Notice2025-20397
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Caseload Reduction Documentation Process
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Published
November 20, 2025
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a three-year extension of the form ACF-202: Caseload Reduction Report (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0338, expiration October 31, 2026). There are substantive changes requested to the instructions and form.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 222 (Thursday, November 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52409-52410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20397]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OMB #: 0970-0338]
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Caseload
Reduction Documentation Process
AGENCY: Office of Family Assistance, 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) is
requesting a three-year extension of the form ACF-202: Caseload
Reduction Report (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0338,
expiration October 31, 2026). There are substantive changes requested
to the instructions and form.
DATES: The public may view and comment on this information collection
request at: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202511-0970-001">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202511-0970-001</a>. You can also obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0960676f666a6665656c6a7d60666749686a6f2761617a276e667f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b42454d44484447474e485f4244456b4a484d05434358054c445d">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by the title
of the information collection.
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#2c45424a434f434040494f584543426c4d4f4a0244445f024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ff969199909c9093939a9c8b969091bf9e9c99d197978cd1989089">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by
the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Section 407(b)(3) of the Social Security Act requires
ACF to reduce a state's required work participation rate for a fiscal
year (FY)
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by the state's caseload reduction credit for that FY. 42 U.S.C.
607(b)(3). The caseload reduction credit gives a state credit for
reducing its caseload between a base year and a comparison year. 42
U.S.C. 607(b)(3)(A). States submit data for the calculation of their
caseload reduction credit by completing form ACF-202. Section 301 of
the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (FRA) recalibrates the caseload
reduction credit by amending Section 407(b)(3) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 607(b)(3)) and changing the base-year caseload from FY
2005 to FY 2015. The FRA, Public Law 118-15, Sec. 301 (2023), 137
Stat. 34. ACF proposes to revise the Caseload Reduction Documentation
Process as required by the FRA by striking ``2005'' and inserting
``2015.'' Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, Public Law 118-15, Sec.
301 (2023), 137 Stat. 34. There are additional minor changes to the
instructions and form to update the reporting due date for FY 2026,
update submission and general instructions, and change `State' to
lowercase, where applicable.
Respondents: State TANF agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates: The following table includes all
information collections currently approved under this OMB #. This
revision request only proposes changes to the content of the second
row: Caseload Reduction Credit Documentation Process, Form ACF-202
Sec. Sec. 261.41 & 261.44. Burden estimates have been revised to
reflect that states spend less time on revisions than initial
submissions, and that not all states submit each form each year.
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Total number
Total number of responses Average burden Total burden Annual burden
Instrument of respondents per respondent hours per (over 3 years) hours
(over 3 years) response
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Work Verification Plan Sec. 10 1 30 900 300
Sec. 261.60-261.63...........
Caseload Reduction Credit 54 1 40 6,480 2,160
Documentation Process, ACF-202
Sec. Sec. 261.41 & 261.44...
Reasonable Cause/Corrective 9 1 240 6,480 2,160
Compliance Documentation
Process Sec. Sec. 262.4,
262.6, & 262.7; Sec. 261.51..
TANF Data Report Part 265....... 54 4 2,100 1,360,800 453,600
SSP-MOE Data Report--Part 265... 29 4 714 248,472 82,824
TANF Sampling and Statistical 30 4 48 17,280 5,760
Methods Manual Sec. 265.5....
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours......................................................... 546,804
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 607(b)(3); Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023,
Public Law 118-5, 301, 137 Stat. 34.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-20397 Filed 11-19-25; 8:45 am]
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