Notice2022-24421
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
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November 9, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has reorganized the Office of Administration (OA). This reorganization creates a new Office of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). It will transfer the administration of the Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) and the coordination of Multi-Program Advance Planning Document (APD) approvals from the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) to the new CTO.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67693-67696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24421]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has
reorganized the Office of Administration (OA). This reorganization
creates a new Office of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). It will
transfer the administration of the Public Assistance Reporting
Information System (PARIS) and the coordination of Multi-Program
Advance Planning Document (APD) approvals from the Office of Planning,
Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) to the new CTO.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Goldhaber, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Administration, Office of Administration, 330 C St. SW,
Washington, DC 20201, (202) 795-7790.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice amends Part K of the Statement
of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), as follows: Chapter KP, Office of the
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration (ODASA), as last amended
at 83 FR 43585 through 43586 (July 17, 2020) and Chapter KM, OPRE, as
last amended 81 FR 41308 through 41310 (June 24, 2016).
I. Under Chapter KP, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Administration, delete section KP.10 Organization in its entirety and
replace with the following:
KP.10 Organization. The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Administration is headed by the Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Administration (DASA) who reports to the Assistant Secretary for
Children and Families. The office is organized as follows:
<bullet> Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration
(KPA)
<bullet> Office of Transformation, Business, and Management (KPA)
<bullet> Office of Grants Policy (KPC)
<bullet> Office of Grants Management (KPG)
<bullet> Office of Diversity Management and Equal Employment
Opportunity (KPH)
<bullet> Office of the Chief Technology Officer (KPI)
<bullet> Office of Government Contracting Services (KPA)
II. Under Chapter KP, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Administration, delete section KP.20 Functions in its entirety and
replace with the following:
KP.20 Functions
A. The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration
(ODASA) directs and coordinates all administrative activities for the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The DASA serves as
ACF's Chief Financial Officer; Chief Grants Management Officer; Federal
Manager's Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) Management Control Officer;
Deputy Ethics Counselor; Personnel Security Representative; and Reports
Clearance Officer. The DASA serves as the ACF liaison to the Office of
the General Counsel and, as appropriate, initiates action in securing
resolution of legal matters relating to management of the agency and
represents the Assistant Secretary on all administrative litigation
matters. The DASA represents the Assistant Secretary in HHS and with
other federal agencies and task forces in defining objectives and
priorities, and in coordinating activities associated with federal
reform initiatives. ODASA provides leadership of assigned ACF special
initiatives arising from Departmental, federal, and non-federal
directives to improve service delivery to customers. The DASA provides
day-to-day executive leadership and direction to the Office of the
Deputy Assistant Secretary (ODAS), Office of Grants Policy (OGP),
Office of Grants Management (OGM), Office of Diversity Management and
Equal Employment Opportunity (ODME), Office of the Chief Information
Officer (OCIO), and the Office of Government Contracting Services
(OGCS). The ODASA consists of the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Administration, who provides executive leadership and direction to
the Office of Transformation, Business, and Management, and the Chief
of Staff.
B. The Office of Transformation, Business, and Management (TBM)
directs and coordinates administrative activities for ACF and the
ODASA, as well as provides leadership of special initiatives to improve
service delivery to customers. The Office supports the DASA in
fulfilling ACF's Chief Financial Officer and FMFIA Management Control
Officer responsibilities and conducts Enterprise Risk Management and
Program Integrity activities across ACF. The Office provides cross-
cutting services to support ACF's human capital management, including
organizational and employee development activities; facility, safety,
security, and emergency management activities; and activities to
support the DASA's role as Deputy Ethics Counselor. TBM carries out
cross-cutting activities to improve ACF service delivery, including
business process engineering and data analytics. The Office manages
operations for the ODASA, including human capital management, travel
management, management operations, and administration and budget
functions.
