[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36100-36101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15909]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Native Employment Works (NEW) Program 
Plan Guidance and Report Requirements, (OMB No.: 970-0174)

AGENCY: Division of Tribal TANF Management, Office of Family 
Assistance, Administration for Children and Families; HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is 
requesting a three-year extension of the form OFA-0086, NEW Plan 
Guidance and NEW Program Report (OMB #0970-0174, expiration 7/31/2019). 
There are changes requested to these forms.

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.

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 emailing 
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also 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, emailed or 
written, should be identified by the title of the information 
collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The NEW program plan guidance documents specify the 
information needed to complete a NEW program plan and explains the 
process

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for plan submission every third year and to complete the annual program 
report. The program plan is the application for NEW program funding and 
documents how the grantee will carry out its NEW program. The program 
report provides HHS, Congress, and grantees information to document and 
assess the activities and accomplishments of the NEW program. ACF 
proposes to extend data collection with revisions, including the 
deletion of guidance for NEW programs included in Public Law 102-477 
programs.
    Respondents: Indian tribes and tribal coalitions that run NEW 
programs.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours   Annual  burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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NEW program plan guidance for non-477 Tribes....          \1\ 14               1              29             406
NEW program report..............................          \2\ 42               1              15             630
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\1\ We estimate that 42 of the 78 NEW grantees will not include their NEW programs in Public Law 102-477
  projects. 42 grantees divided by 3 (because grantees submit the NEW plan once every 3 years) = 14.
\2\ We estimate that 42 of the 78 NEW grantees will not include their NEW programs in Public Law 102-477
  projects and therefore will submit the NEW program report to HHS.

    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1036 \3\
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    \3\ Two additional programs joined the Public Law 102-477 since 
the publication of FR1, hence the burden is different.

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    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 612.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-15909 Filed 7-25-19; 8:45 am]
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