Notice2021-11653
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Refugee Support Services (RSS) and RSS Set Aside Sub-Agency List (0970-0556)
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Published
June 3, 2021
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) seeks approval for a revision to an existing information collection, requesting Refugee Support Services (RSS) grantees and RSS Set Aside grantees to provide the agency name, city, state, website, and funding amount for each contracted sub-grantee. Additionally, ORR seeks approval to have the option to make this information public. This would enhance the accessibility of refugee service provider information to eligible clients in support of the service referral responsibilities of the State Refugee Coordinators. Similar information for ORR's discretionary grants is currently made public.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 105 (Thursday, June 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29788-29789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11653]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Refugee Support
Services (RSS) and RSS Set Aside Sub-Agency List (0970-0556)
AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and
Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of
Refugee Resettlement (ORR) seeks approval for a revision to an existing
information collection, requesting Refugee Support Services (RSS)
grantees and RSS Set Aside grantees to provide the agency name, city,
state, website, and funding amount for each contracted sub-grantee.
Additionally, ORR seeks approval to have the option to make this
information public. This would enhance the accessibility of refugee
service provider information to eligible clients in support of the
service referral responsibilities of the State Refugee Coordinators.
Similar information for ORR's discretionary grants is currently made
public.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4a23242c25292526262f293e2325240a2b292c64222239642d253c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d14131b121e121111181e091412133d1c1e1b5315150e531a120b">[email protected]</span></a>. Alternatively, copies can also be obtained
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), 330 C Street SW, Washington,
DC 20201, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests, emailed or
written, should be identified by the title of the information
collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: This data collection requests RSS grantees and RSS Set
Aside grantees to provide the agency name, city, state, website, and
funding amount for each contracted sub-grantee.
The information will be used for national resource mapping
pertaining to ORR RSS funding at the local level. Improved
communication and the knowledge of all local providers is important to
ORR's overall oversight of the program. In addition to RSS formula
funding to states and state replacement agencies who then issue sub-
awards to local providers, ORR also awards discretionary grants that
directly fund local refugee service providers. This report will provide
ORR a complete picture of the availability all ORR resources to assist
newly arrived refugees at the local level increasing our ability to
identify gaps or target areas of need.
Respondents: State governments and replacement designees.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Total number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses per hours per Total burden Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours hours
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RSS and RSS Set Aside Sub-grantee List............................. 56 3 2 336 112
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 112.
Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: Refugee Act of 1980 [Immigration and Nationality
Act, Title IV, Chapter 2 Section 412 (e)] and 45 CFR 400.28.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-11653 Filed 6-2-21; 8:45 am]
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