[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 78 (Monday, April 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29340-29341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08538]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Refugee Support 
Services (RSS) and RSS Set Aside Sub-Agency List (Office of Management 
and Budget # 0970--0556)

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

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of 
Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is requesting a 3-year extension of the 
Refugee Support Services (RSS) and RSS Set Aside Sub-Agency List 
(Office of Management and Budget # 0970-0556). ORR is not proposing any 
changes to the form.

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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: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be 
obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing 
[email protected]. Identify all requests by the title of the 
information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The RSS and RSS Set Aside Sub-Agency List requests 
grantees to provide the agency name, city, state, website, and funding 
amount for each contracted sub-grantee.
    The information will be used for national resource mapping 
pertaining to ORR RSS funding at the local level. Improved 
communication and the knowledge of all local providers is important to 
ORR's overall oversight of the program. In addition to RSS formula 
funding to states and state replacement agencies who then issue sub-
awards to local providers, ORR also awards discretionary grants that 
directly fund local refugee service providers. This report will 
continue to provide ORR a complete picture of the availability all ORR 
resources to assist newly arrived refugees at the local level 
increasing our ability to identify gaps or target areas of need.
    Respondents: State agencies and replacement designees under 45 CFR 
400.301(c) administering or supervising the administration of programs.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                Annual number    Average burden
                 Instrument                   Total number of    of responses      hours rer      Annual burden
                                                respondents     per respondent      response          hours
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RSS and RSS Set Aside Sub-grantee List......              59                1                2              118
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    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: Refugee Act of 1980 [Immigration and Nationality Act, 
title IV, chapter 2 section 412(e)] and 45 CFR 400.28.

Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-08538 Filed 4-19-24; 8:45 am]
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