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collection of personally identifiable
information from individuals.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 64.1504 of
the Commission’s rules incorporates the
requirements of Sections 228(c)(7)–(10)
of the Communications Act restricting
the manner in which toll-free numbers
may be used to charge telephone
subscribers for information services.
Common carriers may not charge a
calling party for information conveyed
on a toll-free number call, unless the
calling party: (1) Has executed a written
agreement that specifies the material
terms and conditions under which the
information is provided, or (2) pays for
the information by means of a prepaid
account, credit, debit, charge, or calling
card and the information service
provider gives the calling party an
introductory message disclosing the cost
and other terms and conditions for the
service. The disclosure requirements are
intended to ensure that consumers
know when charges will be levied for
calls to toll-free numbers and are able to
obtain information necessary to make
informed choices about whether to
purchase toll-free information services.
47 CFR 64.1509 of the Commission
rules incorporates the requirements of
47 U.S.C. (c)(2) and 228 (d)(2)–(3) of the
Communications Act. Common carriers
that assign telephone numbers to payper-call services must disclose to all
interested parties, upon request, a list of
all assigned pay-per-call numbers. For
each assigned number, carriers must
also make available: (1) A description of
the pay-per-call services; (2) the total
cost per minute or other fees associated
with the service; and (3) the service
provider’s name, business address, and
telephone number. In addition, carriers
handling pay-per-call services must
establish a toll-free number that
consumers may call to receive
information about pay-per-call services.
Finally, the Commission requires
carriers to provide statements of payper-call rights and responsibilities to
new telephone subscribers at the time
service is established and, although not
required by statute, to all subscribers
annually.
Under 47 CFR 64.1510 of the
Commission’s rules, telephone bills
containing charges for interstate payper-call and other information services
must include information detailing
consumers’ rights and responsibilities
with respect to these charges.
Specifically, telephone bills carrying
pay-per-call charges must include a
consumer notification stating that: (1)
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telephone services may not be
disconnected for failure to pay per-call
charges; (3) pay-per-call (900 number)
blocking is available upon request; and
(4) access to pay-per-call services may
be involuntarily blocked for failure to
pay per-call charges. In addition, each
call billed must show the type of
services, the amount of the charge, and
the date, time, and duration of the call.
Finally, the bill must display a toll-free
number which subscribers may call to
obtain information about pay-per-call
services. Similar billing disclosure
requirements apply to charges for
information services either billed to
subscribers on a collect basis or
accessed by subscribers through a tollfree number. The billing disclosure
requirements are intended to ensure that
telephone subscribers billed for pay-percall or other information services can
understand the charges levied and are
informed of their rights and
responsibilities with respect to payment
of such charges.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012–30596 Filed 12–19–12; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION

SPRINGDALE, UT; MCC RADIO, LLC,
Station KWOK, Facility ID 68057, BP–
20121114AGE, From HOQUIAM, WA,
To ABERDEEN, WA; MCC RADIO, LLC,
Station KDUX–FM, Facility ID 52676,
BPH–20121114AGF, From ABERDEEN,
WA, To HOQUIAM, WA; TRUTH
BROADCASTING CORPORATION,
Station KTIA–FM, Facility ID 6417,
BPH–20121113AMW, From BOONE, IA,
To HUXLEY, IA.
DATES: The agency must receive
comments on or before February 19,
2013.
Federal Communications
Commission, 445 Twelfth Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tung Bui, 202–418–2700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The full
text of these applications is available for
inspection and copying during normal
business hours in the Commission’s
Reference Center, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554 or electronically
via the Media Bureau’s Consolidated
Data Base System, http://
svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/
prod/cdbs_pa.htm. A copy of this
application may also be purchased from
the Commission’s duplicating
contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc.,
445 12th Street SW., Room CY–B402,
Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1–
800–378–3160 or www.BCPIWEB.com.
