Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator Training Study (CATS Study)

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Career Navigator Follow Up Survey	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Career Navigator Logs	Form	Modified	Available
Cost Records on Providing Training	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
End of Training Implementation Survey	Form	Modified	Available
Career Navigator Baseline Survey	Form	Modified	Available
Learner Consent and Baseline Intake Form	Form	Modified	Available
Public comments and responses.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2024-02-14	Repair queued
Confidentiality Agreement.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2022-05-06	Repair queued
Part B CATS 2.12.24_post 60-day notice.docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2024-02-14	Repair queued
Part A CATS 2.12.24_post 60-day notice.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2024-02-15	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
251547	Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator Training Study (CATS Study)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Career Navigator Follow Up Survey
251547	Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator Training Study (CATS Study)	Form	Modified	Career Navigator Logs
251547	Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator Training Study (CATS Study)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Cost Records on Providing Training
251547	Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator Training Study (CATS Study)	Form	Modified	End of Training Implementation Survey
251547	Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator Training Study (CATS Study)	Form	Modified	Career Navigator Baseline Survey
251547	Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator Training Study (CATS Study)	Form	Modified	Learner Consent and Baseline Intake Form
251547	Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator Training Study (CATS Study)	Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1850-0973	ICR Reference No: 202311-1850-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202302-1850-003
Agency/Subagency: ED/IES	Agency Tracking No: ED-2023-SCC-0195
Title: Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator Training Study (CATS Study)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/02/2024
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/21/2024
Terms of Clearance:

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2027	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2025
Responses	30,823	0	120,403
Time Burden (Hours)	2,340	0	6,640
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S. Department of Education requests clearance for a revision to the Connecting Adults to Success: Evaluation of Career Navigator Training (1850-0973, approved on July 18, 2022). This demonstration study examines the impact of training for career navigators—local adult education provider staff who provide services to address the challenges that learners face navigating the transition to the workforce and to further education and training. The study compares the education and employment outcomes of learners enrolled in adult education sites whose career navigators are assigned by lottery to receive the study’s training (the treatment group) with the outcomes of learners enrolled in the business-as-usual sites who are assigned by lottery to receive the study's training after the study period (the comparison group). Approximately 64 adult education sites nationally are participating in the study. Impacts on learners' education and employment outcomes will be examined after 18 and 30 months. The revision is for the purpose of shifting one component of the approved data collection plan – frequent adult education career navigator-completed logs—to add a single follow-up survey to ensure the study can still examine whether the training leads to changes in these practices. The survey is now needed because of concerns about low response rates and data quality from early rounds of those logs.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 113 - 128 242 Name of Law: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 81067	11/21/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 13052	02/21/2024
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Connecting Adults to Success: Career Navigator Training Study (CATS Study)	NA, NA, NA, N/A, NA, NA	Learner Consent and Baseline Intake Form ,   Career Navigator Baseline Survey ,   End of Training Implementation Survey ,   Cost Records on Providing Training ,   Career Navigator Logs ,   Career Navigator Follow Up Survey

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	30,823	120,403	0	-89,580	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,340	6,640	0	-4,300	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The initial package included frequently completed career navigator logs. Because of concerns about low response rates and data quality on early rounds of the logs, a component of those logs is proposed to be shifted to a single followup survey. This shift results in a reduction in burden to the navigators.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,091,655

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 02/21/2024

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