Notice2025-16145
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Current Population Survey-Child Support Supplement
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Published
August 22, 2025
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve a revision to an approved information collection: Current Population Survey--Child Support Supplement. Information collected through the survey pertains to child support programs. Analysis of survey data helps OCSE fulfill the mandate to oversee the national child support program and will help legislators and policymakers determine the efficacy of various child support legislation. The current OMB approval expires August 31, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 161 (Friday, August 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41076-41077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16145]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OMB #: 0970-0416]
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Current Population
Survey--Child Support Supplement
AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for
Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration
for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approve a revision to an approved
information collection: Current Population Survey--Child Support
Supplement. Information collected through the survey pertains to child
support programs. Analysis of survey data helps OCSE fulfill the
mandate to oversee the national child support program and will help
legislators and policymakers determine the efficacy of various child
support legislation. The current OMB approval expires August 31, 2025.
DATES: Comments due September 22, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The public may view and comment on this information
collection request at: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202508-0970-008">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202508-0970-008</a>. You can also obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#71181f171e121e1d1d141205181e1f311012175f1919025f161e07"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d2bbbcb4bdb1bdbebeb7b1a6bbbdbc92b3b1b4fcbabaa1fcb5bda4">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by the title
of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Current Population Survey--Child Support
Supplement collects detailed information about child support agreements
and awards, including both required payments and amounts received, as
well as data about the socioeconomic characteristics of custodial
parents and their families. Analysis of the information provides a
nationwide assessment of the need for and effectiveness of the child
support program, which helps OCSE align the child support program to
meet the needs of the families it serves. The survey analysis will also
help legislators make child support policy decisions. OCSE revised the
survey to delete questions and update language.
Respondents: Individuals and households.
Annual Burden Estimates
In 2023, the Census Bureau began to collect information about the
family relationships among all the individuals in the household by
identifying the biological, adopted, step, or foster parents for each
child in the household. Households with children under 21 not living
with both biological or adopted parents are asked questions in the
Child Support Supplement. This change reduced the overall number of
respondents significantly from 34,500 to 3,600 but increased the time
per response from about 2 minutes to about 20 minutes. The U.S. Census
Bureau performed a calculation of the time it took to conduct the 2023
interviews, using audit trails from the completed cases. The 2026
increase in the burden hours reflects this information.
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Annual number Average burden
Collection instrument Annual number of responses hours per Total annual
of respondents per respondent response burden hours
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Current Population Survey--Child Support 4,500 1 0.0667 300
Supplement.................................
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Comments: ACF 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: This supplement is sponsored by the ACF OCSE and is
authorized by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. This supplement
will be conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and is authorized by 13
U.S.C. 182 which states, ``the Secretary may make surveys deemed
necessary to furnish annual and other interim current data on the
subjects covered by the censuses provided for in this title.''
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-16145 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]
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