

19 pandemic at the time of data 

collection; 

(3) Follow-Up Instruments. 

Modifications made to surveys remove 

items that showed little variation in the 

pilot study, edit item wording to 

increase clarity and ease of 

understanding, and add a few new items 

to capture new constructs of interest 

based upon insights gained from the 

pilot study. The child assessment and 

classroom observation instruments have 

been updated to reflect the selected 

assessments and observations. We 

added in questions about children’s 

academic skills to the teacher reports on 

questions about children in the 

classroom. Parent/guardian reports to 

questions about children have been 

added to gather information about 

children’s skills at the end of the impact 

evaluation and process study; and 

(4) Fidelity of Implementation 

Instruments. Modifications to the Coach 

Log have been made to remove or 

consolidate items that showed little 

variation or proved less useful in the 

pilot study and to edit item wording to 

increase clarity and ease of 

understanding. 

Respondents: Staff members working 

in Head Start grantee and communitybased child care oversight agencies, staff 

members working in about 140 ECE 

centers in about 12 metropolitan areas 

across the United States, and parents 

and children being served in these 

centers. 


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