[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4926-4927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01643]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Office of Refugee Resettlement Individual Development 
Accounts (ORR IDA) Program.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement seeks OMB approval 
to develop three data collection tools for use in the ORR IDA Program.
    The ORR IDA Program represents an anti-poverty strategy built on 
asset accumulation for low-income refugee individuals and families with 
the goal of promoting refugee economic independence.
    IDAs are leveraged or matched, savings accounts. In the ORR Refugee 
IDA program, IDAs are matched with federal funds that have been 
allocated as ``match funds'' from at least 65 percent of the annual 
federal grant award. IDAs are established in insured accounts in 
qualified financial institutions. The funds are intended for the Asset 
Goals specified in this announcement. Although the refugee participant 
maintains control of all funds that the participant deposits in the 
IDA, including all interest that may accrue on the funds, the 
participant must sign a Savings Plan Agreement which specifies that the 
funds in the account will be used only for the participant's qualified 
Asset Goal(s) or for an emergency withdrawal.
    The objectives of this program are to:
    1. Establish IDAs for eligible participants;
    2. Encourage regular saving habits among refugees;
    3. Promote their participation in the financial institutions of 
this country;
    4. Promote refugee acquisition of assets to build individual, 
family, and community resources;
    5. Increase refugee knowledge of financial and monetary topics 
including developing a household budget;
    6. Assist refugees in advancing their education;
    7. Increase home ownership among refugees; and
    8. Assist refugees in gaining access to capital.
    The tools will collect information from grantees that will help ORR 
determine whether they are meeting the objectives of the program. Data 
to be collected will only include specialized, and relevant information 
to the program such as, number of people enrolled, amount in dollar 
allocated for matching IDA savings, number and value of assets 
purchased, confirmation of refugee status, and types and quantity of 
training provided. Tools will be used for semi-annual reports as well 
as for monitoring to ensure progress towards success, and appropriate 
use of federal funds.
    Respondents: Office of Refugee Resettlement Individual Development 
Accounts Program grantees.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden  hours   Total  burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per  response       hours
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Program Status Report...........................              22               2               1              44
Community Impact Report.........................              22               2               1              44
Demographic.....................................              22               2               1              44
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 132 hours.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email 
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. 2015-01643 Filed 1-28-15; 8:45 am]
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