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comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Administration, 

Office of Planning, Research and 

Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant Promenade 

SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF 

Reports Clearance Officer. Email 

address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All 

requests should be identified by the title 

of the information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04441 Filed 3–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Title: The Evaluation and System 

Design for the Next Generation of HPOG 

Career Pathways Programs (HPOG Next 

Gen). 

OMB No.: New Collection. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is proposing information 

collection activities as part of the 

Evaluation and System Design for the 

Next Generation of Health Profession 

Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Career 

Pathways Programs (HPOG Next Gen). 

The goals of the HPOG Next Gen 

evaluation are to establish a data system 

for program management and evaluation 

and to design a study to assess the 

effectiveness of the new HPOG 

programs. The study also is intended to 

evaluate variation in participant impact 

that may be attributable to different 

HPOG program components. The impact 

study design will include a classic 

experiment in which eligible applicants 

for the non-Tribal HPOG program 

services will be randomly assigned to a 

treatment group offered participation in 

HPOG and a control group not offered 

the opportunity to enroll in HPOG. 

Both goals require collecting 

information from HPOG grantees on a 

regular basis. The information collection 

proposed is an internet-based collection 

of information from HPOG grantees on: 

(1) Baseline characteristics of both 

treatment group and control group 

sample members; (2) treatment group 

members’ program participation and 

patterns, and participant outputs and 

outcomes; and (3) program designs and 

operating characteristics. 

The universe of information 

collection proposed for HPOG Next Gen 

includes: 

1. A performance management system 

will collect information from all 

grantees on their programs and 

participants on a semi-annual basis over 

the grant period of performance. 

2. A brief baseline survey of eligible 

applicants to non-Tribal HPOG 

programs. 

Respondents: Participant level data to 

be collected by program staff in the 

approximately 40 grantee organizations 

(higher education institutions, 

workforce investment boards, private 

training institutions, nonprofit 

organizations, and tribal entities); 

individuals enrolled in HPOG 

interventions; and control group 

members. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Total 

number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

HPOG program performance report .................................. 120 40 2 31 .25 2,500 

A brief baseline survey of eligible applicants to non-Tribal 

HPOG programs ............................................................. 31,500 10,500 1 .5 5,250 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 7,750 

In compliance with the requirements 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447, 

Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. 

Email address: OPREinfocollection@

acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be 

identified by the title of the information 

collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments on (a) whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Karl Koerper, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04404 Filed 3–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; State 

Annual Long-Term Care Ombudsman 

Report and Instructions 

AGENCY: Administration for Community 

Living, Administration on Aging. 

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