Assets for Independence Act Evaluation:
Design Phase Final Report
August 9, 2000
8. |
Summary |
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| 8.1 | Coordination and Oversight | ||
| 8.2 | Total Estimated Cost | ||
8.1 Coordination and Oversight
This section presents the proposed plan and estimated costs for coordination and oversight of the AFIA evaluation. Exhibit 8-1 shows these costs, by year.
The activities addressed here span the six planned components of the evaluation. The associated costs are grouped together here, rather than allocating them to the individual components on a pro rata basis.
These costs are for the following activities:
- Meetings and briefings—In the course of the evaluation, a series a meetings and briefings will be held with HHS staff in Washington, DC. These include the startup meeting in October 2000, interim briefings in October of 2001 through 2004, and a final briefing in September 2005. We assume that two members of the evaluation contractor's staff will attend each meeting or briefing.
- OMB clearance package—Because of the needs for primary data to support the process analysis, the experimental and nonexperimental impact analyses, and the in-depth participant interviewing, OMB clearance will be required for these data collection activities. Although the costs of instrument design and development have been assigned to each respective evaluation component, the costs of preparing the OMB clearance package are included here. The clearance package will be submitted in draft form in November 2000 and in final form in December 2000. We assume that clearance will be obtained by the end of March 2001.
- Site selection memoranda—As noted throughout this document, major decisions will be required regarding the selection of sites for data collection. The design calls for an experimental site, ten other sites for the process analysis, and a nationally representative set of sites for the nonexperimental impact analysis. These sites will be selected from among the first and second grantee cohorts (FY 1999 and FY 2000), with the exception of the five sites for the second-phase process analysis (which will come from the FY 2001 and FY 2002 cohorts). The decisions regarding the selection of sites from the FY 1999-2000 cohorts will be addressed in a draft memorandum submitted in December 2000. Based on comments from HHS, a revision will then be provided in January 2001. The decisions regarding the selection of sites from the FY 2001-2002 cohorts for the second-phase process analysis will be addressed in draft and final memoranda submitted in December 2002 and January 2003, respectively.
- Technical review—Major evaluation deliverables will require review by Senior-level staff of the evaluation contractor, to assure technical quality. We assume one day of review time for a Senior researcher for each of the following deliverables: OMB Clearance Package (November 2000 draft), Site Selection Memoranda (December 2000 and December 2002 drafts), Interim Reports (September of 2001 through 2004), the Draft Final Report (July 2005), and the Final Report (September 2005).
- We assume that HHS will not require monthly progress reports from
the evaluation contractor.
8.2 Total Estimated Cost
This section presents the estimated total cost for the AFIA evaluation, including all components. Exhibit 8-2 shows the costs by component; Exhibit 8-3 shows the costs by year.
The total estimated cost of all evaluation activities is $4.999 million for the duration of the project. By component, as shown in Exhibit 8-2, the nonexperimental impact analysis entails the highest cost, at $1.908 million. The cost of the experimental impact analysis is $1.344 million. For each of these two components, survey direct costs comprise about 40 percent of the total estimated cost.
The pattern of costs by year, as shown in Exhibit 8-3, is also driven
largely by the timing of the survey data collection for the experimental
and nonexperimental impact analyses. Years 2, 3, and 4, the most concentrated
periods of primary data collection, thus show the highest annual costs.
