[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 185 (Monday, September 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58353-58354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20746]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; 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 30 days of publication. OMB is required to 
make a decision concerning 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 emailed 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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                                                   Total  number     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                           of         responses per   burden hours    Annual burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Program Data Points Form (PDPs).................              35               1               6             210

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Performance Progress Reports (PPRs)--Parts A and              35               2               6             420
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 630.
    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. 2022-20746 Filed 9-23-22; 8:45 am]
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