C. The Office of Grants Policy (OGP) provides agency-wide guidance
to program and regional office staff on grant related issues, including
developing and interpreting grants policy, coordinating strategic
grants planning, facilitating policy advisory groups, and ensuring
consistent grant program announcements. The Office prepares,
coordinates, and disseminates action transmittals, information
memoranda, and other policy guidance on grants management issues;
provides grants administration technical assistance to ACF staff; and
directs and/or coordinates management initiatives to improve financial
administration of ACF mandatory and discretionary grant programs. OGP
develops and administers grants management training for ACF program and
grants staff and administers grants management certification for ACF
grants staff. The Office serves as the centralized receipt point for
grant applications, performs initial application qualification reviews,
provides standard guidance and training to ACF staff on recruiting
grant reviewers and conducting grant panel reviews, and oversees
logistical support for program-led objective reviews.
D. The Office of Grants Management (OGM), led by the Associate
Deputy
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Assistant Secretary for Grants, supports the DASA in fulfilling ACF's
Chief Grants Management Officer Responsibilities. The Office serves as
the principal office within ACF for ensuring the business and financial
responsibilities of grants administration are carried out. OGM provides
direct administration and management of ACF discretionary, formula,
entitlement, and block grants; directs all grants and cooperative
agreements awarded by ACF and ensures compliance with applicable
statutes, regulations, and policies; and performs audit resolutions.
The Office provides leadership and technical guidance to ACF program
and regional offices on grant operations and grants management issues.
OGM interprets and implements financial policies, regulations,
legislation, and appropriations law, and secures resolution of legal
matters relating to grants administration and management. The Office
coordinates with OGP on crosscutting issues. OGM provides agency-wide
leadership and guidance to program officials and staff on grants
management related issues, including assisting in developing,
implementing, and evaluating program plans, strategies, regulations,
program announcements, guidelines, and procedures applicable to ACF
discretionary, formula, entitlement, and block grant programs. The
Office provides oversight and direction in the establishment of
appropriate state and grantee allocations. OGM is responsible for
directing the receipt and review of all competitive grant applications;
developing proposals and/or coordinating management initiatives to
improve the efficiency of both the financial administration and
awarding of ACF discretionary, formula, entitlement, and block grant
programs; and developing procedures for the monitoring and review of
ACF grant programs. The Office serves as the lead for ACF in
coordination and liaison with the Department, regional offices, and
other federal agencies on grants administration and management.
E. The Office of Government Contracting Services (OGCS) serves as
ACF's centralized contracting office. OGCS analyzes ACF's mission needs
to determine how best to utilize procured services to achieve the
agency's strategic goals. The Office prepares annual acquisition
strategies and specific acquisition plans, conducts market research,
prepares documentation, and provides centralized coordination and
review to support ACF contract awards. OGCS manages ACF's acquisition
certification training programs and serves as the central point of
contact for the ACF acquisition workforce. OGCS develops guidance and
procedures and ensures compliance with applicable regulations, rules,
and policies.
F. The Office of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) serves to
provide leadership and strategic direction on technology and innovation
delivery at ACF as well as directly oversees ACF Office of the Chief
Information Officer to align ACF's forward-leaning technology with its
data and technology services. CTO is comprised of the Digital Service
at ACF division, the administration of the PARIS, the coordination of
Multi-Program APD approvals, and the ACF OCIO.
Digital Service at ACF works to transform and improve the U.S.
human services ecosystem by modernizing information technology systems,
improving the design and delivery of human services, and delivering
value to the government stakeholders, human service providers,
grantees, and consumers of ACF's services.
The mission of OCIO is to obtain, procure, or develop cost
effective and efficient information technology (IT) solutions that
enable ACF's staff and grantees to successfully fulfill programmatic
missions that result in the realization of the ACF vision. The OCIO
implements IT strategies, policies, and governance frameworks to
improve the efficiency and performance of ACF's IT systems that support
ACF business processes in a manner that balances risk and cost with
required outcomes, while ensuring compliance with all federal statutes
and regulations. OCIO has ACF-wide responsibility for the direction and
development of ACF's IT acquisition strategy, planning analysis and
approval, management of IT investments both pre-award and post-award,
and leadership of key technology initiatives. The OCIO provides
oversight and guidance on the use of business process reengineering,
performance measurement, and continuous process improvement in the
development, operation, and application of information systems and
infrastructure. The OCIO manages cross-organizational stakeholder
relations to maintain a flexible and adaptive IT posture that supports
a resilient risk management approach to IT security and privacy. The
OCIO creates policies to provide improved management of information
resources and technology to more efficiently and effectively service
ACF's internal and external clients and ACF employees. The OCIO will
identify the appropriate continuing education for staff in the domain
of records management, IT security and privacy, and incident response
protocols.
