OPRE Evaluation - Building
Evidence on Employment Strategies for Low-Income Families (BEES)
[Impact, implementation, and descriptive studies]
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
09/28/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2022
4,090
9,511
1,472
2,809
0
0
The Office of Planning, Research, and
Evaluation within the Administration for Children and Families
(ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
seeks approval to continue to collect data from sites and
participants for the Building Evidence on Employment Strategies
(BEES) study. The overall purpose of BEES is to conduct rigorous
evaluations of innovative interventions aimed at improving
employment outcomes, advances in the labor market, and economic
security for low-income individuals and families. Populations of
particular interest for BEES include individuals facing substance
and opioid use disorders, disability or mental health challenges,
and their families; criminal justice-involved populations; or
others at increased risk of enrolling in TANF or SSI/SSDI. While
the target population and domains may vary, all interventions will
include an employment services component. BEES includes impact
and/or implementation studies of 20 different programs. This is a
request for an extension to complete data collection for Building
Evidence on Employment Strategies (BEES) study. Updates have been
made to reflect the current state of information collection,
including: 1. Updates to estimated number of respondents to reflect
completed data collection and anticipated data collection over the
next three years, and 2. An update to extend the fielding period
for follow up surveys slightly to field the surveys 12- to
24-months after participant enrollment. There are no changes to the
actual surveys or related materials.
PL:
Pub.L. 115 - 31 413 Name of Law: Social Security Act, as
amended by the FY 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017
This is an extension to an
approved information collection. There are no changes to burden
estimates, but burden has been updated to reflect completed data
collection activities and only include burden for data collection
that will take place over the next three years. The remaining
burden has been annualized over the new request time period.
Additionally, as described in A2, the fielding period for the
follow up surveys has been adjusted slightly. As such, the file
names for the follow up surveys were updated and reuploaded. There
are no changes to the actual survey content or content in the
related materials. Finally, all materials have been updated to
reflect current templates and naming conventions used by the ACF
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation.
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.
BEES nonsub change request memo_Aug 2022.docx
Program Staff Survey (Attachment O)