Notice2024-30709
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Data Collection for the NextGen Project's Well-Being Storytelling Exhibit (New Collection)
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Published
December 26, 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) is conducting additional data collection activities for the Next Generation of Enhanced Employment Strategies Project (NextGen Project) that provides an in- depth look at participant experiences. This effort includes photo elicitation methods and will be referred to as the Well-Being Storytelling Exhibit. The study team will use photo elicitation and human-centered design methods to explore how NextGen participants, staff, and community members conceptualize well-being. This data will help the study team explore the factors that may enhance or explain impact study findings.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 247 (Thursday, December 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 105051-105052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30709]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Data Collection for the
NextGen Project's Well-Being Storytelling Exhibit (New Collection)
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) is conducting additional
data collection activities for the Next Generation of Enhanced
Employment Strategies Project (NextGen Project) that provides an in-
depth look at participant experiences. This effort includes photo
elicitation methods and will be referred to as the Well-Being
Storytelling Exhibit. The study team will use photo elicitation and
human-centered design methods to explore how NextGen participants,
staff, and community members conceptualize well-being. This data will
help the study team explore the factors that may enhance or explain
impact study findings.
DATES: Comments due February 24, 2025. 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#f7b8a7a5b29e99919894989b9b9294839e9899b7969491d99f9f84d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ac5dad8cfe3e4ece5e9e5e6e6efe9fee3e5e4caebe9eca4e2e2f9a4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: OPRE is conducting the NextGen Project to build the
evidence on effective strategies for helping people with low incomes
find and sustain employment. The project is identifying and testing
innovative employment programs designed to help people facing complex
challenges secure economic independence. The project is partnering with
the Social Security Administration to incorporate a focus on
employment-related early interventions for people with current or
foreseeable disabilities who have limited work history and are
potential applicants for Supplemental Security Income. Primary data
collection for the project is approved under Office of Management and
Budget #0970-0545.
The study team is continuing primary data collection activities;
while this request builds on those efforts, it is specific to new data
collection activities that will create a Well-Being Storytelling
Exhibit. First, the study team will use photo elicitation methods with
NextGen participants and staff. Respondents will submit photos that
show how they conceptualize well-being across several aspects of their
lives, including economic security, physical and mental health,
relationships, and safety. Then, the study team will use the photos as
the basis for an interview with respondents. During the analysis phase,
the study team will code photos and interviews using a codebook based
on the NextGen programs' logic models, to make it easy to identify
where participant- and staff-defined well-being overlaps (or does not)
with the program's intended outcomes. After photo elicitation data
collection is complete, the study team will create an exhibit that
displays
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photos, quotes, and findings from the photo elicitation data
collection, alongside related findings from the NextGen descriptive
studies. The exhibit will provide illustrative examples of how well-
being has been influenced by program participation according to NextGen
participants and staff. The exhibit will also include human-centered
design activities that engage members of NextGen communities (where
programs being evaluated for the NextGen Project were implemented) and
researchers in descriptive study and photo elicitation findings by
collecting data on their reflections on the exhibit. The Well-Being
Storytelling Exhibit is also intended to improve understanding and
future dissemination of study findings, and to pilot the method and
product of a storytelling exhibit as a culturally responsive evaluation
strategy. The data collection instruments for this project include
photo elicitation submission forms for participants and staff, photo
elicitation interview guides for participants and staff, and human-
centered design activities at the photo exhibits.
Respondents: Program participants and frontline staff enrolled in
the NextGen Project; NextGen community members including community
partners, employers, policymakers, funders, and NextGen participants
and staff; and human services researchers and practitioners. All
NextGen participants will be able to opt out of the data collection
activities.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Avg. burden Total/annual
Instrument (total over (total over per response burden (in
request request (in hours) hours)
period) period)
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Photo elicitation submission form--Participants. 40 1 0.50 20
Photo elicitation submission form--Staff........ 40 1 0.50 20
Photo elicitation interview discussion guide-- 40 1 1.00 40
Participants...................................
Photo elicitation interview discussion guide-- 40 1 1.00 40
Staff..........................................
Human-centered design activities at the exhibit. 60 1 0.25 15
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Estimated total annual burden hours:........ .............. .............. .............. 135
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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 C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-30709 Filed 12-23-24; 8:45 am]
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