III. Under Chapter KM, OPRE, delete in its entirety and replace
with the following: KM.00 MISSION. OPRE is the principal advisor to the
Assistant Secretary for Children and Families on improving the
effectiveness and efficiency of programs designed to make measurable
improvements in the economic and social well-being of children and
families. OPRE provides guidance, analysis, technical assistance, and
oversight to ACF programs and across programs in the agency on
strategic planning aimed at measurable results; performance measurement
and management; research and evaluation methodologies; demonstration
testing and model development; statistical policy and program analysis;
synthesis and dissemination of research, evaluation, and demonstration
findings; data science; data governance; data use, re-use, and
integration; data ethics; data sharing, privacy, and confidentiality;
and application of emerging technologies to improve the effectiveness
of programs and service delivery.
OPRE, through the Division of Economic Independence, the Division
of Child and Family Development, the Division of Family Strengthening,
and the Division of Data and Improvement, oversees and manages the
research and evaluation programs under sections 413, 429, 511, 1110,
and 2008 of the Social Security Act and section 649 of the Head Start
Act, as well as other research, evaluation, data, and improvement
activities authorized by Congress and related to ACF programs and the
populations they serve. These activities include priority setting and
analysis; managing and coordinating major cross-cutting, leading-edge
studies, and special initiatives; and collaborating with federal
partners, states, communities, foundations, professional organizations,
and others to promote the safety, well-being, and development of
children, families, and communities; parental responsibility;
employment; and economic independence.
OPRE also provides coordination and leadership in implementing the
Government Performance and Results Act, Modernization Act, the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the Information Quality Act, and the
Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act and provides expert
advice on matters related to data use and reuse, privacy and
confidentiality, and the sharing of information. The Office coordinates
mandated OMB information collection
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approvals and plans and includes ACF's Reports Clearance Officer.
KM.10 Organization. OPRE is headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary,
who reports to the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families. The
Office is organized as follows:
<bullet> Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (KMA)
<bullet> Division of Economic Independence (KMB)
<bullet> Division of Child and Family Development (KMC)
<bullet> Division of Family Strengthening (KMD)
<bullet> Division of Data and Improvement (KME)
KM.20 Functions
A. The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary provides direction
and executive leadership to OPRE in administering its responsibilities.
It serves as principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Children
and Families on all matters pertaining to improving the effectiveness
and efficiency of ACF programs; strategic planning; performance
measurement and management; research, evaluation, statistical, and
analysis methods; program and policy evaluation; research and
demonstrations; state and local innovations and progress; synthesis and
dissemination of research and evaluation findings; supports ACF
programs in responsibly managing and using data to improve the
effectiveness, equity, and efficiency of human services programs; and
application of emerging technologies to improve the effectiveness of
programs and service delivery. It represents the Assistant Secretary
for Children and Families at various planning, research, evaluation,
data, and improvement forums and carries out special Departmental and
Administration initiatives.
The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary manages the
formulation and execution of budgets for OPRE programs; manages
correspondence; coordinates the provision of staff development and
training; provides support for OPRE's personnel administration,
including staffing, employee and labor relations, performance
management, and employee recognition; manages OPRE space, facilities,
and supplies; and overseas travel, time and attendance, and other
administrative functions for OPRE.
B. The Division of Economic Independence, in cooperation with ACF
income support programs and others, works with federal counterparts,
states, community agencies, and the private sector to understand and
overcome barriers to economic independence; promotes parental
responsibility; and assists in improving the effectiveness of programs
that further economic independence. The Division provides guidance,
analysis, technical assistance, and oversight in ACF on strategic
planning and performance measurement for economic independence;
statistical, policy, and program analysis; surveys, research, and
evaluation methodologies; demonstration testing and model development;
synthesis and dissemination of research and evaluation findings; and
application of emerging technologies to programs that promote
employment, parental responsibility, and economic independence.
The Division develops policy-relevant research priorities;
conducts, manages, and coordinates major cross-program, leading-edge
research, demonstrations, and evaluation studies; manages and conducts
statistical, policy, and program analyses on trends in employment,
child support payments, and other income supports; and works in
partnership with states, communities, and the private sector to promote
employment, parental responsibility, and family economic independence.
