Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Evaluation – Long-Term Follow-Up Survey

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Final-Appendix C - Informed Consent Form.docx Supplementary Document	2020-12-15
Final-Appendix A - FSS 2020 Survey.docx Supplementary Document	2020-12-15
30-day Notice.pdf Supplementary Document	2020-12-14
60-day Notice.pdf Supplementary Document	2020-12-11
Final-FSS Supporting Statement Part B.docx Supporting Statement B	2020-12-11
Final -FSS Supporting Statement Part A_ 2020_11_20.docx Supporting Statement A	2020-12-11

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
244872	FSS long-term follow-up Other-FSS long-term follow-up	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No:	ICR Reference No: 202012-2528-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: HUD/PD&R	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Evaluation – Long-Term Follow-Up Survey
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 12/15/2020

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved
Responses	1,300	0
Time Burden (Hours)	429	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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Abstract: This Supporting Statement provides information on the proposed Family Self-Sufficiency program (FSS) long-term follow-up effort to further determine the effectiveness of FSS. It builds upon the baseline and interim follow-up data already collected and on the ongoing collection of data The primary goal of the Family Self-Sufficiency evaluation is to build evidence about the program’s effectiveness at helping housing-assisted populations secure and maintain employment and gain independence from public support programs. In 2018, at the end of the base evaluation, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded MDRC an extension to continue the evaluation effort through September 2021, allowing the study to follow participants through the end of their FSS contracts and examine the following types of questions: How do FSS participants fare over the full length of the five-year FSS program? What is the program’s longer-term effect on employment, earnings, and housing assistance outcomes? What are its benefits and costs? What are the program experiences, graduation rates, and escrow disbursements for FSS participants? What are the circumstances of the FSS “exiters”? The long-term follow-up Survey, the focus of this OMB package, will be the main data source for a number of the long-term outcomes that are hypothesized in the FSS Model that cannot be measured using administrative records alone. These include, for example, material hardship, perceived financial well-being, employment characteristics and educational attainment. The longer-term follow-up survey, the subject of this OMB submission, is critical for understanding the program’s effects over an extended period, especially after the program has ended for most study participants. In addition to helping examine program effects, the survey will also be used to understand the post-program experiences of former FSS participants, some of whom may have graduated from the program and received an escrow disbursement. The survey-based impact analysis will draw on questions administered to both the program and control group participants to examine the program’s effects on a wide range of outcomes, some of which can only be determined through use of a survey.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 12 USC 1701z-1 Name of Law: Research and Demonstrations
  

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:
	85 FR 16649	03/24/2020
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 80815	12/14/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
FSS long-term follow-up

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	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	1,300	0	0	1,300	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	429	0	0	429	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Without this survey, the Federal program or related policy activities will not be informed by high quality evidence on a variety of longer-term outcomes central to the FSS intervention. Limiting analysis to only those outcomes available through administrative records will lack the richness and comprehensiveness that the longer-term survey will provide.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $296,828

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.     No

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.     No

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: 12/15/2020

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