[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24639-24645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11314]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of Policy Development and Research
[Docket No. N-95-3919; FR-3913-N-01]
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for expedited review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) working days
from the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by
name and should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20410,
telephone no. (202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of
the proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may
be obtained from Ms. Weaver.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the
Department of Housing and Urban Development has submitted to OMB, for
expedited processing, and information collection package with respect
to the Youth Apprenticeship Program Participant Information Form. HUD
is requesting a 7-day OMB review of this information collection.
The Youth Apprenticeship Program (YAP) is funded under the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act for 1994. The program provides
funding to eight public housing authorities (PHAs) that have previously
been awarded grants under the HOPE VI program. The purpose of YAP is to
provide training, apprenticeship, and employment for youth living in
qualified public and assisted housing through the collaborative efforts
of Youth Corps and joint labor management organizations. Of the $10
million appropriated to YAP in fiscal year 1994, $250,000 was set aside
by Congress to be used for an evaluation of the program.
The planned evaluation for this program has two principal
components--(1) Site specific process evaluation; and (2) participant
tracking. The first component will involve interviews with Housing
Authority, Youth Corps, and apprenticeship organizations at each of the
sites to collect initial performance and planning information. The
second component, participant tracking, would use the Youth
Apprenticeship Program Participation Information Form to collect
information about individuals at four phases of the program:
1. Beginning of Youth Corps component.
2. End of Youth Corps/Pre-employment training.
3. Beginning of apprenticeship.
4. Annually during apprenticeship.
A final evaluation of YAP is planned in three to five years using
the data collected from the reporting forms as well as additional on-
site visits.
The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of
information, as described below, to OMB for review, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35):
(1) the title of the information collection proposal;
(2) the office of the agency to collect the information;
(3) the description of the need for the information and its
proposed use;
(4) the agency form number, if applicable;
(5) what members of the public will be affected by the proposal;
(6) how frequently information submission will be required;
(7) an estimate of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information submission including numbers of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response;
(8) whether the proposal is new or an extension, reinstatement, or
revision of an information collection requirement; and
(9) the names and telephone numbers of an agency official familiar
with the proposal and of the OMB Desk Officer for the Department.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44
U.S.C. 3507; Section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).
[[Page 24640]] Dated: April 21, 1995.
Lawrence L. Thompson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy Development and
Research.
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB
Proposal: Information Collection Associated with the Youth
Apprenticeship Program.
Office: Office of Policy Development and Research.
Description of the Need for Information and its Proposed Use: This
information collection is required in connection with the Youth
Apprenticeship Program (YAP). The YAP is providing funding to eight
public housing authorities (PHAs) that were previously awarded grants
under the HOPE VI program. The purpose of YAP is to provide training,
apprenticeship, and employment for youth living in qualified public and
assisted housing through the collaborative efforts of Youth Corps and
joint labor management organizations. This information request would be
used for local management and national evaluation purposes. It would
require grantees to collect information about individuals at four
phases of the program:
1. Beginning of Youth Corps component.
2. End of Youth Corps/Pre-employment training.
3. Beginning of apprenticeship.
4. Annually during apprenticeship.
A final evaluation of YAP is planned in three to five years using
the data collected from the reporting forms as well as additional on-
site visits.
Form Number: None.
Respondents: Participants and managers in the Youth Apprenticeship
Program.
Frequency of Submission: 5 times.
Reporting Burden:
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No. of
Form Respondents respondents Time to complete Frequency Burden hours
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Survey.......... Participants and 366.7 30 min.......... 5 times over 3 920 (184 per submit).
managers in YAP. years.
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Status: New.
Contact: Todd M. Richardson, HUD, (202) 708-0574, Joseph F. Lackey,
Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316.
Part A--Justification
Introduction
The Youth Apprenticeship Program (YAP) is funded under the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act for 1994. The Youth
Apprenticeship Program is providing funding to eight public housing
authorities (PHAs) that have been awarded grants under the HOPE VI
program. The purpose of YAP is to provide training, apprenticeship, and
employment for youth living in qualified public and assisted housing
through the collaborative efforts of Youth Corps and joint labor
management organizations. Of the $10 million appropriated to YAP in
fiscal year 1994, $250,000 was set aside by Congress to be used for an
evaluation of the program.
