[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35982-35983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12816]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; ORR Services for 
Survivors of Torture Program Data Points and Performance Progress 
Reports (New Collection)

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) intends to collect demographic, 
programmatic, and outcome data on Services for Survivors of Torture 
(SOT) grant recipients and the clients they serve. This data collection 
will allow ORR to learn more about the populations served; the types 
and effectiveness of services provided; methods, challenges, and 
facilitators of implementing services; and grant recipients' progress 
towards programmatic goals. ORR will collect these data on the new 
cohort of Services for SOT grant recipients; ORR collected information 
from the previous grantee cohort under the Generic Performance Progress 
Report (OMB #0970-0490). ORR has made changes to the data collection 
instruments for use in the new cohort.

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: ORR proposes to use the Program Data Points Form 
(PDPs) and Performance Progress Reports (PPRs) to collect data on the 
Services for SOT grant recipients and their clients. In 2019, ORR began 
requiring the Services for SOT grant recipients to collect and report 
their PDPs through the ORR Refugee Arrivals Data System (RADS), an 
information technology platform used for enhanced data collection and 
record keeping. The new cohort of Services for SOT grant recipients, 
who will receive 5-year awards in September 2022, will also provide 
these data points to ORR using RADS. Grant recipients will provide 
aggregated data on new and continuing clients annually, including 
demographic information, characteristics related to experiences of 
torture, services received, and well-being across six outcome domains. 
Grant recipients will also provide information about community 
attendance at trainings and pro-bono services donated to the program. 
In the PPRs, grant recipients will provide primarily narrative 
information on grant-funded activities and progress towards grant goals 
biannually.
    Information collected will be used in aggregate by ORR to provide 
reports to stakeholders, including a required report to Congress, and 
responses to funding requests.
    Respondents: Services for SOT grant programs (this may include non-
profit social service, health, and higher education organizations, 
states, municipalities, and for-profit organizations).

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                      Total number    responses per     hours per     Annual burden
                                                  of respondents    respondent       response          hours
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Program Data Points Form (PDPs).................              35               1               6             210
Performance Progress Reports (PPRs)--Parts A and              35               2               6             420
 B..............................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 630.
    Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a) 
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper

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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: Section 5(a) of the ``Torture Victims Relief Act of 
1998,'' Public Law 105-320 (22 U.S.C. 2152 note) Assistance for 
Treatment of Torture Victims.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-12816 Filed 6-13-22; 8:45 am]
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