ADDRESSES:

Radio Broadcasting Services; AM or
FM Proposals To Change the
Community of License

Federal Communications Commission.
James D. Bradshaw,
Deputy Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.

Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.

[FR Doc. 2012–30594 Filed 12–19–12; 8:45 am]

AGENCY:

The following applicants filed
AM or FM proposals to change the
community of license: CHEHALIS
VALLEY EDUCATIONAL
FOUNDATION, Station KACS, Facility
ID 10685, BPED–20121009ABE, From
RAINIER, WA, To CHEHALIS, WA;
CHRISTOPHER FALLETTI, Station
NEW, Facility ID 190424, BMPH–
20121018ABU, From PHILLIPSBURG,
KS, To WAKEENEY, KS; GULF SOUTH
COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Station
WDJR, Facility ID 25575, BPH–
20121119AOD, From ENTERPRISE, AL,
To HARTFORD, AL; GULF SOUTH
COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Station
WDBT, Facility ID 62206, BPH–
20121119AOG, From HARTFORD, AL,
To HOPE HULL, AL; HUNT COUNTY
RADIO, LLC, Station KIKT, Facility ID
21597, BPH–20121126ABU, From
GREENVILLE, TX, To COOPER, TX; JER
LICENSES, LLC, Station NEW, Facility
ID 190381, BNPH–20120529ALI, From
PEACH SPRINGS, AZ, To

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
SUMMARY: On June 15, 1984, the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
delegated to the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (Board) its
approval authority under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA), pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.16, to approve of and assign OMB
control numbers to collection of
information requests and requirements
conducted or sponsored by the Board
under conditions set forth in 5 CFR part
1320 Appendix A.1. Board-approved
collections of information are
incorporated into the official OMB
inventory of currently approved
collections of information. Copies of the
Paperwork Reduction Act Submission,
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supporting statements and approved
collection of information instruments
are placed into OMB’s public docket
files. The Federal Reserve may not
conduct or sponsor, and the respondent
is not required to respond to, an
information collection that has been
extended, revised, or implemented on or
after October 1, 1995, unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before February 19, 2013
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by FR Y–14A/Q/M, by any of
the following methods:
• Agency Web Site: http://
www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments at
http://www.federalreserve.gov/
generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email:
[email protected].
Include OMB number in the subject line
of the message.
• Fax: (202) 452–3819 or (202) 452–
3102.
• Mail: Robert deV. Frierson,
Secretary, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20551.
All public comments are available
from the Board’s Web site at
www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/
foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted,
unless modified for technical reasons.
Accordingly, your comments will not be
edited to remove any identifying or
contact information. Public comments
may also be viewed electronically or in
paper form in Room MP–500 of the
Board’s Martin Building (20th and C
Streets NW.) between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m. on weekdays.
Additionally, commenters may send a
copy of their comments to the OMB
Desk Officer—Shagufta Ahmed—Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503 or by fax to (202) 395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
copy of the PRA OMB submission,
including the proposed reporting form
and instructions, supporting statement,
and other documentation will be placed
into OMB’s public docket files, once
approved. These documents will also be
made available on the Federal Reserve
Board’s public Web site at: http://
www.federalreserve.gov/apps/
reportforms/review.aspx or may be
requested from the agency clearance
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Federal Reserve Board Clearance
Officer—Cynthia Ayouch-Division of
Research and Statistics, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, Washington, DC 20551 (202)
452–3829. Telecommunications Device
for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact
(202) 263–4869, Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System,
Washington, DC 20551.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comment on Information
Collection Proposal
The following information collection,
which is being handled under this
delegated authority, has received initial
Board approval and is hereby published
for comment. At the end of the comment
period, the proposed information
collection, along with an analysis of
comments and recommendations
received, will be submitted to the Board
for final approval under OMB delegated
authority. Comments are invited on the
following:
a. Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the Federal Reserve’s
functions; including whether the
information has practical utility;
b. The accuracy of the Federal
Reserve’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
c. Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
d. Ways to minimize the burden of
information collection on respondents,
including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and
e. Estimates of capital or start up costs
and costs of operation, maintenance,
and purchase of services to provide
information.
