Notice2024-19695
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Office of Community Services Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration Data Collection (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0628)
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Published
September 3, 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 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71371-71372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19695]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; 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 October 3, 2024. 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#771e19111814181b1b1214031e181937161411591f1f0459101801"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c5acaba3aaa6aaa9a9a0a6b1acaaab85a4a6a3ebadadb6eba2aab3">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by
the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OCS is seeking to continue collecting the
information requested from grant recipients under OMB #: 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 quantitative 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 2024 versions of the semi-
annual quantitative 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
2024 version of the forms continue draw upon the service and outcome
categories that grant recipients already use to report their Community
Services Block Grant-related activities (OMB# 0970-0492). Additionally,
the 2024 version of the forms request 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 2023 version of the forms and the revised 2024 version of the
forms through the completion of their current project. New grant
recipients will be required to use the 2024 version of the 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 quantitative 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 narrative PPRs and semi-annual
quantitative 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 2023 version of the semi-annual
quantitative report forms and the 2024 version of those forms through
the completion of their current project. New grant recipients (9 new
recipients estimated) will be required to use the 2024 version of the
forms.
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Total number
Total number of responses Average Total burden Annual burden
Instrument of per burden hours hours hours
respondents respondent per response
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Interviews with program 18 1 1.5 27 9
directors......................
Interviews with caseworkers..... 36 1 1 36 12
Focus groups with residents..... 105 1 1.5 157.5 52.5
Self-sufficiency matrix......... 680 3 1.5 3,060 1,020
Service receipt questionnaire... 680 3 .25 510 170
2023 Version--Semi-Annual 3 4 3 36 12
Quantitative Report Mandatory
Form...........................
2024 Version--Semi-Annual 15 3 3 135 45
Quantitative Report Mandatory
Form...........................
2023 Version--Semi-Annual 1 4 3 12 4
Quantitative Report Optional
Form...........................
2024 Version--Semi-Annual Report 5 3 3 45 15
Optional Form..................
Quarterly Narrative PPR......... 18 6 2 216 72
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,411.5.
Authority: Section 1110, Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1310.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-19695 Filed 8-30-24; 8:45 am]
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