This request is related to the
collection of information for the National and Tribal Evaluations
of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) program, funded
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The HPOG grants
fund programs that provide education and training to Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients and other
low-income individuals for occupations in the health care field
that pay well and are expected to either experience labor shortages
or be in high demand. ACF awarded the first set of HPOG grants in
September 2010, and the second set of HPOG grants in September 2015
(referred to as HPOG 2.0). Under HPOG 2.0, ACF funded 32
grants—five to tribal-affiliated organizations and 27 to non-tribal
entities. The ACF Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
(OPRE) has developed a multi-pronged research and evaluation
portfolio for the HPOG 2.0 Program to better understand and assess
the activities conducted and their results. This submission is in
support of two components of the evaluation portfolio, the HPOG 2.0
National Evaluation and HPOG 2.0 Tribal Evaluation. Abt Associates
and their partners, MEF Policy Associates, the Urban Institute,
Insight Policy Research, and NORC at the University of Chicago, are
leading the evaluation of HPOG 2.0. These studies will use data
collected from the HPOG management information system, the HPOG
Participant Accomplishment and Grantee Evaluation System (PAGES),
designed under The Evaluation and System Design for Career Pathways
Programs: 2nd Generation of Health Profession Opportunity Grants
(HPOG Next Gen Design). OMB previously approved baseline data
collection in the PAGES system and informed consent forms for the
HPOG 2.0 evaluation under OMB Control Number 0970-0462. PAGES is
internet-based and gathers data from the HPOG 2.0 grantees on: (1)
grantee program designs and offerings; (2) intake information on
eligible applicants (both treatment and control) through baseline
data collection; and (3) individual enrolled program participants’
activities and outcomes. The original OMB submission was approved
in August 2015. A nonsubstantive change request was approved in
January 2016 for changes to the informed consent forms for
non-tribal grantees. A second nonsubstantive change request was
approved in July 2016 for changes to the informed consent forms for
Tribal grantees. This submission seeks OMB approval for additional
data collection efforts for the HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation and
the HPOG 2.0 Tribal Evaluation.
Previously approved burden was
updated to reflect completed information collection, burden was
added to one previously approved instrument based on actual
enrollment numbers, and ten new information collections are
included with this request.
$1,677,868
No
No
Yes
No
No
Uncollected
Molly Buck 202 205-4724
mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov
No
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.
Attachment J_Interview Verbal Informed Consent Form.docx
Attachment I_Focus Group Informed Consent Form.doc
Attachment H_HPOG- Model.pptx
Instrument 11: HPOG 2.0 Tribal Evaluation program participant non-completer interviews