[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 210 (Tuesday, November 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65774-65775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23710]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; 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 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: 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             0.25            850 *
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* Survey is one-time and will be completed within the 1st year.


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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 850.
    Authority:

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

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-23710 Filed 10-31-22; 8:45 am]
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