The planned evaluation for this program has two principal
components--(1) site specific process evaluation; and (2) participant
tracking. The first component will involve interviews with Housing
Authority, Youth Corps, and apprenticeship organizations at each of the
sites to collect initial performance and planning information. The
second component, participant tracking, would require grantees to
collect information about individuals at four phases of the program:
1. Beginning of Youth Corps component.
2. End of Youth Corps/Pre-employment training.
3. Beginning of apprenticeship.
4. Annually during apprenticeship.
A final evaluation of YAP is planned in three to five years using
the data collected from the reporting forms as well as additional on-
site visits. This request for OMB approval focuses on the second
component, which would use the Youth Apprenticeship Program Participant
Information Form.
A1.0 Circumstances That Make the Collection of Information Necessary
The Youth Apprenticeship program is a unique program that brings
together housing authorities, the Youth Corps, and labor management
organizations to provide public housing youth the skills and experience
believed to be necessary for long-term employment success. Under this
program an agreement must be executed by the PHA, an established Youth
Corps, a local labor union and a multiemployer association.
Youth Corps, an organization certified by the National Association
of Service and Conservation Corps, provides participants with 6- to 12-
month structured adult-supervised work and learning experiences and
promotes the development of life and employment skills. The labor
management organizations, made up of employers and their employees who
are represented by a collective bargaining agent, will operate or
administer an apprenticeship and/or job training program. The youth
participants live in subsidized housing at or near a distressed HOPE VI
public housing site. This program brings together job skills, job
experience, and job connections into a single program.
The Youth Apprenticeship Program Participation Information Form
will provide the tracking information on participant progress during
the youth corps and apprenticeship that are vital to identifying the
outcomes of this program.
A2.0 How and By Whom the Data Will Be Used
A2.1 Purpose of the Data Collection
The purpose of the data collection is to allow HUD and the grantees
to track participant progress in the Youth Apprenticeship Program. The
Youth Apprenticeship Program Participation Information Form will
provide the ongoing information needed to assess the impacts of the
program on the participants.
A2.2 Consequences If the Information Was Not Collected
Congress has appropriated $250,000 specifically for the evaluation
of this $10 million demonstration program. YAP represents a unique
opportunity to bring together the organizations that house low-income
individuals (PHAs), the organizations that provide job training (Youth
Corps), skilled trade unions, and employers. If this tracking
information is not collected, this opportunity to assess the impact of
a job training to job opportunity program for individuals from
extremely distressed neighborhoods will be lost.
A3.0 Use of Improved Information Technologies
Improved information technology has been incorporated wherever
feasible to [[Page 24641]] reduce the data collection burden. HUD is
currently developing software so that grantees in the YAP program could
collect this tracking information directly on computer. The software is
also intended to provide useful participant progress information for
the grantees.
A4.0 Efforts to Identify Duplication
HUD's Multi-Family Tenant Characteristics (MTCS) database will be
used to observe household change for participants in this program.
However, specific data about the participants and their progress in the
program would only be available through the Youth Apprenticeship
Program Participation Information Form
A5.0 Why Similar Already-Available Data Cannot Be Used
There are no similar already-available data about the participants
of this program.
A6.0 Effort to Minimize the Burden for Small Entities
HUD is developing software to ease the data collection burden on
the Youth Corps grantees. HUD will also provide technical assistance to
the grantees to ease the burden of data collection start-up.
A7.0 Consequences of Less Frequent Data Collection
Data are planned to be collected at four different phases of the
YAP program:
1. Beginning of Youth Corps component.
2. End of Youth Corps/Pre-employment training.
3. Beginning of apprenticeship.
4. Annually during apprenticeship.
The first phase, the beginning of the youth corps, is the critical
baseline data needed from which to measure all interventions. The
second phase, immediately following the youth corps component,
identifies the youth corps activities and participant progress. The
third phase, the beginning of the apprenticeship, collects basic data
about the intended apprenticeship. Finally, the fourth phase will
capture participant progress each year during the apprenticeship and
note the circumstances a participant leaves the program. Less frequent
data collection would lose important parts of the story. Each phase of
the data collection is targeted to the points in time the program makes
a major change.
