Approved as the
baseline study only. HHS will need to resubmit the package (under
the same OMB #) for additional data collection beyond the baseline.
It is noted that this represents a study of "best practice" sites,
and all reports of these data should note that significant
technical assistance was given to these sites to implement the
program successfully. (It is noted that most of these programs were
already in existance, and may not need as significant technical
assistance as other sites). HHS is again commended for developing a
true expirimental design in their study of this population.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
07/31/2006
07/31/2006
6,000
0
0
2,183
0
0
0
0
0
The Enhanced Services for the
Hard-to-Employ Demo and Evaluation (HtE) seeks to learn what works
in this area to date and is explicitly designed to build on past
research by rigorously testing a wide variety of approaches to
promoting employment and improving family functioning and child
well-being. HtE is designed to help Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) recipients, former TANF ecipients, or low-income
parents who are hard-to-employ. The evaluation involves random
assignment experiments in 6 sites. The data collected will be used
to study HtE's......
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