[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 105 (Thursday, June 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29788-29789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11653]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Refugee Support 
Services (RSS) and RSS Set Aside Sub-Agency List (0970-0556)

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

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of 
Refugee Resettlement (ORR) seeks approval for a revision to an existing 
information collection, requesting Refugee Support Services (RSS) 
grantees and RSS Set Aside grantees to provide the agency name, city, 
state, website, and funding amount for each contracted sub-grantee. 
Additionally, ORR seeks approval to have the option to make this 
information public. This would enhance the accessibility of refugee 
service provider information to eligible clients in support of the 
service referral responsibilities of the State Refugee Coordinators. 
Similar information for ORR's discretionary grants is currently made 
public.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the requirements 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: This data collection requests RSS grantees and RSS Set 
Aside grantees to provide the agency name, city, state, website, and 
funding amount for each contracted sub-grantee.
    The information will be used for national resource mapping 
pertaining to ORR RSS funding at the local level. Improved 
communication and the knowledge of all local providers is important to 
ORR's overall oversight of the program. In addition to RSS formula 
funding to states and state replacement agencies who then issue sub-
awards to local providers, ORR also awards discretionary grants that 
directly fund local refugee service providers. This report will provide 
ORR a complete picture of the availability all ORR resources to assist 
newly arrived refugees at the local level increasing our ability to 
identify gaps or target areas of need.
    Respondents: State governments and replacement designees.

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                                                                 Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                                      Total number of  Average  burden
                             Instrument                              Total number of   responses per      hours per       Total burden    Annual burden
                                                                       respondents       respondent        response          hours            hours
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RSS and RSS Set Aside Sub-grantee List.............................              56                3                2              336              112
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 112.
    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:  Refugee Act of 1980 [Immigration and Nationality 
Act, Title IV, Chapter 2 Section 412 (e)] and 45 CFR 400.28.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-11653 Filed 6-2-21; 8:45 am]
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