[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34714-34715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14584]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant Program.
    OMB No.: New.
    Description: The Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant Program was 
initiated in 1979 as an early employment alternative to public cash 
assistance. The goal of the Matching Grant Program is to assist 
individuals eligible for ORR funded services in attaining economic 
self-sufficiency within 120 to 180 days from their date of eligibility. 
Self-sufficiency must be achieved without accessing public cash 
assistance.
    With the projected expansion of the Voluntary Agencies Matching 
Grant Program to 11 grantees in FY 2012, the Office of Refugee 
Resettlement (ORR) intends to seek approval from Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for information collection associated with the 
program. This includes a pre-award template for each local service 
provider site location and the data points the program currently 
collects.
    The Local Service Provider Site Project Design template provides 
ORR with the information necessary to evaluate the appropriateness of 
the service delivery according to the capacity of the service provider 
to deliver required services and the potential of those enrolled in the 
program to achieve self-sufficiency. The collection instrument is a 
template composed of a \1/2\ page table with contact and capacity data, 
a narrative of up to 2\1/2\ pages covering 11 elements related to 
capacity and service delivery, and a line-item budget. This form is 
required as part of the initial grant application and with each annual 
award renewal.
    The Data points are aggregate measures for each site where Matching 
Grant Program services are provided. The data points will be collected 
using SF-PPR D. ORR has found these data points to be essential for 
evaluating grantee and program performance in meeting the requirements 
of both the Refugee Act and ORR regulations. Data points are recorded 
at enrollment and 120 days and/or 180 days from the point when the 
enrolled individual became eligible for the program. Data points 
include, eligible immigration status, employment eligibility and 
status, wage level, reasons for dropping out of the program (if 
applicable), and self-

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sufficiency outcomes. Grantees report data points to ORR triennially 
(every four-months) and annually.
    Respondents: Voluntary agencies that already provide Reception & 
Placement services through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. 
Department of State (DOS) or the U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
(DHS).

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instruments                       Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Local Service Provider Site Project Design                    11           21.90            1             240.90
 Template.......................................
SF PPR D Spreadsheet............................              11            1               1.10           12.10
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 253
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    The Department 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.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-14584 Filed 6-13-11; 8:45 am]
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