[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 240 (Monday, December 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80790-80791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27406]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Refugee Assistance 
Program Estimates: CMA--ORR-1

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and 
Families, HHS.

ACTION: Request for Public Comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) is requesting a 1-year extension of the form ORR-1, Cash 
and Medical Assistance (CMA) Program Estimates (OMB #0970-0030, 
expiration 2/28/2021). There are no changes requested to the form or 
instructions.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects 
of the information collection described above.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be 
obtained and comments may be forwarded 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 (OPRE), 330 C Street SW, Washington, 
DC 20201, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests, emailed or 
written, should be identified by the title of the information 
collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description: The ORR-1, CMA Program 
Estimates, is the application for grants under the CMA program. The 
application is required by ORR program regulations at 45 CFR 400.11(b). 
The regulation specifies that states must submit, as their application 
for this program, estimates of the projected costs they anticipate 
incurring in providing cash and medical assistance for eligible 
recipients and the costs of administering the program. Under the CMA 
program, states are reimbursed for the costs of providing these 
services and benefits for

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8 months after an eligible recipient arrives in this country. The 
eligible recipients for these services and benefits are refugees, 
Amerasians, Cuban and Haitian Entrants, asylees, Afghans and Iraqi with 
Special Immigrant Visas, and victims of a severe form of trafficking. 
States that provide services for unaccompanied refugee minors also 
provide an estimate for the cost of these services for the year for 
which they are applying for grants.
    Respondents: State agencies, the District of Columbia, and 
Replacement Designees under 45 CFR 400.301(c) administering or 
supervising the administration of programs under Title IV of the Act.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Total number   Average burden
                   Instrument                      Total number    of responses      hours per     Total/annual
                                                  of respondents  per respondent     response      burden hours
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ORR-1, Cash and Medical Assistance Program                    57               1             0.6              34
 Estimates......................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 34.
    Comments: 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.

    Authority: 8 U.S.C. 412(a)(4).

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-27406 Filed 12-11-20; 8:45 am]
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