Notice2022-15057
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Human Services Analysis Execution Project (New Collection)
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Published
July 14, 2022
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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 to collect data to explore how one state's changes to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) policies and services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were experienced by different racial and ethnic groups in that state. The goal is to obtain an in-depth understanding of how TANF participants of different racial and ethnic backgrounds experienced these policy and programmatic changes by comparing those experiences within one state, and to assess whether those changes may have helped to ameliorate challenges around program and benefit access for different populations or potentially created new challenges.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42180-42181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15057]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Racial and Ethnic
Disparities in Human Services Analysis Execution Project (New
Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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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 to collect
data to explore how one state's changes to Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF) policies and services in response to the COVID-19
pandemic were experienced by different racial and ethnic groups in that
state. The goal is to obtain an in-depth understanding of how TANF
participants of different racial and ethnic backgrounds experienced
these policy and programmatic changes by comparing those experiences
within one state, and to assess whether those changes may have helped
to ameliorate challenges
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around program and benefit access for different populations or
potentially created new challenges.
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#56190604133f38303935393a3a3335223f393816373530783e3e2578313920"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="703f202235191e161f131f1c1c151304191f1e301113165e1818035e171f06">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Human Services
Analysis Execution project is proposing to collect information for a
qualitative study to explore how families of different ethnic and
racial backgrounds have experienced changes that one state made to TANF
policies and services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will
explore policies such as job-search and other participation
requirements, virtual resources and services, and the provision of
tablet computers to TANF participants. We will collect information at
the state level and from three purposively selected sites in one state,
selected to represent the racial and ethnic diversity within the state.
The state-level data collection will include (1) TANF program
administrators and (2) representatives from the program partnering with
the state in the provision of tablet computers to TANF program
participants. Information collection at each of the three sites will
include semi-structured interviews or focus groups with: (1) TANF
program administrators, frontline staff, and participants; and (2)
community partner organizations that serve TANF-eligible families and
individuals served by those organizations. Site visits will be
conducted in-person or virtually, depending on the state of the COVID-
19 pandemic at the time of the site visits.
This study is part of a larger project to help ACF identify racial
and ethnic disparities related to the delivery of human services.
This study is intended to present an internally-valid description
of how different racial and ethnic groups experience TANF policies,
practices, and service delivery in one state at selected sites, not to
promote statistical generalization to other sites or service
populations.
Respondents: (1) State and regional TANF agency administrators, (2)
TANF frontline staff at the site-level, (3) staff at community agencies
that serve TANF-eligible families, (4) staff from the computer tablet
program and from program partner organizations, (5) TANF participants,
(6) tablet program participants, and (7) individuals who are eligible
for TANF but not enrolled.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Avg. burden Total burden Annual burden
Instrument (total over (total over per response (in hours) (in hours)
request request (in hours)
period) period)
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Instrument A: State and Regional 8 1 1 8 4
TANF Administrators Guide
(Interviews)...................
Instrument B: Local Frontline 10 1 1 10 5
Staff Guide (Interviews).......
Instrument B: Local Frontline 10 1 1.5 15 8
Staff Guide (Focus Groups).....
Instrument C: Community-Based 6 1 1 6 3
Organizations Guide
(Interviews)...................
Instrument D: Tablet Providers 6 1 1 6 3
and Program Partners Guide
(Interviews)...................
Instrument E: TANF Participants 40 1 1 40 20
Guide (Interviews).............
Instrument E: TANF Participants 20 1 1.5 30 15
Guide(Focus Groups)............
Instrument F: Tablet Program 10 1 1.5 15 8
Participants Guide (Focus
Groups)........................
Instrument G: Individuals 15 1 1 15 8
Eligible but Not Receiving TANF
Guide (Interviews).............
Instrument G: Individuals 15 1 1.5 23 12
Eligible but Not Receiving TANF
Guide (Focus Groups)...........
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 86.
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: Section 413 of the Social Security Act, as amended by
the FY 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub. L. 115-31).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-15057 Filed 7-13-22; 8:45 am]
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