Notice2024-09903
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment (SWTCIE) Program Evaluation
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Published
May 7, 2024
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38112-38113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09903]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0068]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment (SWTCIE) Program
Evaluation
AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
(OSERS), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
July 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the
information collection listed in this notice, please use <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> by searching the Docket ID number ED-2024-SCC-0068.
Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>
site is not available to the public for any reason, the Department will
temporarily accept comments at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bff6fcfbd0dcd4dacbf2d8cdffdadb91d8d0c9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fd6dcdbf0fcf4faebd2f8eddffafbb1f8f0e9">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include the
docket ID number and the title of the information collection request
when requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that
comments submitted after the comment period will not be accepted.
Written requests for information or comments submitted by postal mail
or delivery should be addressed to the Manager of the Strategic
Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203,
Washington, DC 20202-8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Diandrea Bailey, 202-987-0126.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),
provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed, revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting
burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format. The Department is soliciting comments on the
proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below.
The Department is especially interested in public comment addressing
the following issues: (1) is this collection necessary to the proper
functions of the Department; (2) will this information be processed and
used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4)
how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (5) how might the Department
minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including
through the use of information technology. Please note that written
comments received in response to this notice will be considered public
records.
Title of Collection: Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated
Employment (SWTCIE) Program Evaluation.
OMB Control Number: 1820-NEW.
Type of Review: A new ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 4,866.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,005.
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Education's Rehabilitation
Services Administration (RSA) requests clearance for new data
collection activities to support the evaluation of the Disability
Innovation Fund (DIF) Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated
Employment (SWTCIE) program. The aim of this project is to increase
transitions to competitive integrated employment (CIE) among people
working in subminimum wage employment (SWE)--or considering doing so--
through innovative activities to build systemwide alternatives to
subminimum wage employment. Advocacy, policy, and practice have evolved
in recent decades toward a shift to CIE, as reflected in the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act and in the Consolidated Appropriations
Act of 2021, which provides funding for the DIF SWITCIE program awarded
in fiscal year 2022. This request covers primary data collection
activities, including survey data, administrative data, site visits,
and focus groups.
RSA's Training and Services Program Division (TSPD) contracted with
Mathematica to assist RSA in evaluating the Federal fiscal year (FFY)
2022 DIF program. In September 2022, the RSA
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awarded five-year grants for the DIF (Assistance Listing Number
84.421D). The grants provide 14 State vocational rehabilitation (VR)
agencies with funding to implement SWTCIE Innovative Model
Demonstration projects to decrease SWE and increase CIE among people
with disabilities currently employed in or contemplating SWE. To
achieve this purpose, the projects will create innovative models for
dissemination and replication to (1) identify strategies for addressing
barriers associated with accessing CIE, (2) provide integrated services
that support CIE, (3) support integration into the community through
CIE, (4) identify and coordinate wraparound services for project
participants who obtain CIE, (5) develop and disseminate evidence-based
practices, and (6) provide entities holding section 14(c) certificates
(which allows them to pay below the minimum wage for workers with
disabilities that impair their productivity) with readily accessible
transformative business models for adoption.
Dated: May 2, 2024.
Juliana Pearson,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2024-09903 Filed 5-6-24; 8:45 am]
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