Notice2022-14896
Submission for OMB Review; Formative Data Collections for ACF Program Support
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Published
July 13, 2022
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to submit a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend approval of the existing overarching generic clearance for Formative Data Collections for ACF Program Support (OMB #0970-0531; expiration date 7/31/2022). ACF proposes minor updates to the description of potential generic information collections under the overarching generic and to the estimated number of respondents.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41723-41724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14896]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OMB #0970-0531]
Submission for OMB Review; Formative Data Collections for ACF
Program Support
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to
submit a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend
approval of the existing overarching generic clearance for Formative
Data Collections for ACF Program Support (OMB #0970-0531; expiration
date 7/31/2022). ACF proposes minor updates to the description of
potential generic information collections under the overarching generic
and to the estimated number of respondents.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a
decision about the collection of information between 30 and 60 days
after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore,
a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by
emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cb849b998ea2a5ada4a8a4a7a7aea8bfa2a4a58baaa8ade5a3a3b8e5aca4bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3acb3b1a68a8d858c808c8f8f8680978a8c8da3828085cd8b8b90cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the
title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The goals of the generic information collections under
this approval are to obtain information about program and grantee
processes or needs and to inform the following types of activities,
among others:
<bullet> Delivery of targeted assistance and/or workflows related
to program and grantee processes. This could include the development
and refinement of recordkeeping and communication systems.
<bullet> Planning for provision of programmatic or evaluation-
related training or technical assistance (T/TA).
<bullet> Obtaining input on the development of program performance
measures from grantees or others with experience or vested interest.
<bullet> Obtaining feedback about processes and/or practices to
inform ACF program development or support, or ACF research.
<bullet> Use of rapid-cycle testing activities to strengthen
programs in preparation for summative evaluations.
<bullet> Creating public resources with information about ACF-
funded programs, systems, or activities.
ACF uses a variety of techniques such as semi-structured
discussions, focus groups, surveys, templates, open-ended requests, and
telephone or in-person interviews in order to reach these goals.
Information collected under this overarching generic is meant to
inform ACF activities and may be incorporated into documents or
presentations that are made public such as through conference
presentations, websites, or social media. The following are some
examples of ways in which we may share information resulting from these
data collections: technical assistance plans, presentations,
infographics, project specific reports, or other documents relevant to
those involved with or interested in ACF programs such as federal
leadership and staff, grantees, local implementing agencies, and/or T/
TA providers.
Information may also be used to create public resources for users
(clients, programs, researchers). Following standard OMB requirements,
the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation will submit a change
request for each individual data collection activity under this generic
clearance. Each request will include the individual instrument(s), a
justification specific to the individual information collection, and
any supplementary documents. OMB should review requests within 10 days
of submission.
The proposed types and the purpose of generic information
collections submitted under this umbrella generic remain the same.
Minor revisions are based on experiences over the past 3 years. These
include:
<bullet> Updated burden estimates
<bullet> Broadened the description to make clearer the intention to
broadly include respondents with knowledge, experience, or interest in
ACF programs to allow ACF to learn about needs and processes related to
ACF programs from those not necessarily funded by ACF
<bullet> Included specification about requesting information for
efforts to consolidate publicly available information to build public
resources for ACF programs, grantees, clients, or others who may use or
be interested in services funded by ACF.
Respondents: Example respondents include current or prospective
service providers, training or T/TA providers, grantees, contractors,
current and potential participants in ACF programs or similar
comparison groups, experts in fields pertaining to ACF programs, key
groups involved in ACF projects and programs, individuals engaged in
program re-design or demonstration development for evaluation, state or
local government officials, or others involved in or prospectively
involved in ACF programs.
Burden Estimates
At the time of this extension request, 30 GenICs are ongoing, with
a total of 13,652 burden hours. See Attachment B for a list of all
previously approved, ongoing GenICs. The following estimates are
specific to new collections over the next three years.
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Average burden Total burden
Instrument (total over (total over per response (in hours)
request request (in hours)
period) period)
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Semi-Structured Discussions and Focus Groups.... 10,000 1 2 20,000
Interviews...................................... 4,500 1 1 4,500
Questionnaires/Surveys.......................... 8,000 1.5 .5 6,000
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Templates and Open-ended Requests............... 1,000 1 10 10,000
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 40,500.
Authority: Social Security Act, Sec. 1110 [42 U.S.C. 1310].
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-14896 Filed 7-12-22; 8:45 am]
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