| Item |
Rate
|
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units | Cost | Units | Cost | Units | Cost | Units | Cost | Units | Cost | Units | Cost | |||||
| Staff Labor | ||||||||||||||||
| Class I - Senior |
104
|
$5,515
|
16
|
$982
|
56
|
$3,065
|
56
|
$3,065
|
24
|
$1,598
|
256
|
$14,225
|
||||
| Class II - Associate |
160
|
$4,349
|
8
|
$217
|
80
|
$2,174
|
80
|
$2,174
|
8
|
$217
|
336
|
$9,132
|
||||
| Class III - Intermediate |
0
|
$0
|
0
|
$0
|
0
|
$0
|
0
|
$0
|
0
|
$0
|
0
|
$0
|
||||
| Class IV - Junior |
0
|
$0
|
0
|
$0
|
0
|
$0
|
0
|
$0
|
0
|
$0
|
0
|
$0
|
||||
| Class VI - Clerical |
48
|
$877
|
0
|
$0
|
24
|
$438
|
24
|
$438
|
0
|
$0
|
9
|
$1,754
|
||||
| Labor Inflation Adjustment |
4%
|
$430
|
$98
|
$709
|
|
$964
|
|
$393
|
$2,594
|
|||||||
| Subtotal Staff Labor |
$11,170
|
$1,298
|
$6,387
|
|
$6,642
|
|
$2,208
|
$27,706
|
||||||||
| Fringe and Overhead |
|
$12,305
|
$1,429
|
$7,036
|
|
$7,317
|
|
$2,433
|
$30,520
|
|||||||
| Total Staff Labor |
312
|
$23,475
|
24
|
$2,727
|
160
|
$13,423
|
160
|
$13,690
|
32
|
$4,641
|
688
|
$58,226
|
||||
| Other Direct Costs | ||||||||||||||||
| Survey Direct Costs |
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
||||||||
| Travel |
$1,546
|
$1,546
|
$1,546
|
|
$1,546
|
|
$3,092
|
$9,276
|
||||||||
| Telephone and Computer |
$1,096
|
$105
|
$562
|
|
$562
|
|
$156
|
$2,480
|
||||||||
| Duplicating and Delivery |
$114
|
$57
|
$57
|
|
$57
|
|
$114
|
$399
|
||||||||
| Payments to Respondents |
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
||||||||
| ODC Inflation Adjustment |
3%
|
$83
|
$104
|
$201
|
|
$272
|
|
$535
|
$1,194
|
|||||||
| Total Other Direct Costs |
$2,839
|
$1,812
|
$2,365
|
|
$2,436
|
|
$3,897
|
$13,349
|
||||||||
| G&A and Fee |
|
$6,879
|
$1,186
|
$4,127
|
|
$4,286
|
|
$2,232
|
$18,710
|
|||||||
| Total Cost |
$33,193
|
$5,725
|
$19,915
|
|
$20,682
|
|
$10,770
|
$90,285
|
||||||||
| Item |
Rate
|
Program and Participant Tracking and Monitoring | Process Analysis | Experimental Impact Analysis | Nonexperimental Impact analysis | In-Depth Participant Interviewing | Benefit-Cost Analysis | Coordination and Oversight | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units | Cost | Units | Cost | Units | Cost | Units | Cost | Units | Cost | Units | Cost | Units | Cost | Units | Cost | ||||
| Staff Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Class I - Senior |
580
|
$60,001
|
792
|
$36,321
|
1212
|
$55,582
|
1354
|
$62,755
|
324
|
$33,518
|
218 |
$22,552
|
256 |
$14,225
|
4736
|
$284,954
|
|||
| Class II - Associate |
1730
|
$86,241
|
2580
|
$73,192
|
4080
|
$123,745
|
4586
|
$135,649
|
886
|
$44,167
|
1152 |
$57,427
|
336 |
$9,132
|
15350
|
$529,554
|
|||
| Class III - Intermediate |
0
|
$0
|
0
|
$0
|
0
|
$0
|
0
|
$0
|
0
|
$0
|
148 |
$6,918
|
0 |
$0
|
148
|
$6,918
|
|||
| Class IV - Junior |
520
|
$11,965
|
872
|
$13,839
|
1072
|
$17,013
|
1972
|
$31,296
|
988
|
$22,734
|
0 |
$0
|
0 |
$0
|
5424
|
$98,846
|
|||
| Class VI - Clerical |
400
|
$8,448
|
432
|
$7,893
|
368
|
$6,723
|
528
|
$9,647
|
0
|
$0
|
0 |
$0
|
96 |
$1,754
|
1824
|
$34,464
|
|||
| Labor Inflation Adjustment | 4% |
$17,346
|
$13,938
|
$26,345
|
|
$12,626
|
|
$9,180
|
$2,594
|
$101,587
|
$26,345
|
||||||||
| Subtotal Staff Labor |
$184,000
|
$145,183
|
$222,623
|
|
$265,690
|
|
$113,044
|
#96,077
|
$27,706
|
$1,054,323
|
|||||||||
| Fringe and Overhead |
202,695
|
$159,933
|
$245,242
|
|
$292,695
|
|
$124,530
|
$105,838
|
$30,520
|
$1,161,442
|
|||||||||
| Total Staff Labor |
3230
|
$366,695
