Notice2024-11077
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Behavioral Interventions To Advance Self-Sufficiency-Next Generation (BIAS-NG) (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0502)
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May 21, 2024
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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 modify and extend the approval of the ACF Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency-Next Generation (BIAS-NG) Project Overarching Generic (OMB #: 0970-0502; Expiration date: 8/31/2025.) Under this overarching clearance, ACF collects data as part of rapid cycle testing and evaluation, 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). This revision would also allow for collection of data in the child care program area, and would extend the approval of the overarching generic. These interventions are intended to improve outcomes for participants in these programs.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44686-44687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11077]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Behavioral
Interventions To Advance Self-Sufficiency-Next Generation (BIAS-NG)
(Office of Management and Budget #0970-0502)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration
for Children and Families; U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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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 modify and extend the approval of the ACF
Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency-Next Generation
(BIAS-NG) Project Overarching Generic (OMB #: 0970-0502; Expiration
date: 8/31/2025.) Under this overarching clearance, ACF collects data
as part of rapid cycle testing and evaluation, 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). This revision
would also allow for collection of data in the child care program area,
and would extend the approval of the overarching generic. These
interventions are intended to improve outcomes for participants in
these programs.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), ACF is
soliciting public comment on the
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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#d39c838196babdb5bcb0bcbfbfb6b0a7babcbd93b2b0b5fdbbbba0fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="743b2426311d1a121b171b18181117001d1b1a341517125a1c1c075a131b02">[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, and
intends to expand these efforts to child care. This notice is a request
for comments on ACF's proposal to revise and extend a previously
approved collection, which included data collection to design and test
interventions in the TANF, child welfare, and EHS/HS domains. Under the
approved pilot generic clearance, OPRE has already conducted work with
seven sites to conduct seven tests, and is planning to continue to work
with at least one additional site, conducting one or more tests of
behavioral interventions for a total of nine tests of behavioral
interventions. All approved information collection activities can be
found here: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAICList?ref_nbr=202206-0970-002">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAICList?ref_nbr=202206-0970-002</a>.
In addition to extending approval, this approval would also allow
OPRE to conduct tests in the newly added program area of child care.
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
approval for an overarching generic clearance to conduct this research.
Following standard OMB requirements for generic clearances, once
instruments subject to PRA 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/PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=202206-0970-002">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=202206-0970-002</a>.
Respondents: (1) Program Administrators, (2) Program Staff, and (3)
Program Clients.
Annual Burden Estimates (TANF, Child Welfare, EHS/HS, Child Care)
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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, CC) (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 .25 100 33
Staff Survey.................... 400 1 .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 .25 3,000 1,000
Staff Survey.................... 1,200 1 .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 C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-11077 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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