Proposal To Revise Under OMB
Delegated Authority the Following
Report
Report title: Capital Assessments and
Stress Testing information collection.
Agency form number: FR Y–14A/Q/
M.
OMB control number: 7100–0341.
Frequency: Annually, semi-annual,
quarterly, and monthly.
Reporters: Large banking
organizations that meet an annual
threshold of $50 billion or more in total
consolidated assets (large Bank Holding
Companies or large BHCs), as defined by
the Capital Plan rule (12 CFR 225.8).1
1 The Capital Plan rule applies to every top-tier
large BHC. This asset threshold is consistent with
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Estimated annual reporting hours: FR
Y–14A: Summary, 50,160 hours; Macro
scenario, 1,860 hours; Counterparty
credit risk (CCR), 2,292 hours; Basel III/
Dodd-Frank, 600 hours; and Regulatory
capital, 600 hours. FR Y–14 Q:
Securities risk, 1,200 hours; Retail risk,
1,920 hours; Pre-provision net revenue
(PPNR), 75,000 hours; Wholesale
corporate loans, 6,720 hours; Wholesale
commercial real estate (CRE) loans,
6,480 hours; Trading risk, 41,280 hours;
Basel III/Dodd-Frank, 2,400 hours;
Regulatory capital, 4,800 hours; and
Operational risk, 3,360 hours; and
Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSR)
Valuation, 864 hours; Supplemental,
960 hours; and Retail Fair Value
Option/Held for Sale (Retail FVO/HFS),
1,216 hours. FR Y–14M: Retail 1st lien
mortgage, 153,000 hours; Retail home
equity, 146,880 hours; and Retail credit
card, 91,800 hours. FR Y–14
Implementation and On-Going
Automation: Start-up for new
respondents, 79,200 hours; and Ongoing revisions for existing respondents,
9,120 hours.
Estimated average hours per response:
FR Y–14A: Summary, 836 hours; Macro
scenario, 31 hours; CCR, 382 hours;
Basel III/Dodd-Frank, 20 hours; and
Regulatory capital, 20 hours. FR Y–14Q:
Securities risk, 10 hours; Retail risk, 16
hours; PPNR, 625 hours; Wholesale
corporate loans, 60 hours; Wholesale
CRE loans, 60 hours; Trading risk, 1,720
hours; Basel III/Dodd-Frank, 20 hours;
Regulatory capital, 40 hours;
Operational risk, 28 hours, MSR
Valuation, 24 hours; Supplemental, 8
hours; and Retail FVO/HFS, 16 hours.
FR Y–14M: Retail 1st lien mortgage, 510
hours; Retail home equity, 510 hours;
and Retail credit card, 510 hours. FR Y–
14 Implementation and On-Going
Automation: Start-up for new
respondents, 7,200 hours; and On-going
revisions for existing respondents, 480
hours.
Number of respondents: 30.
General description of report: The FR
Y–14 series of reports are authorized by
section 165 of the Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act), which
requires the Federal Reserve to ensure
that certain BHCs and nonbank financial
companies supervised by the Federal
Reserve are subject to enhanced riskbased and leverage standards in order to
mitigate risks to the financial stability of
the United States (12 U.S.C. 5365).
Additionally, section 5 of the BHC Act
authorizes the Board to issue regulations
and conduct information collections
Dodd-Frank Act relating to enhanced supervision
and prudential standards for certain BHCs.

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with regard to the supervision of BHCs
(12 U.S.C. 1844).
As these data are collected as part of
the supervisory process, they are subject
to confidential treatment under
exemption 8 of the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C.
