4184-29-P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Supporting Youth
to be Successful in Life (SYSIL) Study – Extension with
proposed revisions (Office of Management and Budget #:
0970–0574)
AGENCY:

Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation,

Administration for Children and Families, U.S Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION:

Request for public comments.

SUMMARY:

The Administration for Children and Families

(ACF) is requesting approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for an extension with proposed revisions
of a currently approved information collection activity as
part of the Supporting Youth to be Successful in Life
(SYSIL) study (OMB #: 0970–0574; expiration date:
07/31/2024).
DATES:

Comments due within 30 days of publication.

OMB

must make a decision about the collection of information
between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document
in the Federal Register.

Therefore, a comment is best

assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within
30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES:

Written comments and recommendations for the

proposed information collection should be sent within 30

days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

Find this particular

information collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day
Review - Open for Public Comments" or by using the search
function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description:

SYSIL builds evidence on how to decrease the

risk of homelessness among youth and young adults with
experience in the child welfare system by continuing work
with an organization who conducted foundational work as
part of the Youth At-Risk of Homelessness project (OMB
Control Number: 0970-0445).

SYSIL will provide important

information to the field by designing and conducting a
federally led evaluation of a comprehensive service model
for youth at risk of homelessness.
The SYSIL evaluation includes an implementation study
and an impact study, which will use a rigorous quasiexperimental design that includes a comparison group.

This

information collection request includes the baseline and
follow-up survey instruments for the impact study (a single
instrument administered three times), and discussion guides
for interviews and focus groups for the implementation
study.

The data collected from the baseline and follow-up

surveys will be used to describe the characteristics of the
study sample of youth, develop models for estimating
program impacts, and determine program effectiveness by

comparing outcomes between youth in the treatment (youth
receiving the Pathways program) and control groups.

The

study also collects updated contact information from youth
at two points in time to assist in reaching youth to
complete follow-up surveys.

Data from the interviews and

focus groups will provide a detailed understanding of
program implementation.

We are also conducting brief

check-ins with program directors using a subset of
questions from the interview guides to collect information
on services provided at two additional points in time.

The

study also uses administrative data from the child welfare
system, homelessness management information system, and
program providers.

Administrative data is being used in

its existing format and does not impose any new information
collection or recordkeeping requirements on respondents.
The purpose of the requested extension is to continue
the ongoing data collection, which will provide information
on focal youth outcomes and program implementation.

We are

also requesting revisions to the interview and focus group
protocols, as well as an additional round of interviews and
focus groups.

The purpose of the proposed revision is to

better understand their experiences in delivering and
receiving services and gather information on topics not
previously covered in the protocols.
Respondents:

The baseline and follow-up surveys and

contact update requests are administered to youth in the

treatment group (youth receiving the Pathways program) and
youth in the control group who consent to participate in
the study.

Interviews are conducted with program

leadership and staff.

Focus groups are conducted with a

subset of youth who are participating in the study.

Check-

ins are conducted with program directors.
Annual Burden Estimates
Estimated burden reflects estimates over the next three
years.

The numbers of respondents have been updated to

reflect completed efforts.

There are no changes to

estimated time per responses.
Instrument

SYSIL Youth
Survey Baseline
survey
SYSIL Youth
Survey Follow-up
survey 1 (6
months)
SYSIL Youth
Survey Follow-up
survey 2 (12
months)
Interview
guide for
Pathways
sites
(treatment
sites)
Program
Director
Check-ins
for Pathways
sites
(treatment
sites)
Interview
guide for

No. of
Respondents
(total over
request
period)

No. of
Responses per
Respondent
(total over
request
period)

Avg.
Burden per
Response
(in hours)

Total
Burden
(in
hours)

Annual
Burden
(in
hours)

1

.42

50.4

16.8

1

.42

77.70

25.9

1

.42

107.52

35.84

1

1.5

30

0

0

60

1.5

30

comparison
sites
Program
Director
Check-ins
for
comparison
sites
Focus group
discussion
guide for
Pathways
youth
(treatment
youth)
Focus group
discussion
guide for
comparison
youth
Contact
Information
Update
Requests
Contact
Information
Update
Requests

0

0

50

1.5

25

1

1.5

25

2

.08

19.2

6.4

1

.08

14.8

4.93

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 199.87
Authority:

Section 105(b)(5) of the Child Abuse Prevention

and Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5106(b)(5)),
as amended by the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Pub.
L. 111-320).
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-14615 Filed: 7/2/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/3/2024]