Notice2021-23271
Expedited OMB Review and Public Comment: Office of Community Services Data Collection for the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program Reports (New Collection)
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October 26, 2021
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is requesting expedited review of an information collection request from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and inviting public comment on the proposed collection. The proposed forms are necessary to provide data to the Administration and Congress in its oversight of recipients' performance in administering the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) program. The information collection is essential to the mission of the agency for this emergency assistance effort and the use of normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely to disrupt and prevent the collection of information.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59166-59167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23271]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Expedited OMB Review and Public Comment: Office of Community
Services Data Collection for the Low Income Household Water Assistance
Program Reports (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and
Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Community Services, Administration for Children
and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
is requesting expedited review of an information collection request
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and inviting public
comment on the proposed collection. The proposed forms are necessary to
provide data to the Administration and Congress in its oversight of
recipients' performance in administering the Low Income
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Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) program. The information
collection is essential to the mission of the agency for this emergency
assistance effort and the use of normal clearance procedures is
reasonably likely to disrupt and prevent the collection of information.
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 in this notice.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be submitted by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f79e99919894989b9b9294839e9899b7969491d99f9f84d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="157c7b737a767a79797076617c7a7b557476733b7d7d663b727a63">[email protected]</span></a>. All requests should identify the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 180-day approval
for this request under procedures for expedited processing. A request
for review under normal procedures will be submitted within 180 days of
the approval for this request. The LIHWAP effort was authorized under
two separate appropriations as part of an emergency effort to prevent
and respond to COVID-19: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
(Pub. L. 116-260) and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L.
117-2). As a result of the emergency nature, the timeline to implement
the program was very short and the time to develop and submit related
performance measures is similarly short. The proposed LIHWAP Quarterly
Performance and Management Report and the LIHWAP Annual Report are
conducted in accordance with the LIHWAP statute (Pub. L. 116-260) and
will provide ACF and Congress information necessary for oversight of
recipients' performance in administering the LIHWAP program. The
completeness, accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of responses to
data collections are needed for the agency to do the following:
<bullet> Ensure that LIHWAP, an emergency and temporary program, is
implemented effectively and efficiently;
<bullet> Provide reliable and complete fiscal and household data
for OCS analysis and reporting to Congress and the public; and
<bullet> Respond to questions from the Congress, Department, OMB,
White House, and other interested parties in a timely and accurate
manner.
This information collection package also includes a burden estimate
related to the information collected from households. While grant
recipients will collect necessary information from households using a
variety of intake systems and local forms, OCS is providing technical
assistance in this area and has included a sample application template
in supplementary materials. This is a sample template; there will be no
mandated household application format and OCS will not receive or
analyze copies of individual household application materials.
Respondents: LIHWAP grant recipients.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Total number Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses hours per Total burden Annual burden
of respondents per respondent response hours hours
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Quarterly Report................ 157 4 13 8,164 8,164
Annual Report................... 157 2 211 66,254 33,127
Household Application........... 1,200,000 1 .5 600,000 200,000
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 241,291 (for first year with Quarterly reports), 233,127 (for subsequent
years without Quarterly reports).
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. Comments will be considered and any
necessary updates to materials made prior to, and responses provided
in, the submission to OMB that will follow this public comment period.
Authority: Public Law 116-260 and LIHWAP Terms and Conditions
Section 10 (<a href="https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/LIHWAP%20Terms%20and%20Conditions%20for%20States.pdf">https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/LIHWAP%20Terms%20and%20Conditions%20for%20States.pdf</a>).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-23271 Filed 10-25-21; 8:45 am]
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