Procedural Justice-Informed
Alternatives to Contempt Demonstration (PJAC)
No
material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
No
Regular
02/24/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2023
04/30/2023
1,396
3,920
629
2,310
0
0
The purpose of the Procedural Justice
Informed Alternatives to Contempt Demonstration (PJAC)
demonstration project is to assess the feasibility and efficacy of
incorporating principles of procedural justice into child support
services as a cost-effective alternative to civil contempt
proceedings. The PJAC Demonstration will add to the evidence base
on innovations in child support practices by evaluating PJAC’s
impacts and determining whether the benefits of PJAC services
exceed their costs. The PJAC Evaluation includes three key
components: an implementation study, an impact study, and a
benefit-cost study. Information collection related to PJAC has been
approved in two rounds. The initial package was approved in January
2018, and a revised package was approved in April 2020.
Nonsubstantive change requests were approved in May 2020 to include
questions about the COVID-19 pandemic for Instruments 3,4, and 7
and in July 2020 to allow for a web-based administration for
Instrument 6. The COVID-19 pandemic has extended longer than the
project team could have anticipated, and as a result ACF would like
to make some additional changes to Instruments 4 and 7 to explore
the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the child support
program and families. Additionally, during this extended period,
federal pandemic relief measures through the CARES Act, such as
extended unemployment insurance, the expanded child tax credit, and
economic impact payments, affected families with child support
orders. An additional round of virtual interviews (Instruments 3,
4, and 7) data collection will allow the research team to learn
about how families and child support operations were affected by
these relief measures and their expiration. It will also allow the
research team to learn about changes brought about by the more
recent waves of the virus. Finally, the team has proposed changes
to improve the administration of instruments 4 and 7, based on
experiences thus far.
US Code:
42
USC 1315 Name of Law: Section 1115 of the Social Security
Act
The key reason for changes in
burden is to reflect a change in the number of interview rounds for
three interviews, and to update the request to only include the
remaining number of respondents and associated burden.
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.
NonSub Change Request_20220218.docx
Attachment B_PJAC MDRC IRB Approval Letter.pdf
Instrument 7: Custodial Parent (CP) interview protocol