Notice2024-14615
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Supporting Youth To Be Successful in Life (SYSIL) Study-Extension With Proposed Revisions (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0574)
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Published
July 3, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension with proposed revisions of a currently approved information collection activity as part of the Supporting Youth to be Successful in Life (SYSIL) study (OMB #: 0970-0574; expiration date: 07/31/2024).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55273-55274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14615]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Supporting Youth To Be
Successful in Life (SYSIL) Study--Extension With Proposed Revisions
(Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0574)
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 Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
an extension with proposed revisions of a currently approved
information collection activity as part of the Supporting Youth to be
Successful in Life (SYSIL) study (OMB #: 0970-0574; expiration date:
07/31/2024).
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: SYSIL builds evidence on how to decrease the risk of
homelessness among youth and young adults with experience in the child
welfare system by continuing work with an organization who conducted
foundational work as part of the Youth At-Risk of Homelessness project
(OMB Control Number: 0970-0445). SYSIL will provide important
information to the field by designing and conducting a federally led
evaluation of a comprehensive service model for youth at risk of
homelessness.
The SYSIL evaluation includes an implementation study and an impact
study, which will use a rigorous quasi-experimental design that
includes a comparison group. This information collection request
includes the baseline and follow-up survey instruments for the impact
study (a single instrument administered three times), and discussion
guides for interviews and focus groups for the implementation study.
The data collected from the baseline and follow-up surveys will be used
to describe the characteristics of the study sample of youth, develop
models for estimating program impacts, and determine program
effectiveness by comparing outcomes between youth in the treatment
(youth receiving the Pathways program) and control groups. The study
also collects updated contact information from youth at two points in
time to assist in reaching youth to complete follow-up surveys. Data
from the interviews and focus groups will provide a detailed
understanding of program implementation. We are also conducting brief
check-ins with program directors using a subset of questions from the
interview guides to collect information on services provided at two
additional points in time. The study also uses administrative data from
the child welfare system, homelessness management information system,
and program providers. Administrative data is being used in its
existing format and does not impose any new information collection or
recordkeeping requirements on respondents.
The purpose of the requested extension is to continue the ongoing
data collection, which will provide
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information on focal youth outcomes and program implementation. We are
also requesting revisions to the interview and focus group protocols,
as well as an additional round of interviews and focus groups. The
purpose of the proposed revision is to better understand their
experiences in delivering and receiving services and gather information
on topics not previously covered in the protocols.
Respondents: The baseline and follow-up surveys and contact update
requests are administered to youth in the treatment group (youth
receiving the Pathways program) and youth in the control group who
consent to participate in the study. Interviews are conducted with
program leadership and staff. Focus groups are conducted with a subset
of youth who are participating in the study. Check-ins are conducted
with program directors.
Annual Burden Estimates
Estimated burden reflects estimates over the next three years. The
numbers of respondents have been updated to reflect completed efforts.
There are no changes to estimated time per responses.
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Number of
Number of responses
respondents per Avg. burden
Instrument (total over respondent per response Total burden Annual burden
request (total over (in hours) (in hours) (in hours)
period) request
period)
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SYSIL Youth Survey--Baseline survey... 120 1 .42 50.4 16.8
SYSIL Youth Survey--Follow-up survey 1 185 1 .42 77.70 25.9
(6 months)...........................
SYSIL Youth Survey--Follow-up survey 2 256 1 .42 107.52 35.84
(12 months)..........................
Interview guide for Pathways sites 60 1 1.5 90 30
(treatment sites)....................
Program Director Check-ins for 0 0 0 0 0
Pathways sites (treatment sites).....
Interview guide for comparison sites.. 60 1 1.5 90 30
Program Director Check-ins for 0 0 0 0 0
comparison sites.....................
Focus group discussion guide for 50 1 1.5 75 25
Pathways youth (treatment youth).....
Focus group discussion guide for 75 1 1.5 75 25
comparison youth.....................
Contact Information Update Requests... 120 2 .08 19.2 6.4
Contact Information Update Requests... 185 1 .08 14.8 4.93
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 199.87
Authority: Section 105(b)(5) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5106(b)(5)), as amended by the
CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-320).
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-14615 Filed 7-2-24; 8:45 am]
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