[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7127-7128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02625]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Refugee Microenterprise and Refugee Home-Based Child Care 
Microenterprise Development Programs
    OMB No.: New
    Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the 
Administration for Children and families (ACF) is responsible for 
resettling thousands of refugees every year from all over the world. 
The main goal of the ORR (US) refugee domestic resettlement program is 
to assist the refugees in becoming self-reliant at the shortest time 
possible. ORR has many different discretionary grants that it employs 
to accomplish this goal. Two of the discretionary grants are the 
Refugee Microenterprise Development (MED) and the Refugee Home-Based 
Child Care Microenterprise Development (HBCC MED) Programs. The goals 
of the MED program are to assist refugees in becoming economically 
self-sufficient, assist refugee serving organizations galvanize 
resources to strengthen their capacities to expand and continue their 
microenterprise services at an expanded and sustainable level, and 
enhance the integration to the mainstream and realize the American 
Dream. The focus of the HBCC Program is on women that have limited 
opportunity to get employment at livable wages because of limited 
transferable skills and lack of knowledge of the English language. 
Through the program women refugees are provided basic training in child 
care and development, state and local legal requirements to get a 
license and to establish a home-based child care service. The ultimate 
goal of the program is to enable the women refugees establish a home-
based child care service in their neighborhood.
    ORR works with nonprofit organizations in implementing these 
projects. Currently, there are 22 projects in the Refugee 
Microenterprise Development Program and 23 projects in the Refugee 
Home-Based Child Care Microenterprise Development Program. It is 
critical to collect data through a semi-annual report in order to 
determine whether or not the programs are achieving their intended 
goals, to address concerns, issues, and challenges

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the grantees may be experiencing in implementing their projects on a 
timely manner, and, for writing Annual Report to Congress.
    Respondents: Refugee Microenterprise Development Program 22.
Refugee Home-Based Child Care Microenterprise Development Program 23

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondents     respondents        hours
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Refugee Microenterprise Development Program.....              22               8               4              88
Refugee Home-Based Child Care Microenterprise                 23               7               4              92
 Development Program............................
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    Total Burden................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             180
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 180
    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. 2016-02625 Filed 2-9-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-01-P