32128 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 133 / Wednesday, July 11, 2018 / Notices 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Acting Chief, Information Collection Review 

Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office 

of the Associate Director for Science, Office 

of the Director, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14797 Filed 7–10–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: Evaluation of the Family 

Unification Program. 

OMB No.: New Collection. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) is 

proposing an information collection 

activity to assess the impact, through 

rigorous evaluation, of participation in 

the Family Unification Program (FUP) 

on child welfare involvement and child 

maltreatment. The Department of 

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 

funds and administers FUP. Through 

the program, vouchers are provided to 

families for whom the lack of adequate 

housing is a primary factor in (a) the 

imminent placement of the family’s 

child, or children, in out-of-home care 

or (b) the delay in the discharge of the 

child, or children, to the family from 

out-of-home-care. The program aims to 

prevent children’s placement in out-ofhome care, promote family reunification 

for children placed in out-of-home care, 

and decrease new reports of abuse and 

neglect. Vouchers may also be provided 

to youth transitioning from foster care 

who do not have adequate housing, 

although this population is not the focus 

of this evaluation. 

The evaluation will contribute to 

understanding the effects of FUP on 

project participants’ child welfare 

involvement. The evaluation will be 

conducted in approximately ten sites, 

with random assignment of FUP-eligible 

families to program and control groups. 

The evaluation consists of both an 

impact study and an implementation 

study. Data collection for the impact 

study will be exclusively through 

administrative data. Data collection for 

the implementation study will be 

through site visits and collection of 

program data. Data collection activities 

will span 3 years. 

Implementation study data collection 

will occur at three points in time: (1) 

Prior to the implementation (‘‘first site 

visit’’), (2) 6–9 months into the 

implementation (‘‘second site visit’’, 

and (3) 18–21 months into 

implementation (‘‘third site visit’’). 

Semi-structured interviews will be 

conducted with agency/organization 

management (first and second site 

visits) and FUP management (second 

and third site visits), and focus groups 

will be conducted with front-line staff 

(second and third site visits). In 

addition, semi-structured interviews 

will be conducted with parents (second 

and third site visits). Program data, 

collected using a housing status form, a 

referral form and questionnaires about 

housing assistance and other services, 

will be completed by frontline staff. 

FUP management staff will complete an 

online randomization tool and a form 

(‘‘dashboard’’) to facilitate monitoring of 

the evaluation. 

This evaluation is part of a larger 

project to help ACF build the evidence 

base in child welfare through rigorous 

evaluation of programs, practices, and 

policies. It will also contribute to HUD’s 

understanding of how housing can serve 

as a platform for improving quality of 

life. 

Respondents: Public housing 

authority staff, public child welfare 

agency staff, Continuums of Care (CoC) 

staff, other service provider staff, and 

the parent of families housed using FUP 

vouchers. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Total 

number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hour 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

Guide for Recruitment with PHA and PCWA Administrators .................................................................................... 30 10 1 1.00 10 

Guide to Develop an Evaluation Plan for PCWA FUP 

Management ..................................................................... 10 4 1 1.00 4 

Guide to Develop an Evaluation Plan for PHA FUP Management ............................................................................ 10 4 1 1.00 4 

Guide for Implementation Study for PCWA Management .. 10 4 1 1.00 4 

Guide for Implementation Study for PHA Management ...... 10 4 1 1.00 4 

Guide for Implementation Study for CoC Management ...... 10 4 1 1.00 4 

Guide for Implementation Study for Referral Provider Administrators ....................................................................... 14 5 1 1.00 5 

Guide for Implementation Study with PCWA FUP Management (Second) .................................................................. 10 4 1 1.00 4 

Guide for Implementation Study for PHA FUP Management .................................................................................. 10 4 1 1.00 4 

Guide for Implementation Study Focus Groups with PHA 

Frontline Workers ............................................................. 30 10 1 1.50 15 

Guide for Implementation Study for Parents (Second, 

Third) ................................................................................ 120 40 1 1.50 60 

Guide for Implementation Study Focus Groups with Frontline Workers ..................................................................... 440 147 1 1.50 221 