552(b)(8)). In addition, commercial and
financial information contained in these
information collections may be exempt
from disclosure under FOIA exemption
4 (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)). Such exemptions
would be made on a case-by-case basis.
Abstract: The data collected through
the FR Y–14A/Q/M schedules provide
the Federal Reserve with the additional
information and perspective needed to
help ensure that large BHCs have strong,
firm-wide risk measurement and
management processes supporting their
internal assessments of capital adequacy
and that their capital resources are
sufficient given their business focus,
activities, and resulting risk exposures.
The annual Comprehensive Capital
Analysis and Review (CCAR) exercise is
also complemented by other Federal
Reserve supervisory efforts aimed at
enhancing the continued viability of
large BHCs, including (1) continuous
monitoring of BHCs’ planning and
management of liquidity and funding
resources and (2) regular assessments of
credit, market and operational risks, and
associated risk management practices.
Information gathered in this data
collection is also used in the
supervision and regulation of these
financial institutions. In order to fully
evaluate the data submissions, the
Federal Reserve may conduct follow up
discussions with or request responses to
follow up questions from respondents,
as needed.
The annual FR Y–14A collects large
BHCs’ quantitative projections of
balance sheet, income, losses, and
capital across a range of macroeconomic
scenarios and qualitative information on
methodologies used to develop internal
projections of capital across scenarios.2
The quarterly FR Y–14Q collects
granular data on BHCs’ various asset
classes and PPNR for the reporting
period, which are used to support
supervisory stress test models and for
continuous monitoring efforts. The
monthly FR Y–14M comprises three
loan- and portfolio-level collections,
and one detailed address matching
collection to supplement the two loanlevel collections for first lien mortgages
and home equity mortgages.
On October 12, 2012, the Federal
Reserve published two final rules in the
2 BHCs that must re-submit their capital plan
generally also must provide a revised FR Y–14A in
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Federal Register (77 FR 62409) with
stress testing requirements for certain
bank holding companies, state member
banks, and savings and loan holding
companies. The final rules implement
sections 165(i)(1) and (i)(2) of the DoddFrank Act. Section 165(i)(1) of the
Dodd-Frank Act requires the Board to
conduct an annual stress test of each
covered company 3 to evaluate whether
the covered company has sufficient
capital, on a total consolidated basis, to
absorb losses as a result of adverse
economic conditions (supervisory stress
tests). Section 165 (i)(2) requires the
Board to issue regulations that require
covered companies to conduct stress
tests semi-annually and require
financial companies with total
consolidated assets of more than $10
billion that are not covered companies
and for which the Federal Reserve is the
primary federal financial regulatory
agency to conduct stress tests on an
annual basis (collectively, company-run
stress tests).
Current Actions: The Federal Reserve
proposes to revise the monthly FR Y–
14M schedules and modify the
frequency for certain FR Y–14A and FR
Y–14Q schedules, effective March 31,
2013. Revisions to the FR Y–14M
schedules include: (1) Adding data
items to all three loan- and portfoliolevel collections, and the address
matching collection, (2) clarifying
several data items currently collected,
and (3) deleting data items that are no
longer needed. A summary of the
proposed revisions is provided below.
Proposed revisions to the FR Y–14A
(annual collection)—Effective
November 15, 2012, sections 252.145
(Mid-cycle stress test) and 252.147(a)(2)
(Reports of stress test results) of
Regulation YY (12 CFR 252)
Supervisory and Company-Run Stress
Test Requirements for Covered
Companies, requires that, in addition to
the stress test required under section
252.144, a covered company must
conduct a stress test and report the
results by July 5th during each stress
test cycle based on data as of March 31st
of that calendar year, unless the time or
the as-of date is extended by the Board
in writing.4 Therefore, the Federal
Reserve proposes revising the reporting
frequency from annual to semi-annual
for the Summary and Macro scenario
schedules. In the mid-cycle summary
schedules, trading and counterparty
worksheets would be used if a market
3 See 12 U.S.C. 5365(a). A ‘‘covered company’’
includes any bank holding company with total
consolidated assets of $50 billion or more and each
nonbank financial company that the Council has
designated for supervision by the Board.
