[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5887-5888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01762]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[0970-0490]


Submission for OMB Review; Generic Program-Specific Performance 
Progress Report

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

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice describes the proposal to extend data collection 
under the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Generic 
Program-Specific Performance Progress Report (PPR) (0970-0490). This 
overarching generic currently allows ACF program offices to collect 
performance and progress data from recipients and sub-recipients who 
receive funding from ACF under a discretionary grant or cooperative 
agreement. This generic mechanism provides the opportunity for ACF 
program offices to tailor requests for performance and progress data to 
specific funding recipients. ACF is proposing to include performance 
and progress data reporting for mandatory funding recipients in 
addition to discretionary funding recipients. ACF is also requesting an 
increase in burden.

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

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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: ACF is primarily a grant-making agency that promotes 
the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals 
and communities with partnerships, funding, guidance, training and 
technical assistance.
    Prior to the use of this generic program-specific PPR, a standard 
ACF PPR (#0970-0406) was used for all ACF discretionary grant and 
cooperative agreement awards for post award reporting. Historically, on 
the standard ACF PPR form, ACF required grantees to only respond to a 
common set of broad questions, which often solicited qualitative or 
incomplete information. This one-size-fits-all approach did not 
adequately collect the specific data needed for particular grant 
programs or allow program offices to assess continuous quality 
improvement. Different grant programs vary in purpose, target 
population, and activities. Therefore, a need for program offices to 
customize performance measurements was identified and the generic 
program-specific PPR was developed. Non-discretionary funding 
recipients have historically provided performance and progress data 
through program-specific information collection requests. When subject 
to the Paperwork Reduction Act, these collections have been approved 
through full information collection requests.
    ACF program offices have provided feedback that the ability to 
efficiently customize performance measurements would also be helpful 
for these funding recipients and therefore, ACF would like to expand 
this generic to cover these non-discretionary funding recipients as 
well.
    ACF program offices have benefited from the ability to create and 
use a program-specific PPR that is more effective and includes specific 
data elements that reflects a specific program's indicators, 
demographics, priorities and objectives.
    A generic program-specific PPR that can be tailored for program-
specific needs allows program offices to collect useful data in a 
uniform and systematic manner. The reporting format allows program 
offices to gather uniform program performance data from each grantee, 
allowing aggregation at the program level to calculate outputs and 
outcomes, providing a snapshot and allowing for longitudinal analysis.
    Data from a tailored program-specific PPR that demonstrates a 
program's successes and challenges have been useful for accountability 
purposes, such as required reports to Congress. Moreover, it has been 
useful for program management and oversight, such as identifying 
grantees' technical assistance needs and ensuring compliance with 
federal and programmatic regulations and policies. To review currently 
approved PPRs under this generic, see: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAICList?ref_nbr=202206-0970-004.
    Respondents: ACF funding recipients.
    Annual Burden Estimates: ACF is requesting an increase in burden 
account for the potential use by non-discretionary programs and to 
reflect use over the past 3 years and anticipated use in the next 3 
years.

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                                                               Total number of   Average burden
                 Instrument                   Total number of   responses per      hours per       Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Program Specific PPRs.......................             900                3                6           16,200
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John M. Sweet Jr.,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-01762 Filed 1-27-23; 8:45 am]
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