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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No.

97 / Friday, May 20, 2005 / Notices 29315

Estimated Total Annual Burden DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Unemployment Insurance


Hours: 13.75. HUMAN SERVICES administrative records in order to more
Additional Information: Copies of the fully understand how individuals were
Administration for Children and affected by such programs. This will
proposed collection may be obtained by
Families include outcomes such as length of job
writing to The Administration for
retention; job quality; educational
Children and Families, Office of Submission for OMB Review; attainment; household composition;
Administration, Office of Information Comment Request employment barriers (such as child care,
Services, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW., health status, and transportation); health
Washington, DC 20447. Attn: ACF Title: Employment Retention and
Advancement (ERA) Evaluation 42- insurance coverage; income; wealth,
Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail: debt, and consumption; hardship (such
Month Survey.
grjohnson@acf.hhs.gov. as food insecurity); and children well-
OMB No.: New Collection.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to Description: The proposed being.
make a decision concerning the information collection is for follow-up • The data will allow for the conduct
collection of information between 30 information within the Employment of non-experimental analyses to explain
and 60 days after publication of this Retention and Advancement (ERA) participation decisions and provide a
document in the Federal Register. Evaluation that is sponsored by the descriptive picture of the circumstances
Therefore, a comment is best assured of Administration for Children and of low-wage workers.
having its full effect if OMB receives it Families (ACF) of the U.S. Department • The survey will address
within 30 days of publication. Written of Health and Human Services.1 The participation information important to
comments and recommendations for the ERA project is a multi-year evaluation the evaluation’s cost-benefit component.
proposed information collection should that is designed to study the net impact Respondents: The respondents of the
be sent directly to the following: Office and cost-benefits of programs designed 42-month survey are TANF applicants,
of Management and Budget, Paperwork to help Temporary Assistance for Needy current and former TANF recipients, or
Families (TANF) recipients, former individuals in families at-risk of
Reduction Project, Attn: Desk Officer for
recipients, or families at-risk of needing needing TANF benefits (working poor
ACF. E-mail address:
TANF retain and advance in and hard-to-employ) who are in the
Katherine_T._Astrich@omb.eop.gov. research sample in a subset of the 15
employment.2 The ERA Evaluation
Dated: May 16, 2005. involves 15 random assigment programs participating in the ERA
Robert Sargis, experiments in eight states, testing a Evaluation. Survey participants will be
Reports Clearance Officer. diverse set of strategies. The ERA administered a telephone survey
[FR Doc. 05–10121 Filed 5–19–05; 8:45 am] project will generate rigorous data on approximately 42 months after the date
the implementation, effects, and costs of they were enrolled in the research
BILLING CODE 4184–01–M
these alternative approaches. The data sample and randomly assigned to the
collected as part of the 42-month survey treatment or control group. For those
will be used for the purposes described individuals who cannot be reached by
below. phone, survey firm staff will attempt to
• The survey data will allow for the contact them in person. A total of
analysis of ERA programs’ impacts on a approximately 3,500 participants will
wider range of outcome measures than complete the survey over a 2-year
is available through welfare or period (1,750 respondents annually).

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES


Number of
Number of Total burden
Instrument responses per Average burden hours per response
respondents hours
respondent

42-Month Survey ............................................. 1,750 1 30 minutes (or .50 hrs) .................................. 875.0.

Estimated Total Annual Burden collection of information between 30 Dated: May 16, 2005.
Hours: 875.0. and 60 days after publication of this Robert Sargis,
Additional Information: Copies of the document in the Federal Register. Reports Clearance Officer.
proposed collection may be obtained by Therefore, a comment is best assured of [FR Doc. 05–10122 Filed 5–19–05; 8:45 am]
writing to the Administration for having its full effect if OMB receives it BILLING CODE 4184–01–M
Children and Families, Office of within 30 days of publication. Written
Administration, Office of Information comments and recommendations for the
Services, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW., proposed information collection should
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF be sent directly to the following: Office
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests of Management and Budget, Paperwork
should be identified by the title of the Reduction Project, Attn: Desk Officer for
information collection. E-mail address: ACF. E-mail address:
grjohnson@acf.hhs.gov. Katherine_T._Astrich@omb.eop.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to
make a decision concerning the
2 From the Department of Health and Human
1 The U.S. Department of Labor has also provided
Services RFP No.: 105–99–8100.
funding to support the ERA project.

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