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shock is included in one of the BHC
stress scenarios. In the mid-cycle macro
scenario schedule, BHCs would not be
required to provide items related to
supervisory scenarios.
Proposed revisions to the FR Y–14Q
(quarterly collection)—The Federal
Reserve proposes revising the FR Y–14Q
Basel III/Dodd-Frank schedule and
Regulatory Capital Instruments schedule
to increase the reporting frequency from
three times to four times a year effective
beginning with the September 30, 2013
report date. The Federal Reserve needs
these data to be provided quarterly,
consistent with the data provided in
other FR Y–14Q schedules. The
previous frequency of three times a year
reflected the fact that these schedules
were implemented in the fourth quarter
2011 and were reported only three
quarters during the first year of
implementation.
Proposed revisions to the FR Y–14M
(monthly collection)—The proposed
revisions to the FR Y–14M (monthly
collection) consist of adding data items,
clarifying instructions, and clarifying
current data items on four schedules.
The proposed changes to the FR Y–14M
monthly data collections would (1)
Provide additional information to
support supervisory models used during
CCAR and Dodd-Frank Act Stress
Testing (DFAST) as well as continuous
supervisory monitoring of BHCs’
portfolios, (2) be responsive to industry
comments, (3) create greater uniformity
in the information collected across
respondents, (4) create greater
consistency in field definitions across
related FR Y–14 schedules, (5) account
for developments in the market for loan
products, (6) clarify ambiguity in
existing variable definitions, and (7)
create efficiencies in the processing of
the data. In addition, the Federal
Reserve believes that because many of
the proposed new data items request
information that large servicers of these
loans currently collect in the regular
course of business, the incremental
burden of adding such fields would be
low. Some of the proposed changes are
also intended to facilitate increased data
sharing across regulatory agencies that
should reduce the overall burden of data
submissions on reporters. In addition,
some fields will have the added benefit
of facilitating the review Basel II
implementation at certain BHCs.
Domestic First Lien Closed-End 1–4
Family Residential Loan Schedule
The Federal Reserve proposes adding
40 data items to the Domestic First Lien
Closed-End 1–4 Family Residential
Loan schedule to collect information on
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performance and status indicators, risk
analysis and loss information, Basel II
parameters and identifier variables
(such as customer and co-borrower ID).
Also, the Federal Reserve proposes to
remove three data items from the loan
level table that can be derived from
other data items.
The Federal Reserve specifically
requests comment on an institution’s
ability to report data related to Loss
Given Default (LGD) on first Lien and
home equity loans in cases of
involuntary termination. The Federal
Reserve specifically requests comment
on what information, in addition to total
debt at time of any involuntary
termination, net recovery amount, and
sales price of property, would be
appropriate to collect in order to
estimate LGD.
Domestic Home Equity Loan and Home
Equity Line Schedule
The Federal Reserve proposes adding
27 data items to the Domestic Home
Equity Loan and Home Equity Line
schedule and deleting one data item.
The Federal Reserve proposes adding
the data items to provide more
information on loan performance,
including loss, default, modification,
foreclosure and recovery variables, and
Basel II parameters, and to be consistent
with the proposed revisions to the
Domestic First Lien Closed End 1–4
Family Residential Loan schedule, as
discussed above. The Federal Reserve
proposes to delete the Paid-in-Full
Coding data item (Field 52), as this
information is sufficiently captured in
the Liquidation Status data item (Field
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Address Matching Loan Level Data
Collection
The Federal Reserve proposes to add
one data item to the Address Matching
Loan Level Data Collection schedule to
indicate whether the loan is included in
the FR Y–14M First Lien Closed-End or
Home Equity Loan and Home Equity
Line schedule for that month.
