[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 51678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18155]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Operation Allies 
Welcome Survey of Resettled Afghans (New Collection)

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and 
Families, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for Public Comments.

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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 proposing to collect data for a new Operation Allies 
Welcome (OAW) Survey of Resettled Afghans.

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: Under the Afghanistan 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022, and Additional Afghanistan 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022, Congress authorized ORR to 
provide resettlement assistance and other benefits available to 
refugees to specific Afghan populations, in response to their emergency 
evacuation and resettlement. The OAW Survey of Resettled Afghans would 
help ORR to identify service needs and gaps in resettlement services. 
Data collection is to inform better targeted assistance and training or 
technical assistance and to inform refinement and improvements to ORR's 
programs and services to adequately meet the needs of ORR-eligible OAW 
Afghan populations.
    Respondents: ORR-eligible OAW Afghan populations.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                               Total number of  Average  burden
                 Instrument                   Total number of   responses per      hours per       Total/annual
                                                 respondents      respondent        response       burden hours
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OAW Survey of Resettled Afghans.............           3,400                1             0.17            * 578
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* Survey is one-time and will be completed within the 1st year.

    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:

Div. C, Title III, Public Law 117-43, 135 Stat. 374
Div. B, Title III, Public Law 117-70, 1102 Stat. 4

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-18155 Filed 8-22-22; 8:45 am]
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