This information collection request is approved for 6 months. DOL will immediately begin the process of obtaining public comment and resubmitting under the normal PRA processing procedures.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2013
6 Months From Approved
69,024
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8,632
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The Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP), which is part of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Pub. L.112-56), is a new training program for eligible veterans and is funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The program requires the Department of Labor (DOL) to offer employment placement services to each veteran who participated in the VRAP within 30 days of their completion or termination, The Department of Veterans Affairs, in collaboration with the DOL, must submit a report to Congress by July 1, 2014, on the outcomes of the program. The report requires the total number of eligible veterans who participated, the associates degrees or certificates awarded (or other similar evidence of the completion of the program of education or training earned), and data related to the employment status of eligible veterans who participated in the program. To ensure employment services are being offered and outcomes are being tracked for all participants, ETA wishes to collect quarterly reports from the states, with a 45-day reporting period following each quarter, on the outreach offered to VRAP participants. To do so, ETA would add two data fields to the participant report it sends to the states. The report will be in Microsoft Excel format and will include a
This information collection request is needed for DOL to report to program stakeholders that VRAP exiters are being offered employment services and required by the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011. In order to provide updates to Congress and other stakeholders about the progress of the program, it is vital to be able to collect reports on a quarterly basis. This information will also be necessary in order to account for all VRAP participants in the mandated full report to Congress on VRAP by July 1, 2014. The VRAP program began on July 1, 2012 and VRAP participants have been exiting the program since that time, but the Department has lacked the approval to collect this data.
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.
NOTE TO REVIEWER.docx
Agency Head Emergency Processing Memo for VRAP.pdf
State Agency Reports