A8.0 Circumstances Requiring Deviation from Guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.6
No deviation from the Guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.6 will be required
for this data collection.
A9.0 Consultants Outside of the Agency
HUD requested comment on a draft of the reporting form from: the
National Association of Service & Conservation Corps; Reno, Cavanaugh &
Hornig; the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, U.S. Department of
Labor; seven of the grantees. Comments were received from:
--the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, U.S. Department of Labor;
--Atlanta Youth Corps;
--Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles;
--Seattle Housing Authority;
--Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta; and
--Civic Works--Baltimore's Youth Service Corps.
HUD considered the comments of each of these organizations and
revisions were made reflecting most of their comments.
A10.0 Arrangements and Assurances Regarding Confidentiality
As part of the technical assistance component of this data
collection effort, HUD will train the organizations collecting the data
on maintaining confidentiality. These data, however, will be available
to the program managers to assess individual participant progress. For
all other purposes, data will only be presented in an aggregate form to
assure the confidentiality of individual participants.
A11.0 Sensitive Questions
Some of the categories under ``Barriers to employment or higher
paying jobs'' may be sensitive for some respondents. The question,
however, provides important baseline information on factors believed to
have an impact on individuals ability to obtain a job or improve their
job situation. Individuals can choose not to report an item they find
too personal.
A12.0 Estimated Costs to the Federal Government
The costs for this data collection are included in (1) the grants
to the Housing Authorities (approximately $3,000 each), (2) the
software development, and (3) the technical assistance. The estimated
cost to the Federal Government is approximately $174,000.
A13.0 Respondent Burden
Each of the eight grantees will have approximately 50 participants
in the program. Different phases of the form will have to be completed
approximately 6 times for each participant throughout the program. The
form should take approximately 30 minutes to administer. Each phase is
likely to lose some participants for one reason or another. For
estimation purposes, we will use a 5 percent loss at each phase.
Phase 1=400 participants @ 30 minutes=200 hours
Phase 2=400 participants @ 30 minutes=200 hours
Phase 3=380 participants @ 30 minutes=190 hours
Phase 4.1=380 participants @ 30 minutes=190 hours
Phase 4.2=360 participants @ 30 minutes=180 hours
The total respondent burden for this request is estimated to be 920
hours.
A14.0 Reasons for Change in Burden
Not applicable.
A15.0 Tabulation Plans, Statistical Analysis, Study Schedule and
Publication
Baseline data from phase 1 will be aggregated and tabulated as part
of the process and planning assessment conducted during the Youth Corps
phase of the YAP. A report will be produced based on this analysis.
During each phase, the grantees will have modules built into their data
collection software that will allow them to look at different cross
sections of their participants and over time assess individual and
aggregate performance. HUD will collect and analyze the national data
at each phase. After 3 to 5 years, HUD plans to use the data along with
site visits to conduct an in depth evaluation on the preliminary
success of the program.
Part B--Sampling and Response
The purpose of the Youth Apprenticeship Program Participation
Information Form is to track all program participants over time to
determine the impact of the Youth Apprenticeship Program on each
participant.
B1.0 Potential Respondent Universe
All participants in the Youth Apprenticeship Program at the eight
housing authorities.
B2.0 Statistical Methods
B2.1 Stratification and Sampling Plans
No stratification or sampling plan is necessary, all participants
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B3.0 Methods to Maximize Response Rates
The form will be administered by the organizations managing the
program. In order to achieve a high response rate, the form will be
filled out in one-on-one discussion between the grantee and the
participant. Because (1) participants are required to be in the office
for the YAP program and (2) the information required is similar to many
job applications, grantees should have little difficulty gaining
cooperation from the participants.
B4.0 Results of Pre-Testing
No pre-testing was conducted. However, numerous practitioners
provided comment.
B5.0 Statistical Consultations and Information Collection Agents
B5.1 Consultation on the Statistical Aspects of the Design
B5.2 Information Collection Agents
All information for this form will be collected by the YAP
grantees. Instructions and technical assistance will be provided by HUD
or a contractor it designates.
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