This ICR is approved consistent with the revised supporting statement and 9-26-07 memo. SSA agrees that it is inappropriate to generalize the impacts that a hypothetical nationwide YTD program might have on all youth who are receiving SSI disability benefits or are at risk of receiving them, from the statistical results of this study. SSA shall also report in the ICB that 1,937 hours worth of information (1728 for the baseline survey and 209 for the consent form) were collected in violation of the PRA.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2010
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2007
2,533
0
25,000
1,214
0
10,000
0
0
0
This information is needed to implement and evaluate the Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD) projects. YTD projects are intended to help young people with disabilities make the transition from school to work. By waiving certain disability program rules and offering services to youth who are either receiving diability benefits or at risk of receiving them, these projects are expected to encourage youth to work and/or continue their education. YTD projects will be fully implemented in 10 sites across the country. The evaluation will produce empirical evidence on the impacts of the waivers and project services on educational attainment, employment, earnings, and receiipt of benefits by youth with disabilities and on the Social Security Trust Fund and federal income tax revenues. Given the importance of estimating YTD impacts as accurately as possible, the evaluation will use rigorous analytic methods based on the random assignment of youth to a treatment or control group. To support the evaluation, we are requesting clearance of baseline and 12-month follow-up interviews with youth, focus groups with youth and their parents, and discussions with program staff and service providers.
This is the first submission for the 12 month follow-up survey, the focus groups, and the discussions with program staff and service providers. The overall burden is reduced over the current OMB inventory because the original projections of respondents are less even though we are expanding the program. Also, rather than using the annualized burdens for all of the years, we are only reporting the burden for the first year of the newly revised program. Finally, previously we were not able to split the ICR into the various ICs to record the burden as we now can do using ROCIS. Therefore, we now have five ICs to cover the five burden requirements for this ICR.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
YTD--Baseline Questionnaire
September 26th 2007 YTD Responses to OMB Questions OMB.doc
YTD--Baseline Questionnaire