Notice2026-04249
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Quarterly Reports
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Published
March 4, 2026
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the form Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Quarterly Reports (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0589, expiration October 31, 2025). Changes are proposed, which would reduce redundancy and administrative burden for respondents.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 4, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10614-10615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04249]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0589]
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Low Income
Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Quarterly Reports
AGENCY: The Office of Community Services, 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 3-year extension of the form Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Quarterly Reports (Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0589, expiration October 31, 2025). Changes are
proposed, which would reduce redundancy and administrative burden for
respondents.
DATES: Comments due April 3, 2026.
ADDRESSES: The public may view and comment on this information
collection request at: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202602-0970-013">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202602-0970-013</a>. You can also obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#731a1d151c101c1f1f1610071a1c1d331210155d1b1b005d141c05"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87eee9e1e8e4e8ebebe2e4f3eee8e9c7e6e4e1a9efeff4a9e0e8f1">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by the title
of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The LIHEAP Quarterly Report assists the Office of
Community Services in receiving data and information about LIHEAP
during the federal fiscal year (FFY). This almost real time data
ensures ACF can continue to:
(1) Track key information, such as the number of households served,
in ``real time'' versus in the new fiscal year.
(2) Effectively address challenges in a timely manner, including
supporting emerging training and technical assistance needs, addressing
challenges with obligating funds, and addressing outreach and intake
issues, such as reaching newly eligible households.
(3) Ensure accountability and transparency by using the information
to regularly update public dashboards and keep key decision makers
informed of grantee progress.
All grant recipients, including states, tribes, and territories,
will submit brief quarterly reports with critical information on the
status of LIHEAP. The Quarterly Report forms will include questions on:
<bullet> Total households assisted;
<bullet> Performance management including the number of occurrences
in which LIHEAP funding prevented the loss of or restored home energy
services; and
<bullet> The estimated percentage of LIHEAP funds that have been
obligated by funding component.
Grant recipients will also have an opportunity to highlight
additional training/technical assistance needs/suggestions, which the
Office of Community Services uses to inform support such as training
and resources.
ACF also proposes several small changes to the LIHEAP Quarterly
Report beginning with the Quarter 4 report due October 31, 2025, and
beyond. Those changes only affect Section III of the Quarter 3 (due
July 31st, and beyond) and Quarter 4 reports (due October 31st, and
beyond). The changes to section III involve inclusion of the primary
data elements from the separate LIHEAP Carryover and Reallotment Report
(OMB #: 0970-0106), which ACF wishes to discontinue use of in favor of
only obtaining such data through the LIHEAP Quarterly Report. Section
III would more clearly distinguish ``carryover'' fund estimated
(Quarter 3) and final amounts (Quarter 4) from ``reallotment'' fund
estimated and final amounts. The Quarter 3 and 4 section III also
includes a ``remarks'' field for grant recipients to complete only if
they are indicating a request to carryover funds to obligate in
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the next FFY. The federal LIHEAP statute requires all grant recipients
requesting carryover to explain why they wish to carryover and how they
intend to use such carryover funds in the next year (42 U.S.C.
8626(b)(2)(A)).
Respondents: States and tribes
Annual Burden Estimates
The estimated time per response for this report was increased from
12 to 16 hours to account for the proposed changes. These changes are
expected to reduce effort overall, however, by eliminating the
Carryover and Reallotment Report, as discussed above.
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Annual number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses per hours per Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours
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LIHEAP Quarterly Report.................... 185 4 16 11,840
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Authority: (42 U.S.C. 8626 and 8629) and Federal regulations (45
CFR 96.92)
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-04249 Filed 3-3-26; 8:45 am]
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