Attachment 1 - 60 Day FRN TANF Off Culture_1.22.2018

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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 14 / Monday, January 22, 2018 / Notices
For additional information, please
email [email protected],
Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families

Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018–00902 Filed 1–19–18; 8:45 am]

[OMB No.: 0970–0440]

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Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request; Job
Search Assistance (JSA) Strategies
Evaluation—Extension; Withdrawal
ACTION:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families

Notice; withdrawal.

On January 16, 2018 the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) published a Federal
Register Notice for a Proposed
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request; Job Search
Assistance (JSA) Strategies EvaluationExtension (OMB 0970–0440). The
Notice incorrectly allowed for a 60-day
comment period instead of a 30-day
comment period and had an incorrect
location for where comments should be
sent. ACF is withdrawing this notice
from the Federal Register and will
publish a corrected document.
DATES: The notice published January 16,
2018 at 83 FR 2162 is withdrawn as of
January 22, 2018.
SUMMARY:

Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: TANF Office Culture Study.
OMB No.: New Collection.
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 a project
to identify and describe exemplars of
TANF organizational culture as well as
successful strategies human services
offices have undertaken to improve their
organizational culture. This qualitative
study intends to use this information to
increase understanding of how various
agencies’ organizational cultures

influence TANF clients’ experiences,
service delivery, and frontline workers.
The information collection activities
to be submitted in the package include:
(1) Leadership and supervisor
interviews will collect information on
program structure and staffing, client
experiences, agency goals and
performance management,
organizational learning and innovation,
cultural congruence across service
providers, and the perception of the
organizational culture change, if
applicable.
(2) Frontline workers’ interviews will
collect information about frontline
staffs’ role in service delivery, client
experiences, peer interaction and social
institutions within the agency, agency
goals, organizational learning and
innovation, and the perception of the
organizational culture change initiative,
if applicable.
(3) The focus groups will collect
information about program participants’
perceptions of agency processes, their
communication with agency staff, and
their assessment of the agency’s
organizational culture.
Respondents: Individuals receiving
TANF and related services, TANF
directors, and managers and staff at
local TANF offices.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Total
number of
respondents

Instrument

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Leadership and Supervisor Interview Guide .......................
Frontline Staff Interview Guide ............................................
Focus Group Guide .............................................................

Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 43.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE
Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: OPREinfocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments on (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary

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Annual
number of
respondents

24
12
54

8
4
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for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018–00990 Filed 1–19–18; 8:45 am]
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Number of
responses per
respondent
1
1
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Average
burden hours
per response

Annual
burden hours

1.5
1
1.5

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Childhood & Family
Experiences Study.
OMB No.: New Collection.
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 a project
to understand how public programs can
better serve low-income families. The
Childhood & Family Experiences study
will examine the perspectives and lived
experiences of children and families
living in poverty. This qualitative study
intends to use this information to
increase understanding of the lives of

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