Notice2024-31044
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Refugee Assistance Program Estimates: Cash and Medical Assistance-ORR-1 (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0030)
Primary source
Metadata and text below are from the Federal Register, a public-domain U.S. government work. Always verify the official published version before relying on it for any legal matter.
Published
December 27, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is requesting revisions to an existing data collection, ORR-1 Cash and Medical Assistance (CMA) Program Estimates (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0030, expiration June 30, 2025). The proposed revisions include minor revisions to the existing ORR-1 form and the addition of a template recipients must use in preparing their annual budget justification estimates in accordance with the refugee resettlement program regulations.
Full Text
<html>
<head>
<title>Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 248 (Friday, December 27, 2024)</title>
</head>
<body><pre>
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 248 (Friday, December 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 105609-105610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31044]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Refugee Assistance
Program Estimates: Cash and Medical Assistance-ORR-1 (Office of
Management and Budget #: 0970-0030)
AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and
Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services is requesting revisions to an existing data collection, ORR-1
Cash and Medical Assistance (CMA) Program Estimates (Office of
Management and Budget #: 0970-0030, expiration June 30, 2025). The
proposed revisions include minor revisions to the existing ORR-1 form
and the addition of a template recipients must use in preparing their
annual budget justification estimates in accordance with the refugee
resettlement program regulations.
DATES: Comments due February 25, 2025. 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#41282f272e222e2d2d242235282e2f012022276f2929326f262e37"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88e1e6eee7ebe7e4e4edebfce1e7e6c8e9ebeea6e0e0fba6efe7fe">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The ORR-1, CMA Program Estimates, is the application
for grants under the CMA program. The application is required by ORR
program regulations at 45 CFR 400.11(b). The regulation specifies that
states must submit, as their application for this program, estimates of
the projected costs they anticipate incurring in providing CMA for
eligible recipients and the costs of administering the program. Under
the CMA program, states are reimbursed for the costs of providing these
services and benefits for 12 months after an eligible recipient arrives
in this country. The eligible beneficiaries for these services and
benefits are refugees, Amerasians, Cuban and Haitian Entrants, asylees,
Afghans and Iraqi with Special Immigrant Visas, victims of a severe
form of trafficking, and other populations. States that provide
services for unaccompanied refugee minors also provide an estimate for
the cost of these services for the year for which they are applying for
grants.
The proposed revisions include minor changes to the existing ORR-1
form and the addition of a template recipients must use in preparing
their annual budget justification estimates in accordance with the
refugee resettlement program regulations. Currently recipients must
submit the ORR-1, CMA Program Estimates, as the application for grants
under the CMA program. A budget justification must be submitted along
with the ORR-1 form. However, ORR does not provide a standardized
budget justification template, so submissions vary widely in format,
content, and quality, making it challenging to extract and standardize
information, increasing burden on both ORR reviewers and recipients.
This revision to the information collection requires states to submit
budget justifications in a standardized format via a Microsoft Excel
workbook, with each tab of the justification in alignment with a
specific line on the ORR-1. The ORR-1 form has minor revisions,
including updating the titles of columns and lines to align with
current terminology, and simplifying the form to require total cost
estimates where unit costs were previously requested. These revisions
are a result of the standardization of the budget justification.
The revised instructions, which are now embedded within the
standardized budget justification, provide guidance to recipients on
how to fill out each section of the standardized budget justification.
The recipients work through corresponding sections of the instructions
and budget justification, and the standardized format makes clear what
information is needed and at what level of detail. Upon completion of
the budget justification, the values needed to populate the ORR-1 form
are automatically calculated, and recipients are instructed to transfer
specific data from the budget justification to the ORR-1 form in the
system of record.
ORR conducted a pilot of the standardized budget justification.
Feedback was positive, with participating states citing time savings in
development of their budget justification and more streamlined and
consistent review and analysis by ORR reviewers. The annual burden
estimate has been revised to reflect this.
Respondents: State Agencies, the District of Columbia, and
Replacement Designees under 45 CFR 400.301(c) administering or
supervising the administration of programs under Title IV of the Act.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual number Average burden
Information collection Total number of of responses hours per Annual burden
respondents per respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ORR-1, CMA Program Estimates................ 57 1 0.5 28.5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
[[Page 105610]]
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 412(a)(4).
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-31044 Filed 12-26-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-45-P
</pre><script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body>
</html>Indexed from Federal Register on December 27, 2024.
This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.