Guide for Implementation Study for PCWA FUP Management (Third) ...................................................................... 10 4 1 1.00 4 

Guide for Implementation Study for Service Provider Management ............................................................................ 18 6 1 1.00 6 

Housing Status Form ........................................................... 616 206 31 0.04 255 

Referral Form ....................................................................... 200 67 6 0.17 68 

Randomization Tool ............................................................. 10 4 106 0.02 9 

Housing Assistance Questionnaire ...................................... 200 67 3 0.09 18 

Ongoing Services Questionnaire ......................................... 200 67 3 0.09 18 

Dashboard ............................................................................ 20 7 27 0.17 32 


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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued 

Total 

number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hour 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

Administrative Data List ....................................................... 30 10 2 5.00 100 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 849. 

Additional Information: Copies of the 

proposed collection may 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 should be identified by the 

title of the information collection. Email 

address: OPREinfocollection@

acf.hhs.gov. 

OMB Comment: 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. 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: OIRA_

SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV. Attn: 

Desk Officer for the Administration for 

Children and Families. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14792 Filed 7–10–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review: Updates 

to Approved Information Collection 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation; ACF; HHS. 

ACTION: Public comment request. 

Title: Evaluation of Employment 

Coaching for TANF and Other LowIncome Populations (0970–0506). 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) is 

proposing an increase in the number of 

sites for data collection activities to be 

conducted as part of the Evaluation of 

Employment Coaching for TANF and 

Other Low-Income Populations. The 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs approved this 

information collection in March 2018 

(0970–0506). As approved, we planned 

to include three employment programs. 

We have since identified three 

additional employment programs to 

include in the study. This Notice 

provides the opportunity for public 

comment on the addition of three sites. 

This study will provide an 

opportunity to learn more about the 

potential of coaching to help clients 

achieve self-sufficiency and other 

desired employment-related outcomes. 

The programs included in the study 

are Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families (TANF) agencies and other 

public or private employment programs 

that serve low-income individuals. 

Selected sites include a robust coaching 

component and have the capacity to 

conduct a rigorous impact evaluation, 

among other criteria. This study will 

provide information on whether 

coaching helps people obtain and retain 

jobs, advance in their careers, move 

toward self-sufficiency, and improve 

their overall well-being. To meet these 

objectives, this study includes an 

impact and implementation study. 

The impact study involves 

participants being randomly assigned to 

either a ‘‘program group,’’ who will be 

paired with a coach, or to a ‘‘control 

group,’’ who will not be paired with a 

coach. The effectiveness of the coaching 

will be determined by differences 

between members of the program and 

control groups in outcomes such as 

obtaining and retaining employment, 

earnings, measures of self-sufficiency, 

and measures of self-regulation. 

The implementation study will 

document coaching practices, describe 

lessons learned from implementing 

coaching, and enhance interpretation of 

the impact study findings. 

The proposed information collection 

activities have not changed since OMB/ 

OIRA approval. The only change to this 

information collection is to add three 

additional sites. 

Respondents: Program staff and 

individuals enrolled in the Evaluation 

of Employment Coaching for TANF and 

Other Low-Income Populations. 

Program staff may include coaches, case 

managers, workshop instructors, job 

developers, supervisors, and managers. 

All participants will be able to opt out 

of participating in the data collection 

activities. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Original 

request: 

Total number 

of respondents 

Updated 

request: 

Total number 

of respondents 

Updated 

request: 

Annual 

number 

of respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Updated 

request: 

Annual 

burden hours 

Baseline data collection—study participants ..................................................... 6,000 6,000 2,000 1 .33 660 

Baseline data collection—staff ................. 60 60 20 100 .33 660 

First follow-up survey ............................... 2,400 4,800 1,600 1 1 1,600 

Semi-structured staff interviews ............... 66 132 44 1 1.5 66 

Staff survey .............................................. 48 96 32 1 .75 24 

In-depth participant interviews ................. 24 48 16 1 2.5 40 

Staff reports of program service receipt .. 30 60 20 5,200 .03 3,120 

Video recordings of coaching sessions ... 27 54 18 10 .1 18 


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