Notice2022-12538
Submission for OMB Review; Behavioral Interventions To Advance Self-Sufficiency Next Generation (BIAS-NG) (OMB# 0970-0502)
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June 10, 2022
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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 112 (Friday, June 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35557-35558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12538]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Behavioral Interventions To Advance
Self-Sufficiency Next Generation (BIAS-NG) (OMB# 0970-0502)
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 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. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by
emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0ffe0e2f5d9ded6dfd3dfdcdcd5d3c4d9dfdef0d1d3d69ed8d8c39ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="06495654436f68606965696a6a6365726f696846676560286e6e7528616970">[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 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/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201909-0970-003">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201909-0970-003</a>.
Respondents: (1) Program Administrators, (2) Program Staff, and (3)
Program Clients.
Annual Burden Estimates (TANF, CW, EHS/HS): This request includes
an extension to complete currently approved and ongoing phase 3 data
collection in three sites (Matrix/Starfish and Hennepin County), and
new data collection. Burden estimates for new requests are outlined
below. Previously approved burden estimates can be found at the url
above.
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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
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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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1310.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-12538 Filed 6-9-22; 8:45 am]
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