[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22200-22201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09192]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Office of Refugee Resettlement Individual Development 
Accounts (ORR-IDA) Program.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: 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;

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    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.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       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.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection. Email address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning 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. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: 
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-09192 Filed 4-20-15; 8:45 am]
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