Notice2025-16569
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Formative Data Collections for ACF Program Support (OMB #0970-0531)
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Published
August 29, 2025
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to submit a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend approval of the existing overarching generic clearance for the Formative Data Collections for ACF Program Support (OMB #0970-0531; expiration date 06/30/2025). ACF proposes minor updates to supporting statement justification for the overarching generic for clarity.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 166 (Friday, August 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42248-42249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16569]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Formative
Data Collections for ACF Program Support (OMB #0970-0531)
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to
submit a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend
approval of the existing overarching generic clearance for the
Formative Data Collections for ACF Program Support (OMB #0970-0531;
expiration date 06/30/2025). ACF proposes minor updates to supporting
statement justification for the overarching generic for clarity.
DATES: Comments due September 29, 2025. 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#157c7b737a767a79797076617c7a7b557476733b7d7d663b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84edeae2ebe7ebe8e8e1e7f0edebeac4e5e7e2aaececf7aae3ebf2">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by
the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The goals of the generic information collections
(GenICs) under this approval are to obtain information about program
and grant recipient processes or needs and to inform the following
types of activities, among others:
<bullet> Delivery of training or technical assistance (T/TA) and/or
workflows related to program implementation or the development or
refinement of program and grant recipient processes. This could include
the development and refinement of recordkeeping or communication
systems.
<bullet> Planning for provision of programmatic or evaluation-
related T/TA.
<bullet> Obtaining input on the development of program performance
measures (PM) from grant recipients or experts in a relevant field
(such as development of PMs for programs focused on a specific
population served by ACF).
<bullet> Obtaining feedback about processes and/or practices to
inform ACF program development or support, or ACF research.
<bullet> Use of rapid-cycle testing activities to strengthen
programs in preparation for summative evaluations.
<bullet> Development of learning agendas and research priorities.
<bullet> Requesting information about resources, programs, or other
ACF services or related activities to provide consolidated public
sources of information for those using or interested in ACF funded
services, or those interested in systems, programs, or research related
to ACF.
ACF uses a variety of techniques such as semi-structured
discussions, focus groups, surveys, templates, open-ended requests,
document analysis, observation, and telephone or in-person interviews
in order to reach these goals. Information collected under this
overarching generic is meant to inform ACF activities and may be
incorporated into documents or presentations that are made public such
as through conference presentations, websites, or social media. The
following are some examples of ways in which we may share information
resulting from these data collections: technical assistance plans,
presentations, infographics, project specific reports, or other
documents relevant to the field, such as federal leadership and staff,
grant recipients, local implementing agencies, and/or T/TA providers.
We may also request information for the sole purpose of publication in
cases where we are working to create a single source for users
(clients, programs, researchers) to find information about resources
such as services in their area, TA materials, different types of
programs or systems available, or research using ACF data.
Any planned uses, including for publication or sharing of
information from this IC will be described and submitted for approval
in each individual GenIC. Following standard OMB requirements, ACF will
submit GenIC request for each specific data collection activity under
this generic clearance. Each request will include the individual
instrument(s), a justification specific to the individual information
collection, and any supplementary documents. ACF asks that OMB review
individual requests expeditiously, ideally within 10 days of
submission. The proposed types and the purpose of generic information
collections submitted under this umbrella generic remain the same.
Minor revisions are proposed to the description provided in the
justification for clarification about purpose and use and in alignment
with current priorities of ACF.
Respondents: Example respondents include current or prospective
service providers, T/TA providers, grant recipients, contractors,
current and potential participants in ACF programs or similar
comparison groups, experts in fields pertaining to ACF programs, key
groups involved in ACF projects and programs, individuals engaged in
program re-design or demonstration development for evaluation, state or
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local government officials, or others involved in or prospectively
involved in ACF programs whose engagement could directly inform the
improvement of ACF programs.
Annual Burden Estimates
ACF is requesting to extend approval for 32 of the currently
approved GenICs. A list is available by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abc2c5cdc4c8c4c7c7cec8dfc2c4c5ebcac8cd85c3c3d885ccc4dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88e1e6eee7ebe7e4e4edebfce1e7e6c8e9ebeea6e0e0fba6efe7fe">[email protected]</span></a>.
Table 1--Aggregate Burden Data for Ongoing Data Collections
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Number of Number of Average time Total ongoing
Number of information collections respondents responses per response burden
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32.......................................... 23,432 22,448 1.41 7,287
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All currently approved GenICs can be found here: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAICList?ref_nbr=202412-0970-005">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAICList?ref_nbr=202412-0970-005</a>.
Burden estimates for the following 3 years are provided in the
following table. The total estimated new burden remains consistent, but
the estimates were slightly adjusted based on experience over the past
three years.
Table 2--Burden Estimates for New GenICs
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Number of
Number of responses per Average
Instrument respondents respondent burden per Total burden
(total over (total over response (in (in hours)
request period) request period) hours)
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Semi-Structured Discussions and Focus Groups 10,000 1 2 20,000
Interviews.................................. 4,500 1 1 4,500
Questionnaires/Surveys...................... 15,000 1.142 .35 6,000
Templates and Open-ended requests........... 1,000 1 10 10,000
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours..... ................ ................ .............. 40,500
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Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-16569 Filed 8-28-25; 8:45 am]
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