|
4676
|
$305,116
|
6732
|
$467,865
|
8440
|
$558,375
|
2198
|
$237,574
|
1518 |
$201,915
|
688 |
$58,226
|
27482
|
$2,215,765
|
|||
| Other Direct Costs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Survey Direct Costs |
$0
|
$0
|
$463,647
|
|
$774,744
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,238,391
|
|||||||||
| Travel |
$0
|
$39,864
|
$14,910
|
|
$0
|
|
$15,246
|
$7,655
|
9,276
|
$86,951
|
|||||||||
| Telephone and Computer |
$20,453
|
$44,511
|
$47,820
|
0
|
$60,758
|
|
$18,965
|
$6,060
|
$2,480
|
2700 |
$201,048
|
||||||||
| Duplicating and Delivery |
$4,560
|
$7,396
|
$6,335
|
|
$11,656
|
|
$1,516
|
$348
|
$399
|
84800 |
$32,210
|
||||||||
| Payments to Respondents |
$0
|
$0
|
$60,025
|
|
$100,800
|
|
$3,150
|
$0
|
$0
|
8440 |
$163,975
|
||||||||
| ODC Inflation Adjustment | 3% |
$1,933
|
$6,545
|
$5,001
|
|
$5,981
|
|
$3,296
|
$1,054
|
$1,194
|
$25,004
|
||||||||
| Total Other Direct Costs |
$26,946
|
$98,316
|
$597,737
|
|
$953,940
|
|
$42,173
|
$15,118
|
$13,349
|
$1,747,579
|
|||||||||
| G&A and Fee |
$108,126
|
$105,457
|
$278,548
|
|
$395,319
|
|
$73,126
|
$56,732
|
$18,710
|
$1,036,018
|
|||||||||
| Total Cost |
$521,766
|
$508,899
|
$1,344,151
|
|
$1,907,633
|
|
$352,873
|
$273,765
|
$90,285
|
$4,999,362
|
|||||||||
| Item |
Rate
|
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units | Cost | Units | Cost | Units | Cost | Units | Cost | Units | Cost | Units | Cost | |||||
| Staff Labor | ||||||||||||||||
| Class I - Senior |
1421
|
$77,227
|
1007
|
$64,455
|
1045
|
%62,876
|
1103
|
$72,652
|
160
|
$7,835
|
4736
|
$284,954
|
||||
| Class II - Associate |
3824
|
$127,515
|
3863
|
$137,086
|
3407
|
$115,827
|
3789
|
$135,322
|
469
|
$13,804
|
15350
|
$529,554
|
||||
| Class III - Intermediate |
48
|
$2,244
|
48
|
$2,244
|
48
|
$2,244
|
4
|
$187
|
0
|
$0
|
148
|
$6,918
|
||||
| Class IV - Junior |
1246
|
$20,702
|
1464
|
$27,689
|
970
|
$16,322
|
1664
|
$30,863
|
80
|
$1,270
|
5424
|
$96,846
|
||||
| Class VI - Clerical |
576
|
$10,809
|
428
|
$8,105
|
420
|
$7,958
|
360
|
$6,862
|
40
|
$731
|
1824
|
$34,464
|
||||
| Labor Inflation Adjustment |
4%
|
$9,540
|
$19,550
|
$25,625
|
|
$41,751
|
|
$5,122
|
$101,587
|
|||||||
| Subtotal Staff Labor |
$248,036
|
$259,127
|
$230,852
|
|
$287,547
|
|
$28,761
|
$1,054,323
|
||||||||
| Fringe and Overhead |
|
$273,327
|
$285,455
|
$254,306
|
|
$316,761
|
|
$31,683
|
$1,161,442
|
|||||||
| Total Staff Labor |
7115
|
$521,273
|
6810
|
$544,582
|
5890
|
$485,158
|
6920
|
$604,308
|
749
|
$60,444
|
27482
|
$2,215,765
|
||||
| Other Direct Costs | ||||||||||||||||
| Survey Direct Costs |
$171,515
|
$356,534
|
$381,460
|
|
$261,139
|
|
$67,744
|
$1,238,391
|
||||||||
| Travel |
$19,824
|
$23,886
|
$16,263
|
|
$23,886
|
|
$3,092
|
$86,951
|
||||||||
| Telephone and Computer |
$51,733
|
$58,784
|
$44,893
|
|
$39,474
|
|
$6,165
|
$201,048
|
||||||||
| Duplicating and Delivery |
$8,739
|
$8,490
|
$7,879
|
|
$6,195
|
|
$909
|
$32,210
|
||||||||
| Payments to Respondents |
$28,455
|
$53,585
|
$43,558
|
|
$29,978
|
|
$8,400
|
$163,975
|
||||||||
| ODC Inflation Adjustment |
3%
|
$2,409
|
$5,648
|
$6,401
|
|
$8,927
|
|
$1,619
|
$25,004
|
|||||||
| Total Other Direct Costs |
$282,674
|
$506,925
|
500,453
|
|
369,597
|
|
87,929
|
$1,747,579
|
||||||||
| G&A and Fee |
|
$210,152
|
$274,864
|
$257,639
|
|
$254,579
|
|
$38,785
|
$1,036,018
|
|||||||
| Total Cost |
$1,014,099
|
$1,326,372
|
$1,243,250
|
|
$1,228,485
|
|
$187,157
|
$4,999,362
|
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