[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 188 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59101-59102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21063]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Office of Community Services (OCS) 
Community Economic Development (CED) Standard Reporting Format (Office 
of Management and Budget); (OMB) #0970-0386)

AGENCY: Office of Community Services (OCS), Administration for Children 
and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: OCS is requesting a three-year extension of the semi-annual 
reporting format for CED grant recipients, the Performance Progress 
Report (PPR), which collects information regarding the outcomes and 
management of CED projects (OMB #0970-0386, expiration February 28, 
2023). There are minor changes requested to the form to provide clarity 
to users completing the form.

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 emailed requests by 
the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: OCS will continue collecting key information about

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projects funded through the CED program. The legislative requirement 
for this program is in Title IV of the Community Opportunities, 
Accountability and Training and Educational Services Act (COATS Human 
Services Reauthorization Act) of October 27, 1998, Public Law 105-285, 
section 680(b) as amended. The PPR collects information regarding the 
outcomes and management of CED projects. OCS will use the data to 
critically review the overall design and effectiveness of the program.
    The PPR will continue to be administered to all active grant 
recipients of the CED program. Grant recipients will be required to use 
this reporting tool for their semi-annual reports to be submitted twice 
a year. Through a previous renewal, the current PPR replaced both the 
annual questionnaire and other semi-annual reporting formats, which 
resulted in an overall reduction in burden for the grant recipients, 
significantly improved the quality of the data collected by OCS, and 
allowed grant recipients to become accustomed to this format. OCS seeks 
to renew this PPR to continue to collect quality data from grant 
recipients. To ensure the burden on grant recipients is not increased, 
but that the information collected demonstrates the full impact of the 
program, OCS has conducted an in-depth review of the forms and requests 
minor changes to the PPR to provide clarity to users filling out the 
form.
    Respondents: Active CED Grant Recipients.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                Annual  number  Average  burden
                 Instrument                    Total  number    of  responses       hours per     Annual  burden
                                              of  respondents  per  respondent      response          hours
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PPR for Current OCS-CED Grant Recipients....              91                2              1.5              273
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 273.
    Authority: Section 680(a)(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 
(CSBG) Act, 42 U.S.C. 9921.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-21063 Filed 9-28-22; 8:45 am]
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