HHS Extends Tracking of Job Strategies for the Disadvantaged
Published Date: 2/25/2026
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Summary
The government wants to keep collecting info for one more year on a cool project that helps people with tough challenges find jobs and become independent. This affects folks with health issues, criminal records, or little work experience, tracking how well new job programs work over time. Comments on this plan are due by April 27, 2026, and there’s no extra cost or changes—just an extension to keep learning!
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One-year extension of NextGen follow-up survey
The Administration for Children and Families is extending the NextGen Project's second follow-up survey for one year to collect responses through April 2027. The survey targets individuals enrolled in NextGen (people facing complex challenges such as physical or mental health conditions, criminal justice involvement, or limited work experience), will ask about employment, earnings, economic independence, well-being, health status, substance use, and criminal justice involvement, and has an estimated burden of 0.83 hours (about 50 minutes) for each of 200 respondents. Comments on this extension are due April 27, 2026.
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