Notice2023-01762
Submission for OMB Review; Generic Program-Specific Performance Progress Report
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Published
January 30, 2023
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
This notice describes the proposal to extend data collection under the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Generic Program-Specific Performance Progress Report (PPR) (0970-0490). This overarching generic currently allows ACF program offices to collect performance and progress data from recipients and sub-recipients who receive funding from ACF under a discretionary grant or cooperative agreement. This generic mechanism provides the opportunity for ACF program offices to tailor requests for performance and progress data to specific funding recipients. ACF is proposing to include performance and progress data reporting for mandatory funding recipients in addition to discretionary funding recipients. ACF is also requesting an increase in burden.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5887-5888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01762]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[0970-0490]
Submission for OMB Review; Generic Program-Specific Performance
Progress Report
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice describes the proposal to extend data collection
under the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Generic
Program-Specific Performance Progress Report (PPR) (0970-0490). This
overarching generic currently allows ACF program offices to collect
performance and progress data from recipients and sub-recipients who
receive funding from ACF under a discretionary grant or cooperative
agreement. This generic mechanism provides the opportunity for ACF
program offices to tailor requests for performance and progress data to
specific funding recipients. ACF is proposing to include performance
and progress data reporting for mandatory funding recipients in
addition to discretionary funding recipients. ACF is also requesting an
increase in burden.
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
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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#bed7d0d8d1ddd1d2d2dbddcad7d1d0fedfddd890d6d6cd90d9d1c8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0d9ded6dfd3dfdcdcd5d3c4d9dfdef0d1d3d69ed8d8c39ed7dfc6">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by
the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: ACF is primarily a grant-making agency that promotes
the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals
and communities with partnerships, funding, guidance, training and
technical assistance.
Prior to the use of this generic program-specific PPR, a standard
ACF PPR (#0970-0406) was used for all ACF discretionary grant and
cooperative agreement awards for post award reporting. Historically, on
the standard ACF PPR form, ACF required grantees to only respond to a
common set of broad questions, which often solicited qualitative or
incomplete information. This one-size-fits-all approach did not
adequately collect the specific data needed for particular grant
programs or allow program offices to assess continuous quality
improvement. Different grant programs vary in purpose, target
population, and activities. Therefore, a need for program offices to
customize performance measurements was identified and the generic
program-specific PPR was developed. Non-discretionary funding
recipients have historically provided performance and progress data
through program-specific information collection requests. When subject
to the Paperwork Reduction Act, these collections have been approved
through full information collection requests.
ACF program offices have provided feedback that the ability to
efficiently customize performance measurements would also be helpful
for these funding recipients and therefore, ACF would like to expand
this generic to cover these non-discretionary funding recipients as
well.
ACF program offices have benefited from the ability to create and
use a program-specific PPR that is more effective and includes specific
data elements that reflects a specific program's indicators,
demographics, priorities and objectives.
A generic program-specific PPR that can be tailored for program-
specific needs allows program offices to collect useful data in a
uniform and systematic manner. The reporting format allows program
offices to gather uniform program performance data from each grantee,
allowing aggregation at the program level to calculate outputs and
outcomes, providing a snapshot and allowing for longitudinal analysis.
Data from a tailored program-specific PPR that demonstrates a
program's successes and challenges have been useful for accountability
purposes, such as required reports to Congress. Moreover, it has been
useful for program management and oversight, such as identifying
grantees' technical assistance needs and ensuring compliance with
federal and programmatic regulations and policies. To review currently
approved PPRs under this generic, see: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAICList?ref_nbr=202206-0970-004">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAICList?ref_nbr=202206-0970-004</a>.
Respondents: ACF funding recipients.
Annual Burden Estimates: ACF is requesting an increase in burden
account for the potential use by non-discretionary programs and to
reflect use over the past 3 years and anticipated use in the next 3
years.
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Total number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Program Specific PPRs....................... 900 3 6 16,200
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John M. Sweet Jr.,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-01762 Filed 1-27-23; 8:45 am]
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