[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 57 (Thursday, March 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16741-16742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06271]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Native Employment Works 
(NEW) Plan Guidance and NEW Program Report (OMB No.: 0970-0174)

AGENCY: Division of Tribal TANF Management, Office of Family

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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 3-year extension of the form OFA-0086: NEW Plan Guidance 
and NEW Program Report (OMB #0970-0174, expiration 8/31/2022). There 
are minor changes requested to both documents.

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: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of 
information and submit comments by emailing [email protected]. 
Identify all requests 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 explain the 
process 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. 
ACF proposes a change in how draft plans are submitted. 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 that clarify that 
programs should not count more than once individuals who meet multiple 
categories; for example, persons age 20 are both youth and adults, but 
they should be counted as one or the other, not both.
    Respondents: Indian tribes and tribal coalitions that operate NEW 
programs.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                   Total number    Annual number  Average burden
                   Instrument                     of respondents   of responses      hours per     Annual burden
                                                   (over 3 yrs.)  per respondent     response          hours
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NEW Program Plan Guidance.......................              40        \1\ .333              29             386
NEW Program Report..............................              40               1              15             600
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    Total Estimated Annual Burden...............  ..............  ..............  ..............             986
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\1\ We have used .333 responses per year to represent one submission of the NEW Program Plan Guidance during the
  3-year approval period.

    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: 42 U.S.C. 612.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-06271 Filed 3-23-22; 8:45 am]
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