Memo Explaining Updates From Previously Approved Generic

To: Steph Tatham

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

From: Brett Brown

Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

Date: July 27, 2018

Subject: Updates to Generic Information Collection Assessing Options to Evaluate Long-Term Outcomes Using Administrative Data: Identifying Targets of Opportunity (OMB #0970-0356)

We request minor changes to the generic information collection (GenIC), Assessing Options to Evaluate Long-Term Outcomes Using Administrative Data: Identifying Targets of Opportunity. This GenIC was approved under the OPRE Formative Generic Clearance (0970-0356) on February 23, 2018. The changes include:

• change from focus on only employment evaluations to include both employment and youth/child development evaluations,

• addition of 5 more respondents,

• edits to the Evaluation Template instrument, and

• removal of Appendix C.

The primary purpose of these modifications is to conduct additional data collection, given new resources allotted to the project. Given the quality of responses in the first round of data collection, we updated the instrument for respondents to help enhance data quality and minimize need for follow-up for clarity on instructions. Because the instrument’s enhancements also include reformatting to help easily distinguish between the questions, instructions, and pre-populated information, we have dropped Appendix C, which was intended to provide guidance on how to complete the template.

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