Division staff also provides consultation, coordination, direction, and
support for research and evaluation activities related to employment,
parental responsibility, and family economic independence across ACF
programs.
C. The Division of Child and Family Development, in cooperation
with ACF programs and others, works with federal counterparts, states,
community agencies, and the private sector to improve the effectiveness
and efficiency of programs and foster safety and sound growth and
development of children and their families. The Division provides
guidance, analysis, technical assistance, and oversight in ACF on
strategic planning and performance measurement for child and family
development; statistical, policy, and program analysis; surveys,
research, and evaluation methodologies; demonstration testing and model
development; synthesis and dissemination of research and evaluation
findings; and application of emerging technologies to improve the
effectiveness of programs and service delivery. The Division conducts,
manages, and coordinates major cross-programs, leading-edge research,
demonstration and evaluation studies; develops policy-relevant research
priorities; and manages and conducts statistical, policy, and program
analyses related to children and families. Division staff also provides
consultation, coordination, direction, and support for research and
evaluation activities related to children and families across ACF
programs.
D. The Division of Family Strengthening, in cooperation with ACF
programs and others, works with federal counterparts, states, community
agencies, and the private sector to improve the effectiveness and
efficiency of programs; fosters the safety, positive growth and
development of children, youth, parents, and vulnerable populations;
and strengthens families.
The Division provides guidance, analysis, technical assistance, and
oversight in ACF on parent, child, youth and family development and
dynamics; child safety; statistical, policy and program analysis;
surveys, research, and evaluation methodologies; demonstration testing
and model development; synthesis and dissemination of research and
evaluation findings; and application of emerging technologies to
improve the effectiveness of programs and service delivery.
The Division conducts, manages, and coordinates major cross-
program, leading-edge research, demonstration, and evaluation studies;
develops policy-relevant research priorities; and manages and conducts
statistical, policy, and program analyses related to strengthening
families. Division staff also provides consultation, coordination,
direction, and support for research and evaluation activities related
to strengthening families across ACF programs.
E. The Division of Data and Improvement supports ACF programs in
responsibly managing and using data to improve the effectiveness,
equity, and efficiency of human services programs. The Division works
with ACF programs and, in cooperation with ACF programs and others,
works with federal counterparts, states, community agencies, and the
private sector to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of
programs through improved management and use of data.
Division staff provide guidance, analysis, technical assistance,
and oversight on strategic planning and performance measurement; data
governance; data ethics; statistical, policy, and program analysis;
continuous improvement; surveys, data collection, and analysis
methodologies; application of data analyses to program operations and
decision-making; application of emerging technologies to improve the
effectiveness of programs and service delivery; data sharing,
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privacy, and confidentiality; and data skill development.
The Division coordinates and provides consultation, direction, and
support for ACF data governance activities; conducts demonstrations and
develops tools, policies, and procedures that support the increased
accessibility and reuse of administrative and survey data for
statistical purposes; conducts, manages, and coordinates major cross-
program, leading-edge research, demonstration, and evaluation studies
related to responsible data management and use; develops policy-
relevant priorities for data collection and analysis; manages and
conducts statistical, policy, and program analyses; and provides
consultation, coordination, direction, and support for research and
evaluation activities related to responsible data management and use.
The Division provides leadership and guidance to interagency work
groups in these areas for the Department.
IV. Continuation of Policy. Except as inconsistent with this
reorganization, all statements of policy and interpretations with
respect to organizational components affected by this notice within
ACF, heretofore issued and in effect on this date of this
reorganization are continued in full force and effect.
V. Delegation of Authority. All delegations and redelegations of
authority made to officials and employees of affected organizational
components will continue in them or their successors pending further
redelegations, provided they are consistent with this reorganization.
VI. Funds, Personnel, and Equipment. Transfer of organizations and
functions affected by this reorganization shall be accompanied in each
instance by direct and support funds, positions, personnel, records,
equipment, supplies, and other resources.
This reorganization will be effective upon date of signature.
January Contreras,
Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families.
[FR Doc. 2022-24421 Filed 11-8-22; 8:45 am]
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