Notice2025-13932
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; New Collection; Semi-Annual and Annual Performance Reporting Data Catalog for Formula and Discretionary Grant Programs
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July 24, 2025
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The Office on Violence Against Women, Department of Justice, will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 140 (Thursday, July 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34882-34884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13932]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1122-0NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; New Collection; Semi-Annual and Annual Performance
Reporting Data Catalog for Formula and Discretionary Grant Programs
AGENCY: Office on Violence Against Women, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office on Violence Against Women, Department of Justice,
will be submitting the following information collection request to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until
September 22, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments
especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact
Tiffany Watson, Office on Violence Against Women, at 202-307-6026 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80d4e9e6e6e1eef9aed7e1f4f3efeec0f5f3e4efeaaee7eff6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="25714c4343444b5c0b724451564a4b655056414a4f0b424a53">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of
the following four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the Office on Violence
Against Women, including whether the information will have practical
utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
--Evaluate whether and if so, how the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected can be enhanced; and
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Abstract: The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)'s formula and
discretionary grant programs were authorized through the Violence
Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) and subsequent legislation, including
VAWA reauthorizations in 2000, 2005, 2013 and 2022. The four formula
programs are STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors), SASP
(Sexual Assault Services Program), State Coalitions, and Tribal
Coalitions. Funding under OVW's two largest formula grant programs--the
STOP and SASP Programs--is distributed to states and territories
according to a statutory formula. The STOP and SASP Administrators in
each state and territory then make subgrants to organizations within
their states and territories. OVW posts notices of funding
opportunities for each discretionary program every fiscal year and,
after a competitive application review process, makes awards directly
to local, state, and Tribal governments, courts, non-profit
organizations, community-based organizations, secondary schools,
institutions of higher education, state and Tribal coalitions and any
other organizations authorized to receive funding under the different
grant programs. OVW grants help develop effective responses to violence
against women through activities that include direct services, crisis
intervention, transitional housing, legal assistance to survivors,
court improvement, and training for law enforcement and courts. OVW
determines grantee performance measures and reporting requirements for
each grant program based on the authorizing statute and what is
necessary for monitoring the awards. The questions on each grant
program's performance report form address the different types of
permissible grant-funded activities as outlined in the purpose areas in
each program's authorizing statute.
Currently, OVW uses up to 19 individual OMB-approved PDF forms to
collect performance and monitoring data from grantees. These forms each
collect slightly different data points and may use different questions
to collect information about the same activities. OVW is submitting
this new information collection request to consolidate existing and
previously OMB-approved OVW information collections under a single
collection with a new consolidated OMB number. This ``new'' collection
would simply aggregate and streamline the performance reporting process
covered by the 19 approved collections. This request leverages
technology to streamline, modernize, and reduce paperwork.
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Previous Information Collection Requests
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Program title OMB No.
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Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors (STOP) Violence 1122-0003
Against Women Formula Grant Program.......................
Grants to Combat Violent Crimes on Campuses................ 1122-0005
Grants to Improve Criminal Justice Response and Enforcement 1122-0006
of Protection Orders......................................
Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program................. 1122-0007
Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life........... 1122-0008
State and Territory Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault 1122-0010
Coalitions Program........................................
Grants to Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault 1122-0011
Coalitions Program........................................
Education, Training, and Enhanced Services to End Violence 1122-0012
Against and Abuse of Individuals with Disabilities and
Deaf People...............................................
Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, 1122-0013
Stalking and Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance...........
Transitional Housing Grants for Victims of Domestic 1122-0016
Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault or Stalking.....
Training and Technical Assistance Initiative............... 1122-0017
Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program................ 1122-0018
Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims 1122-0021
of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and
Stalking Program.
Sexual Assault Services Formula Grant Program (SASP)....... 1122-0022
Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program........ 1122-0023
Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program..................... 1122-0024
Grants to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention 1122-0027
of Violence Against Women and Girls Program...............
Children and Youth Exposed to Violence Program............. 1122-0028
Grants to Support Families in the Justice System........... 1122-0032
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Current Information Collection Request
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Program title OMB No.
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Semi-annual and Annual Performance 1122-XXXX, U.S. Department
Reporting Data Catalog for Formula and of Justice, Office on
Discretionary Grant Programs. Violence Against Women.
