[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 180 (Monday, September 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46955-46956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20085]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Data Innovations 
(TDI) Project (New Collection)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; ACF; HHS.

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposes to collect 
information as part of the TANF Data Innovations (TDI) project. TDI is 
an investment to expand the integration, analysis, and use of TANF data 
to improve program administration, payment integrity, and outcomes for 
participants.
    TDI will start by assessing the needs and readiness of TANF 
agencies across the country to set up and operate data systems to 
support program improvement. A key goal of the needs assessment is to 
help categorize states' readiness to effectively use data and produce 
evidence. Informed by this assessment and discussions with key 
stakeholders, TDI will support a broad learning collaborative of state 
agencies and other entities related to the TANF program, including a 
range of Technical Assistance (TA) options to help states improve their 
use of TANF and other program data. This information collection request 
will consist of a needs assessment survey to be completed by state TANF 
agency administrators and staff to gather detailed information about 
their capacities and needs. These data will help HHS to better 
understand the challenges and barriers states face in using data and 
research to inform program decision-making, and they will help the TDI 
team design future technical assistance activities for TANF agencies to 
address states' challenges.
    Respondents: State TANF Administrators and TANF agency staff. We 
expect four respondents per state or territory.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                Total/annual      Number of      Average burden
                 Instrument                      number of      responses per      hours per      Annual burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Needs Assessment Survey.....................             216                2             0.25              108
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 108.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. 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.

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ADDRESSES: 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.
    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the 
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research 
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE 
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the 
title of the information collection. Email address: 
[email protected].

    Authority: Sec. 413, Pub. L. 115-31.

Emily B. Jabbour,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-20085 Filed 9-14-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-09-P