Congress and the Secretary of Labor
will use the data collected with these instruments to assess the
effectiveness of the Job Corps program in meeting its objectives
under WIOA. The data collected will be used to fulfill the
reporting requirements under Section 116(b)(2)(A)(i) and Section
159(c)(4) of WIOA. The Office of Job Corps will also incorporate
these data into the Outcome Measurement System to evaluate the
post-center outcomes of graduates and former enrollees. Job Corps
will use the information about student outcomes and customer
feedback about satisfaction with specific services to develop or
refine policies to improve the delivery of educational and job
training services to at-risk youth.
PL: Pub.L. 113 - 128 159(c) and (d) Name of
Law: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014
PL: Pub.L. 113 - 128 116(b)(2)(A)(ii) Name of Law: Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014
The most recent ICR, submitted
in December 2015, estimated 48,300 total respondents to the survey,
with a corresponding burden of 10,240 hours. For this ICR, Job
Corps estimates it will have 49,200 former enrollee and graduate
respondents in the second and fourth quarter surveys plus 5,000
employer/institution respondents, yielding a total of 93,400 total
responses. This results in a burden of 21,700 hours, an increase of
11,460 hours. This increase in burden under WIOA is attributable to
the requirement to survey all program participants, which produces
a much larger pool than was produced under the WIA requirement to
survey only placed graduates and former enrollees.
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.