Domestic Credit Card Data Collection
Data Dictionary
The Federal Reserve proposes to add
65 data items to the Domestic Credit
Card Data Collection Data Dictionary
schedule. 46 data items would be added
at the account level to collect
information surrounding identifier
variables (including corporation and
borrower IDs, address, entity type, and
trade key), purchase and payment rate
variables, status and performance data,
various fees incurred, workout program
descriptors, and credit scores and limits.
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proposes to revise the current reporting
of 11 account level data items from
optional to mandatory, in order to create
greater uniformity in the reporting of
balance, cycle and account dates and
amounts. At the portfolio level, 19 data
items would be added to collect
information on interest and non-interest
expenses, interest and noninterest
income, various types of fee income,
and taxes.
Copies of the draft reporting forms
and instructions and additional details
on the proposed data items are available
on the Federal Reserve Board’s public
Web site at: http://
www.federalreserve.gov/apps/
reportforms/review.aspx.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, December 14, 2012.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Secretary of the Board.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Health Profession Opportunity
Grants (HPOG) program.
OMB No.: 0970–0394.
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is proposing data
collection activities as part of the Health
Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG)
program. ACF has developed a multipronged research and evaluation
approach for the HPOG program to
better understand and assess the
activities conducted and their results.
The proposed data collection activities
described in this notice will provide
data for three evaluation components,
the National Implementation Evaluation
of the Health Profession Opportunity
Grants to Serve TANF Recipients and
Other Low-Income Individuals (HPOG–
NIE) and the Impact Studies of the
Health Profession Opportunity Grants
(HPOG-Impact), and the Innovative
Strategies for Increasing Self Sufficiency
(ISIS) evaluation.
Two data collection efforts related to
HPOG research were approved by OMB,
including approval of a Performance
Reporting System (PRS) (approved
September 2011) and for collection of
additional baseline data for the HPOGImpact study (approved October 2012).
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approved (November 2011) and follow
up data collection instruments are
currently under review.
This 60-day notice describes the
remaining data collection efforts for
both HPOG–NIE and HPOG-Impact.
Two of the proposed instruments will
collect data from all of the ISIS sites.
Information collection described under
1 through 9 will be included in the next
OMB submission for review.
Information collections 10 through 14
will be submitted in a future
information collection clearance
request.
The goal of HPOG–NIE is to describe
and assess the implementation, systems
change, and outcomes and other
important information about the
operations of the 27 HPOG grantees
focused on TANF recipients and other
low-income individuals. To achieve
these goals, it is necessary to collect
data about the HPOG program designs
and implementation, HPOG partner and
program networks and indicators of
systems change, employers’ perceptions
of HPOG programs, the composition and
intensity of HPOG services received,
participant characteristics and HPOG
experiences, and participant outputs
and outcomes.
The goal of HPOG-Impact is to
evaluate the effectiveness of approaches
used by 20 of the HPOG grantees to
provide TANF recipients and other
low-income individuals with
opportunities for education, training
and advancement within the health care
field. HPOG-Impact also is intended to
evaluate variation in participant impact
that may be attributable to different
HPOG program components and
models. The impact study design is a
classic experiment in which eligible
applicants will be randomly assigned to
a treatment group that is offered
participation in HPOG and a control
group that is not permitted to enroll in
HPOG. Data collected from the HPOG
participants served by these 20 grantees
will also be used for the HPOG–NIE
study.
The goal of ISIS is to test a range of
promising career pathways strategies to
promote education, employment, and
self-sufficiency. Three HPOG grantees
are in the ISIS evaluation along with 6
additional non-HPOG sites.
The information collection activities
to be submitted in the next request
package include:
(1) The HPOG–NIE sample frame
questionnaire will ask respondents from
each of the 27 TANF and low-income
HPOG grantees to identify and provide
contact information for potential
respondents to the surveys described in
items 2–4.

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