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To prepare and inform this new request for a consolidated OMB
number, OVW has reviewed all previously collected questions. OVW
reduced unnecessary or repetitive questions and revised questions to
ensure consistency across programs. The purpose of obtaining a new,
consolidated OMB number for OVW's performance reporting data catalog is
to align approval for this information collection with the mechanism
through which OVW plans to collect the data. All grant performance data
elements will be maintained in a data catalog in a web-based platform
which builds tailored collection instruments for each grant program.
This performance report technology pulls the relevant questions from
the approved, streamlined data catalog to replicate the ``performance
reporting form'' that has previously been approved by OMB. OVW intends
to discontinue its use of individual fillable PDF forms with program-
specific OMB approval numbers and utilize this streamlined web-based
performance reporting platform for collecting all performance reporting
data under a single OMB-approval number. This overarching data catalog
aggregates the previously approved number of respondents and public
burden hours.
The data obtained through this new aggregated collection will be
used to provide information to Congress on the grant funding, including
the effectiveness of grant-funded activities, monitor grant funded
activities, and assess the extent to which OVW grant program goals are
achieved. There are three sets of respondents: formula grant program
state administrators, formula program subgrantees, and discretionary
program grantees.
This nimble and efficient approach provides many benefits to OVW
and increases the practical utility of data collection. Merging these
collections will streamline the OMB approval extension process. This
modernized system enables OVW to revise questions, simplify data
collection, and respond to Administration directives or future
revisions to the authorizing statutes. The new data collection system
will enhance the quality, utility, and timeliness of the data collected
by OVW. OVW anticipates that the data collected will be of higher
quality and utility due to the increased ease of reporting, the
enhanced clarity of questions, as well as a reduction in quantitative
data collected. Finally, due to better and more timely data, OVW will
rigorously and efficiently engage in grantee monitoring.
Finally, this request will minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond. The electronic, user-friendly
format will reduce the amount of time spent navigating the reporting
form and increase operational efficiency. The functionality of the new
platform allows for increased ease of use, as well as enhanced
legibility for grantees. The consolidation of questions across program
forms also facilitates consistency as grantees collect the same data
across multiple grant programs, reducing unnecessary or repetitive data
collection.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: New collection.
2. Title of the Form/Collection: Semi-annual and Annual Performance
Reporting Data Catalog for Formula and Discretionary Grant Programs.
3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1122-
XXXX. U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: The affected public includes grantees and
subgrantees of federal grant programs authorized by the Violence
Against Women Act of 1994 (as amended) and administered by the Office
on Violence Against Women. These include formula grant program
administrators/grantees and subgrantees and discretionary grant program
grantees.
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5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: It is
estimated that it will take the approximately 6,112 respondents, which
include grantees and subgrantees under formula and discretionary
programs authorized by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (as
amended) and administered by the Office on Violence Against Women,
approximately 60 minutes to complete a performance reporting form that
is specific to the OVW grant program under which they receive funding.
In addition, a grantee or subgrantee will only be required to complete
the sections of the form that pertain to those specific activities that
are supported by federal funding and permissible under the authorizing
legislation.
6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total hour burden to complete the data
collection form is 9,112 hours, that is 3,112 formula program grantees
and subgrantees completing a form once a year with an estimated
completion time for the form being one hour and 3,000 discretionary
program grantees completing a form twice a year with an estimated
completion time of one hour.
7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: The annualized costs to the Federal
Government resulting from the OVW staff review of the performance
reports submitted by grantees are estimated to be $800,000. This
includes the cost of building and maintaining this data collection as
well as administrative costs.
8. Total Burden Hours:
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Total
Estimated Total annual Time per annual
Activity number of Frequency responses response burden
respondents (min) (hours)
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Formula Administrator 112 Annually............... 1 time............ 60 112
Performance Reporting Form.
Formula Subgrantee Performance 3,000 Annually............... 1 time............ 60 3,000
Reporting Form.
Discretionary Performance 3,000 Semi-annually.......... 2 times........... 60 6,000
Reporting Form.
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Total...................... ............ ....................... .................. .......... 9,112
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If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC.
Dated: July 22, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-13932 Filed 7-23-25; 8:45 am]
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