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OMB Control No: 0584-0657	ICR Reference No: 201910-0584-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: USDA/FNS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: The Role of Job Search as a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment and Training (E&T) Component
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 07/14/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/16/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2023	36 Months From Approved
Responses	741	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	518	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Food Security Act of 1985 established the SNAP employment and training (E&T) program to help SNAP recipients gain the “skills, training, or experience that will increase their ability to obtain regular employment” and achieve economic self-sufficiency. Although all States must operate a SNAP E&T program, they have considerable flexibility in designing their programs, including whether to make them mandatory or voluntary, what E&T components to include, and what populations and locations to target. The primary purpose of this study is to document the types of job search activities offered through SNAP E&T programs, examine State implementation of those activities, and assess the effectiveness of those activities in moving participants toward employment. Therefore, FNS is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to collect information from a sample of participating State SNAP offices, local SNAP offices, SNAP E&T providers, other SNAP E&T stakeholders, State agencies with wage record data, and SNAP job search participants. The study will profile the job search component of SNAP E&T programs in four States via site visits. better understanding of the types of job search activities offered through SNAP E&T programs, examine State implementation of those activities, and help FNS better understand the effectiveness of those activities in moving participants toward self-sufficiency. FNS will use findings from the study to inform program enhancements and SNAP E&T policy and guidance to States. States may also use study findings to improve their job search components.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 113 - 128 17 Name of Law: The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 13862	04/08/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 14875	03/16/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	741	741
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	518	518
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: This is a new information collection that will add 517.85 burden hours (512.35 response hours plus 5.5 nonresponse hours) and 741 annual responses (631 responses for responsive participants plus 110 responses for nonresponsive participants) to the OMB information collection inventory.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $282,043

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

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. Yes

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. Yes

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

Agency Contact: Rachelle Ragland-Greene 703 605-0038 Rachelle.Greene@fns.usda.gov

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