[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41723-41724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14896]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB #0970-0531]


Submission for OMB Review; Formative Data Collections for ACF 
Program Support

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration 
for Children and Families, HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to 
submit a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend 
approval of the existing overarching generic clearance for Formative 
Data Collections for ACF Program Support (OMB #0970-0531; expiration 
date 7/31/2022). ACF proposes minor updates to the description of 
potential generic information collections under the overarching generic 
and to the estimated number of respondents.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a 
decision about 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 within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can 
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by 
emailing [email protected]. Identify all requests by the 
title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Description: The goals of the generic information collections under 
this approval are to obtain information about program and grantee 
processes or needs and to inform the following types of activities, 
among others:
     Delivery of targeted assistance and/or workflows related 
to program and grantee processes. This could include the development 
and refinement of recordkeeping and communication systems.
     Planning for provision of programmatic or evaluation-
related training or technical assistance (T/TA).
     Obtaining input on the development of program performance 
measures from grantees or others with experience or vested interest.
     Obtaining feedback about processes and/or practices to 
inform ACF program development or support, or ACF research.
     Use of rapid-cycle testing activities to strengthen 
programs in preparation for summative evaluations.
     Creating public resources with information about ACF-
funded programs, systems, or activities.
    ACF uses a variety of techniques such as semi-structured 
discussions, focus groups, surveys, templates, open-ended requests, and 
telephone or in-person interviews in order to reach these goals.
    Information collected under this overarching generic is meant to 
inform ACF activities and may be incorporated into documents or 
presentations that are made public such as through conference 
presentations, websites, or social media. The following are some 
examples of ways in which we may share information resulting from these 
data collections: technical assistance plans, presentations, 
infographics, project specific reports, or other documents relevant to 
those involved with or interested in ACF programs such as federal 
leadership and staff, grantees, local implementing agencies, and/or T/
TA providers.
    Information may also be used to create public resources for users 
(clients, programs, researchers). Following standard OMB requirements, 
the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation will submit a change 
request for each individual data collection activity under this generic 
clearance. Each request will include the individual instrument(s), a 
justification specific to the individual information collection, and 
any supplementary documents. OMB should review requests within 10 days 
of submission.
    The proposed types and the purpose of generic information 
collections submitted under this umbrella generic remain the same. 
Minor revisions are based on experiences over the past 3 years. These 
include:
     Updated burden estimates
     Broadened the description to make clearer the intention to 
broadly include respondents with knowledge, experience, or interest in 
ACF programs to allow ACF to learn about needs and processes related to 
ACF programs from those not necessarily funded by ACF
     Included specification about requesting information for 
efforts to consolidate publicly available information to build public 
resources for ACF programs, grantees, clients, or others who may use or 
be interested in services funded by ACF.
    Respondents: Example respondents include current or prospective 
service providers, training or T/TA providers, grantees, contractors, 
current and potential participants in ACF programs or similar 
comparison groups, experts in fields pertaining to ACF programs, key 
groups involved in ACF projects and programs, individuals engaged in 
program re-design or demonstration development for evaluation, state or 
local government officials, or others involved in or prospectively 
involved in ACF programs.

Burden Estimates

    At the time of this extension request, 30 GenICs are ongoing, with 
a total of 13,652 burden hours. See Attachment B for a list of all 
previously approved, ongoing GenICs. The following estimates are 
specific to new collections over the next three years.

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                                                                     Number of
                                                     Number of     responses per
                                                    respondents     respondent    Average burden   Total burden
                   Instrument                       (total over     (total over    per response     (in hours)
                                                      request         request       (in hours)
                                                      period)         period)
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Semi-Structured Discussions and Focus Groups....          10,000               1               2          20,000
Interviews......................................           4,500               1               1           4,500
Questionnaires/Surveys..........................           8,000             1.5              .5           6,000

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Templates and Open-ended Requests...............           1,000               1              10          10,000
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 40,500.
    Authority: Social Security Act, Sec. 1110 [42 U.S.C. 1310].

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-14896 Filed 7-12-22; 8:45 am]
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