[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80302-80303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22719]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No: SSA-2024-0037]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

    The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of 
information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law 104-13, the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice 
includes revisions of OMB-approved information collections.
    SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden 
estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to 
enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden 
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology. Mail, email, or fax your 
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the 
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following 
addresses or fax numbers.

(OMB) Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA
(SSA) Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance 
Director, Mail Stop 3253 Altmeyer, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 
21235, Fax: 833-410-1631, Email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fdb2afd3af988d928f898ed3be91989c8f9c939e98bd8e8e9cd39a928b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="622d304c3007120d1016114c210e070310030c0107221111034c050d14">[email protected]</span></a>.

    Or you may submit your comments online through https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAmain by clicking on Currently under 
Review--Open for Public Comments and choosing to click on one of SSA's 
published items. Please reference Docket ID Number [SSA-2024-0037] in 
your submitted response.
    SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for 
clearance. Your comments regarding these information collections would 
be most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of 
this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive 
them no later than November 1, 2024. Individuals can obtain copies of 
these OMB clearance packages by writing to the 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3d726f136f584d524f494e137e51585c4f5c535e587d4e4e5c135a524b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a657804784f5a45585e590469464f4b584b44494f6a59594b044d455c">[email protected]</span></a>.

Background

    The Social Security Administration (SSA) is requesting clearance to 
collect data necessary to evaluate the Youth Transition Exploration 
Demonstration (YTED) under the Interventional Cooperative Agreement 
Program (ICAP). SSA awarded its second set of cooperative agreements 
for ICAP on December 22, 2022. ICAP allows SSA to partner with various 
non-federal groups and organizations to advance interventional research 
connected to the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security 
Disability Insurance (SSDI) programs. SSA awarded Mathematica a 
cooperative agreement to lead the YTED, which will help youth with 
disabilities transition successfully into the adult labor force and 
competitive, integrated employment. In addition, Mathematica is 
partnering with the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation 
(OVR) to recruit youth and deliver intervention services and the 
University of Maryland's Center for Transition and Career Innovation 
(UMD) to provide training and technical assistance to OVR.

YTED Project Description

    YTED will provide SSA with empirical evidence on the impact of the 
intervention on youth in several outcome areas: (1) employment and 
earnings; (2) SSI and SSDI benefit receipt; and (3) other related 
outcomes, such as satisfaction and well-being. A rigorous evaluation of 
YTED is important to help SSA and other interested parties assess 
promising options to improve employment-related outcomes and decrease 
benefit receipts. Mathematica is directing YTED and evaluating it via a 
randomized controlled trial. OVR will recruit 700 youth into YTED over 
a two-year period. Potential enrollees include all residents in the 
city of Philadelphia and the surrounding four counties in Pennsylvania 
(Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery) ages 16 to 24 who qualify 
for vocational rehabilitation (VR) services; have never signed an 
individualized plan for employment with OVR; and are capable of giving 
informed consent or assent. Once

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enrolled, youth assigned to the control group will remain eligible for 
standard VR services and receive information about how to apply to OVR. 
Youth assigned to the treatment group will open a case with OVR and 
receive enhanced Transition Exploration (TE) services. Treatment group 
members will receive services from a specially trained OVR counselor 
called a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor-YTED (VRC-YTED) for up to 
12 months. Key enhanced services provided by a VRC-YTED will include 
career goal development, referral to intensive training programs, 
referral to other employment-related resources, and intensive 
engagement and follow up. As part of the TE intervention, OVR will 
develop strong collaborative relationships with intensive training 
programs like Job Corps and Year Up to facilitate seamless referrals 
and cooperation. OVR will also provide counseling on SSI, SSDI, and 
other benefits with a goal of helping youth to access them temporarily 
while pursuing full-time work. The respondents are youth with 
disabilities who qualify and who are selected by SSA to enroll in YTED.
    Correction Notice: SSA published this information collection as 
Transition Exploration Demonstration (TED), on June 29, 2024, at 89 FR 
53472. We are changing the name of the information collection to Youth 
Transition Exploration Demonstration (YTED).

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                                                                                          Average burden                      Average      Total annual
         Modality of completion              Number of     Frequency of    Total number    per response    Total annual     theoretical     opportunity
                                            respondents      response     of respondents   (in minutes)   burden (hours)   hourly cost *      cost **
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Informed consent form and release form..             700               1             700              10             117         * $7.25         ** $848
Baseline survey.........................             700               1             700              15             175          * 7.25        ** 1,269
12-month follow-up survey...............             560               1             560              20             187          * 7.25        ** 1,356
Qualitative data collection with site                 18               2              36              68              41         * 31.48        ** 1,291
 staff..................................
Qualitative data collection with                       4               3              12              45               9          * 7.25           ** 65
 treatment group members................
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    Total...............................           1,982  ..............           2,008  ..............             529  ..............        ** 4,829
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* We based this figure on the average minimum wage, as reported by Pennsylvania's Current data at Department of Labor & Industry data (https://www.dli.pa.gov/Individuals/Labor-ManagementRelations/llc/Pages/Wage-FAQs.aspx).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
  these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
  respondents to complete the application.


    Dated: September 27, 2024.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-22719 Filed 10-1-24; 8:45 am]
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