Notice2021-13468
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Evaluation of LifeSet (New Collection)
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Published
June 24, 2021
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a new information collection activity to assess the impact and implementation of LifeSet, a program that provides services and supports to young adults ages 17 to 21 with previous child welfare involvement. Data collection efforts will include accessing administrative data from the child welfare agency, program, and other private and governmental databases; surveys of young adults (participants and those receiving services as usual); interviews and focus groups with program and child welfare agency administrators and staff; interviews and focus groups with young adult program participants; and interviews with other program stakeholders.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 119 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33302-33303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13468]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Evaluation of LifeSet
(New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration
for Children and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a new
information collection activity to assess the impact and implementation
of LifeSet, a program that provides services and supports to young
adults ages 17 to 21 with previous child welfare involvement. Data
collection efforts will include accessing administrative data from the
child welfare agency, program, and other private and governmental
databases; surveys of young adults (participants and those receiving
services as usual); interviews and focus groups with program and child
welfare agency administrators and staff; interviews and focus groups
with young adult program participants; and interviews with other
program stakeholders.
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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The proposed information collection activity is the
first phase of a larger study that intends to assess the impact and
implementation of LifeSet, a program that provides services and
supports to young adults ages 17 to 21 with previous child welfare
involvement. The program aims to support young adults in their
transition from foster care to independent living in the areas of
education, employment and earnings, housing and economic well-being,
social support, well-being, health and safety, and criminal
involvement. It focuses on helping young adults identify and achieve
their goals while developing the skills necessary for independent
living.
The impact study will assess the effects of young adults'
participation in LifeSet on outcomes in the primary (i.e.,
confirmatory) domains of education and employment, housing stability,
social support, and well-being. These outcomes have been identified by
the implementing agency as the main areas they expect to target for
positive program impacts. In addition, the impact study will explore
the effects of participation in the secondary (i.e., exploratory)
domains of mental health, criminal justice system contact, intimate
partner violence, and economic well-being. The study will utilize a
randomized controlled design. Information collection activities will
take place over three years and will include collection of
administrative data from the state child welfare agency, the program
developer, the local program provider agencies, the National Student
Clearinghouse, unemployment insurance and employer wage records, the
National Directory of New Hires, the state homelessness management
information system, the state department of corrections, the state
juvenile justice commission, the state court probation services
division, and the state department of human services division of family
development, as well as survey interviews with program participants and
young adults receiving services as usual.
The implementation study will collect information through phone
calls and site visits to the participating program and child welfare
agency. Information collection activities include interviews and focus
groups with administrators and staff from the program developer, child
welfare agency, and program providers.
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. The activities and products from this project
will contribute to evidence building in child welfare and help to
determine the effectiveness of a program for youth formerly in foster
care on young adult outcomes.
Respondents: Program participants, young adults receiving services
as usual, agency and program administrators and staff, other program
stakeholders.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Average burden Total burden Annual burden
Instrument Respondents (total over (total over per response (in hours) (in hours)
request request (in hours)
period) period)
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Site Visit 1 Interview Guide for Child Welfare Agency 22 1 1 22 7
Administrators. Administrators.
Licensed LifeSet Experts
Provider Agency
Administrators.
LifeSet Developer
Administrators.
Site Visit 2 Interview Guide for Child Welfare Agency 22 1 1 22 7
Administrators. Administrators.
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Licensed LifeSet Experts
Provider Agency
Administrators.
LifeSet Developer
Administrators.
Site Visit 2 Focus Group Guide for Staff.. LifeSet Specialists......... 12 1 1.5 18 6
LifeSet Team Supervisors....
Baseline Youth Survey..................... Youth Formerly in Foster 600 1 0.6 360 120
Care.
Administrative data file.................. Agency and Program Staff.... 12 1 5 60 20
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 160.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 677.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-13468 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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