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SUBJECT CATEGORY: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

Title: Innovative Strategies for Increasing Self Sufficiency (ISIS)Intervention Strategy Assessment Guide.

OMB No.: New Collection.

Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing a data collection activity as part of the Innovative Strategies for Increasing SelfSufficiency (ISIS) demonstration and evaluation. The ISIS project will test a range of promising strategies to promote employment, self sufficiency, and reduce dependence on cash welfare. The ISIS project will evaluate multiple employmentfocused strategies that build on previous approaches and are adapted to the current Federal, State, and local policy environment. The major goals of the project include increasing the empirical knowledge about the effectiveness of a variety of programs for lowincome families to sustain employment and advance to positions that enable selfsufficiency, as well as producing useful findings for both policymakers and program administrators.

This proposed information collection activity focuses on identifying promising strategies to be tested as part of the study. Through semistructured discussions, respondents will be asked to comment on the most important strategies and interventions for potential evaluation.

Respondents: Semistructured discussions will be held with administrators or staff of State agencies, local agencies, and programs with responsibility for employmentrelated services or activities for welfare and other lowincome families; researchers in the field of welfare policy, poverty, economic selfsufficiency, and lowwage labor markets; and policymakers at various levels of government.
Annual Burden Estimates Number of Average burden Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total annual respondents respondent response burden hours Intervention Strategy Assessment Guide...... 400 1 .5 200

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 200.

Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection. Email address: OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.

OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202395 6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.

Dated: April 14, 2008.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E88624 Filed 42208; 8:45 am]
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SUMMARY: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals,

DOCUMENT BODY 2:

Title: Innovative Strategies for Increasing Self Sufficiency (ISIS)Intervention Strategy Assessment Guide.

OMB No.: New Collection.

Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing a data collection activity as part of the Innovative Strategies for Increasing SelfSufficiency (ISIS) demonstration and evaluation. The ISIS project will test a range of promising strategies to promote employment, self sufficiency, and reduce dependence on cash welfare. The ISIS project will evaluate multiple employmentfocused strategies that build on previous approaches and are adapted to the current Federal, State, and local policy environment. The major goals of the project include increasing the empirical knowledge about the effectiveness of a variety of programs for lowincome families to sustain employment and advance to positions that enable selfsufficiency, as well as producing useful findings for both policymakers and program administrators.

This proposed information collection activity focuses on identifying promising strategies to be tested as part of the study. Through semistructured discussions, respondents will be asked to comment on the most important strategies and interventions for potential evaluation.

Respondents: Semistructured discussions will be held with administrators or staff of State agencies, local agencies, and programs with responsibility for employmentrelated services or activities for welfare and other lowincome families; researchers in the field of welfare policy, poverty, economic selfsufficiency, and lowwage labor markets; and policymakers at various levels of government.
Annual Burden Estimates Number of Average burden Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total annual respondents respondent response burden hours Intervention Strategy Assessment Guide...... 400 1 .5 200

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 200.

Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection. Email address: OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.

OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202395 6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.

Dated: April 14, 2008.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E88624 Filed 42208; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 418401M