Notice2022-11409
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Office of Refugee Resettlement Cash and Medical Assistance Program Quarterly Report on Expenditures and Obligations (ORR-2) (OMB #0970-0407)
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Published
May 27, 2022
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the form ORR-2, Cash and Medical Assistance Program Quarterly Report on Expenditures and Obligations (OMB #0970-0407, expiration 9/30/2022). There are no changes requested to the form.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32168-32169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11409]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Office of Refugee
Resettlement Cash and Medical Assistance Program Quarterly Report on
Expenditures and Obligations (ORR-2) (OMB #0970-0407)
AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and
Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the
form ORR-2, Cash and Medical Assistance Program Quarterly Report on
Expenditures and Obligations (OMB #0970-0407, expiration 9/30/2022).
There are no changes requested to the form.
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: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ef868189808c8083838a8c9b868081af8e8c89c187879cc1888099"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="761f18101915191a1a1315021f191836171510581e1e0558111900">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: ORR reimburses, to the extent of available
appropriations, certain non-federal costs for the provision of cash and
medical assistance (CMA) to refugees, along with allowable expenses for
the administration of the refugee resettlement program at the state
level. States and Replacement Designees currently submit the ORR-2
Quarterly Report on Expenditures and Obligations, which provides
aggregate expenditure and obligation data. The ORR-2 collects
expenditures and obligations data separately for each of the four
following CMA program components: Refugee cash assistance, refugee
medical assistance, CMA administration, and services for unaccompanied
minors. This breakdown of financial status data allows ORR to track
program expenditures in greater detail to anticipate any funding issues
and to meet the requirements of ORR regulations at CFR 400.211 to
collect these data for use in estimating future
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costs of the refugee resettlement program. ORR must implement the
methodology at CFR 400.211 each year after receipt of its annual
appropriation to ensure that appropriated funds will be adequate for
reimbursement to states of the costs for assistance provided to
entering refugees. The estimating methodology prescribed in the
regulations requires the use of actual past costs by program component.
If the methodology indicates that appropriated funds are inadequate,
ORR must take steps to reduce federal expenses, such as by limiting the
number of months of eligibility for Refugee Cash Assistance and Refugee
Medical Assistance. The ORR-2 is a single-page financial report that
allows ORR to collect the necessary data to ensure that funds are
adequate for the projected need and thereby meet the requirements of
both the Refugee Act and ORR regulations.
Respondents: State governments and Replacement Designees.
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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ORR-2, Cash and Medical Assistance Program 66 4 1.5 396
Quarterly Report on Expenditures and
Obligations................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 396.
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: 8 U.S.C. 1522 Sec. 412 and 8 U.S.C. 524 (Title IV), Sec.
414.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-11409 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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