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OMB Control No: 0960-0809	ICR Reference No: 202202-0960-009
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201901-0960-002
Agency/Subagency: SSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Promoting Opportunity Project (POD)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/19/2022
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/28/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2025	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2022
Responses	14,000	0	85,135
Time Burden (Hours)	4,767	0	21,944
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Section 823 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 required SSA to carry out the Promoting Opportunity Demonstration (POD) to test a new benefit offset formula for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries. Therefore, SSA is undertaking POD, a demonstration to evaluate the affect the new policy will have on SSDI beneficiaries and their families in several critical areas. We previously obtained OMB approval for this demonstration, and are in the midst of implementing the project. In this information collection request, we are seeking approval to add new questions to our follow-up surveys. Respondents are SSDI beneficiaries, who will provide written consent before agreeing to participate in the study and before we randomly assign them to one of the study treatment groups.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 434 Name of Law: Social Security Act
PL: Pub.L. 114 - 74 823 Name of Law: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015

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:
	86 FR 68034	11/30/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 6929	02/07/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	14,000	85,135	-51,320	-19,815
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	4,767	21,944	-17,175	-2
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The burden hour time to complete the POD Monthly Form increased for paper only submissions as we included a travel time of 30 minutes for approximately half of the respondents who may need to travel to a fax machine to submit their forms. As we are near the end of the data collection for this demonstration project, we only expect to collect the information from these two forms for another six-month period. Therefore, we decreased the frequency of response for the Monthly form as well. We did not increase the burden for the POD EOYR Form; however, we note that fewer respondents will complete these forms in the last half year of this data collection. In addition, we included the Average Theoretical Hourly Cost Amount for both forms. Finally, we removed the following items from this request as we have completed collection of the data from these items: • POD Baseline Survey • POD Informed Consent Form • POD Onsite Audit of Case Files in MIS • POD Semi-Structured Interviews with Treatment Group Subjects • POD Staff Interviews with Site Staff • POD Year 1 Follow Up Survey • POD Year 2 Follow Up Survey The removal of these completed information collections decreases the total annual reporting burden for this information collection request.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $176,538

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: Naomi Sipple 410 965-4145 naomi.lebowitz@ssa.gov

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