OPRE Evaluation - Building Evidence on Employment Strategies for Low-Income Families (BEES) [Impact, implementation, and descriptive studies]
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
No
Regular
08/31/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2022
11/30/2022
9,511
9,511
2,809
2,809
0
0
OMB initially approved data collection instruments for the Building Evidence on Employment Strategies (BEES) study in November 2019. BEES will ultimately include separate studies of up to 21 programs (or “sites”) aimed at improving employment outcomes and economic security for low-income individuals and families. Since approval, BEES has begun formally planning evaluations with some programs while continuing recruitment of additional programs.
As described in the justification package for this study, approved instruments may be tailored to specific sites as they are recruited. This request is specific to two individual BEES programs in Franklin and Stark counties in Ohio. These programs are based in two child support agencies and focus on delivering employment and parenting services to parents with at least one child support order. This request is to tailor the 6-month follow-up survey for Franklin-Stark participants. The BEES Study Team plans to begin administering the survey in December 2021.
PL:
Pub.L. 115 - 31 413
Name of Law: Social Security Act, as amended by the FY 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017
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