Notice2024-12875
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Office of Community Services Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration Data Collection (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0628)
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June 12, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Community Services (OCS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is requesting an extension of approval for a recently approved information collection: OCS Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970- 0628; Expiration Date: September 30, 2024). This information collection was originally approved for 6 months as an emergency approval. In addition to extending the approval, OCS seeks to update the burden estimates to accommodate an anticipated increase in the number of grant recipients, as well as to collect additional responses to several of the instruments. OCS also seeks to make updates to approved forms.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49878-49879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12875]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Office of Community
Services Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration Data
Collection (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0628)
AGENCY: Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and
Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Community Services (OCS), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, is requesting an extension of approval for a recently
approved information collection: OCS Affordable Housing and Supportive
Services Demonstration (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-
0628; Expiration Date: September 30, 2024). This information collection
was originally approved for 6 months as an emergency approval. In
addition to extending the approval, OCS seeks to update the burden
estimates to accommodate an anticipated increase in the number of grant
recipients, as well as to collect additional responses to several of
the instruments. OCS also seeks to make updates to approved forms.
DATES: Comments due August 12, 2024. 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#dab3b4bcb5b9b5b6b6bfb9aeb3b5b49abbb9bcf4b2b2a9f4bdb5ac"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="30595e565f535f5c5c555344595f5e705153561e5858431e575f46">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OCS is seeking to continue collecting the
information requested from grant recipients under Office of Management
and Budget #: 0970-0628. In order to determine best practices in the
implementation of supportive services in the affordable housing context
and describe how supportive services help residents to improve well-
being and economic mobility, OCS will engage in the following
activities:
<bullet> Conducting interviews with program directors and
caseworkers to understand program implementation.
<bullet> Conducting focus groups with residents to understand their
needs and how the services funded by this grant impacted their lives.
<bullet> Administering a self-sufficiency matrix to residents
receiving intensive services to understand the impact of the program on
various domains of well-being.
<bullet> Conducting a questionnaire with residents to see if they
were able to access more services due to the funding.
<bullet> Collecting information from program officers about the
number and types of services/events provided, aggregate demographics of
residents served, partner organizations and referrals, and how the
housing community was impacted by the grant funding.
<bullet> Collecting narrative reports from program officers about
the progress of implementation of the program.
This request is to extend the approved collection period to 3
years, which will permit OCS to complete the collection with current
grant recipients as well as future grant recipients. With an extended
timeline, OCS will request additional responses for several approved
instruments to observe activities over the course of the full project
period for grant recipients. The self-sufficiency matrix and service
receipt questionnaires will be administered every 6 months during the
project period. The semi-annual report mandatory and optional forms
will be required every 6 months, with a final cumulative report. The
quarterly narrative PPR will be requested every quarter of the project
period.
OCS has developed substantially revised semi-annual report forms
for the mandatory and optional reports to broaden the measures of
service delivery and outcomes to better accommodate the universe of
potential services offered by future cohorts of grant recipients. The
new mandatory form combines the direct services and referrals tabs of
the original form into a single tab where grant recipients will report
the number of individuals receiving services through AHSSD funding and
through the organization's other funding sources, alongside the
information reported about referrals. The new optional form broadens
the list of outcome measures that grant recipients can choose to report
for the individuals they serve. In consideration of the overall
reporting burden for grant recipients, the revised forms continue to
draw upon the service and outcome categories that grant recipients
already use to report their CSBG-related activities (OMB# 0970-0492).
Additionally, the revised forms request
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cumulative counts across the grant period, negating the need for a
separate final report.
Current grant recipients will be able to choose between using the
current forms and the revised forms through the completion of their
current project. New grant recipients will be required to use the
revised forms.
Respondents: There will be three types of respondents to the
proposed instruments. First, the direct beneficiaries, the clients
receiving supportive services, will participate in the service receipt
questionnaire, self-sufficiency matrix, and focus groups, and they will
also provide information about their characteristics, needs, and
outcomes for the grant recipients' semi-annual reporting. Second, the
program directors and social services staff will respond to interview
instruments tailored to their roles. Grant recipients will also be
asked to complete quarterly PPRs and semi-annual reports to describe
their service delivery activities, and outcomes.
Annual Burden Estimates
Burden estimates show the total number of responses per respondent
over the next 3 years. The current grant recipients (9 total) will be
able to choose between using the current forms and the revised forms
through the completion of their current project. New grant recipients
(9 new recipients estimated) will be required to use the revised forms.
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Total Total number Average burden Total Annual
Instrument number of of responses hours per burden burden
respondents per respondent response hours hours
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Interviews with program directors............ 18 1 1.5 27 9
Interviews with caseworkers.................. 36 1 1 36 12
Focus groups with residents.................. 50 1 1.5 75 25
Self-sufficiency matrix...................... 1,000 3 1.5 4,500 1,500
Service receipt questionnaire................ 1,000 3 .25 750 250
Semi-Annual Report Mandatory--original form.. 9 4 2 72 24
Semi-Annual Report Mandatory--revised form... 9 3 3 81 27
Semi-Annual Report Optional--original form... 6 4 2 48 16
Semi-Annual Report Optional--revised form.... 6 3 2 36 12
PPR Narrative Report......................... 18 6 2 216 72
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,947.
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: Section 1110, Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1310.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-12875 Filed 6-11-24; 8:45 am]
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