Notice2021-28125
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Annual Report on Households Assisted by the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) (OMB #0970-0060)
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Published
December 27, 2021
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Community Services (OCS), Division of Energy Assistance, is requesting a 3-year extension of the Household Report Form (OMB #0970-0060, expiration February 28, 2022). Submission of the completed report is one requirement for LIHEAP grant recipients applying for federal LIHEAP block grant funds. OCS proposes minor changes related to reporting of supplemental funding and to update reporting dates and number of respondents.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 245 (Monday, December 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73293-73294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28125]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Annual Report on
Households Assisted by the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP) (OMB #0970-0060)
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 (OCS), Division of Energy
Assistance, is requesting a 3-year extension of the Household Report
Form (OMB #0970-0060, expiration February 28, 2022). Submission of the
completed report is one requirement for LIHEAP grant recipients
applying for federal LIHEAP block grant funds. OCS proposes minor
changes related to reporting of supplemental funding and to update
reporting dates and number of respondents.
DATES: Comments may be submitted through February 25, 2022. 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#0960676f666a6665656c6a7d60666749686a6f2761617a276e667f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97fef9f1f8f4f8fbfbf2f4e3fef8f9d7f6f4f1b9ffffe4b9f0f8e1">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico are required by the Low-Income Energy Assistance Act of
1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624, Sec 2610) to report statistics for the previous
federal fiscal year (FFY) on the following:
<bullet> Assisted and applicant households, by type of LIHEAP
assistance and funding source;
<bullet> Assisted households receiving nominal payments of $50 or
less, by funding source;
<bullet> Assisted households receiving only utility payment
assistance, by funding source; this information will automatically be
transferred to the grant recipient's Performance Data Form;
<bullet> Assisted households, regardless of the type(s) of LIHEAP
assistance or funding source, excluding households that only receive
nominal payments of $50 or less;
<bullet> Assisted households, by type of LIHEAP assistance and
funding source, having at least one vulnerable member who is at least
60 years or older, disabled, or 5 years old or younger;
<bullet> Assisted households, by type of LIHEAP assistance and
funding source, with at least one member age 2 years or under;
<bullet> Assisted households, by type of LIHEAP assistance and
funding source, with at least one member ages 3 years through 5 years;
and
<bullet> Assisted households, regardless of the type(s) of LIHEAP
assistance or funding source, having at least one member 60 years or
older, disabled, or 5 years old or younger.
Indian tribal grant recipients are required to submit data only on
the number of households, by funding source, receiving heating,
cooling, energy crisis, and/or weatherization benefits.
In FFY 2020, OCS updated the form to allow for the reporting of
households served by separate LIHEAP funding types and benefits
provided by the following: (1) Funds from regular LIHEAP FFY
appropriations acts, including any Continuing Resolutions and final
appropriations acts, reallotted prior year funds, and federal LIHEAP
funds carried-over to or expended in the current year; (2) supplemental
funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the
CARES Act) (Pub. L. 116-136); and (3) funds from any subsequent
supplemental LIHEAP appropriations acts. ACF proposes similar changes
to the report for FFY 2022, including the addition of lines that allow
for the reporting of households served by LIHEAP funds from the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117-2). OCS has also
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updated the request to reflect the current number of expected
respondents and appropriate reporting dates.
The information is being collected for the Department's annual
LIHEAP Report to Congress. The data also provides information about the
need for LIHEAP funds. Finally, the data are used in the calculation of
LIHEAP performance measures under the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993. The data elements will allow the accuracy of
measuring LIHEAP targeting performance and LIHEAP cost efficiency.
Respondents: State governments, tribal governments, U.S.
territories, and the District of Columbia.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Total number Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses hours per Annual burden
of respondents per respondent response hours
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Assisted Household Report-Long Form............. 56 1 43 2,408
Assisted Household Report-Short Form............ 151 1 2 302
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,710.
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
through February 25, 2022.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 8629 and 45 CFR 96.92.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-28125 Filed 12-22-21; 11:15 am]
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