Notice2022-03669
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Behavioral Interventions To Advance Self-Sufficiency Next Generation
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Published
February 22, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to extend approval of the ACF Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency Next Generation (BIAS-NG) Project Overarching Generic (OMB #: 0970-0502; Expiration date: 8/31/ 2022). Under this overarching generic, ACF collects data as part of rapid cycle testing and evaluation, in order to inform the design of interventions informed by behavioral science and to better understand the mechanisms and effects of such interventions. Interventions have been and will continue to be developed in the program area domains of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), child welfare, and Early Head Start/Head Start (EHS/HS). These interventions are intended to improve outcomes for participants in these programs. No changes are proposed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9629-9630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03669]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
OMB No. 0970-0502
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Behavioral
Interventions To Advance Self-Sufficiency Next Generation
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), requests Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval to extend approval of the ACF Behavioral
Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency Next Generation (BIAS-NG)
Project Overarching Generic (OMB #: 0970-0502; Expiration date: 8/31/
2022). Under this overarching generic, ACF collects data as part of
rapid cycle testing and evaluation, in order to inform the design of
interventions informed by behavioral science and to better understand
the mechanisms and effects of such interventions. Interventions have
been and will continue to be developed in the program area domains of
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), child welfare, and
Early Head Start/Head Start (EHS/HS). These interventions are intended
to improve outcomes for participants in these programs. No changes are
proposed.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdf2edeff8d4d3dbd2ded2d1d1d8dec9d4d2d3fddcdedb93d5d5ce93dad2cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c986999b8ca0a7afa6aaa6a5a5acaabda0a6a789a8aaafe7a1a1bae7aea6bf">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: OPRE is conducting the BIAS-NG project, which uses
behavioral insights to design and test interventions intended to
improve the efficiency, operations, and efficacy of human services
programs. The BIAS-NG project is applying and testing behavioral
insights to ACF programs including TANF, Child Welfare, and EHS/HS.
This notice is a request for comments on ACF's proposal to extend
approval of the overarching generic. Under the approved pilot generic
clearance, OPRE has already completed work with five sites and has
conducted five tests. The extended approval would allow OPRE to
continue to work with at least three additional sites, conducting one
or more tests of behavioral interventions. The design and testing of
BIAS-NG interventions is rapid and, to the extent possible, iterative.
Each specific intervention is designed in consultation with agency
leaders and launched as quickly as possible. To maximize the likelihood
that the intervention produces measurable, significant, and positive
effects on outcomes of interest, rapid cycle evaluation techniques will
be employed in which proximate outcomes will be measured to allow the
research team to more quickly iterate and adjust the intervention
design, informing subsequent tests. Due to the rapid and iterative
nature of this work, OPRE sought and received generic clearance to
conduct this research. Following standard OMB requirements for generic
clearances, once instruments requiring burden are tailored to a
specific site and the site's intervention, OPRE submits an individual
generic information collection request under this umbrella clearance.
Each request includes the individual instrument(s), a justification
specific to the individual information collection, a description of the
proposed intervention, and any supplementary documents. Each specific
information collection includes up to two submissions--one submission
for the formative stage research and another submission for any further
data
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collection requiring burden during the testing phase. The type of
information to be collected and the uses of the information is
described in the supporting statements, found here: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=201707-0970-005">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=201707-0970-005</a>.
Respondents: (1) Program Administrators, (2) Program Staff, and (3)
Program Clients.
Annual Burden Estimates
[TANF, CW, EHS/HS]
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Number of Number of
respondents responses per Average burden
(TANF, CW, EHS/ respondent hours per Total burden Annual burden
Instrument HS) (total (total over response (in (in hours) (in hours)
over request request hours)
period) period)
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Phase 3: Diagnosis and Design
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Administrator interviews/focus 48 1 1 48 16
groups.........................
Staff interviews/focus groups... 400 1 1 400 133
Client interviews/focus groups.. 400 1 1 400 133
Client survey................... 400 1 0.25 100 33
Staff Survey.................... 400 1 0.25 100 33
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Phase 4: Evaluation
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Administrator interviews/focus 96 1 1 96 32
groups.........................
Staff interviews/focus groups... 800 1 1 800 267
Client interviews/focus groups.. 800 1 1 800 267
Client survey................... 12,000 1 0.25 3,000 1,000
Staff Survey.................... 1,200 1 0.25 300 100
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,014.
Comments: 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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1310.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-03669 Filed 2-18-22; 8:45 am]
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