[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38156-38157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09879]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Proposed 
Information Collection Activity; Generic Clearance for Financial 
Reports Used for ACF Non-Discretionary Grant Programs (Office of 
Management and Budget #: 0970-0510)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration 
for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services.
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health 
and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) proposes to 
extend approval of the existing overarching generic clearance for 
Financial Reports used for ACF Non-discretionary Grant Programs (OMB 
#0970-0510) as well as all information collections currently approved 
under the overarching generic. There are no changes to the proposed 
types of information collection or uses of data as described in the 
overarching generic. The title of the collection has been updated from 
ACF Mandatory Grant Programs to ACF Non-Discretionary Grant Programs. 
This request also includes updates to three of the collections approved 
under this generic (GenICs): the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) 
ACF-696 Financial Report for States and Territories, the CCDF ACF-696T 
Financial Report for Tribal Grantees, and the Child Support Services 
Program Financial Reporting Forms (OCSS-34 and OCSS-396). Finally, 
burden estimates for the next 3 years have been adjusted based on use 
to date.

DATES: Comments due June 6, 2024. 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 requests by the 
title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description: ACF programs require detailed 
financial information from their grantees that allows ACF to monitor 
various specialized cost categories within each program, to closely 
manage program activities, and to have sufficient financial information 
to enable periodic thorough and detailed audits.
    The information included on the standard Federal Financial Report 
Form (SF-425; OMB #4040-0014) provides only minimal, bare-bones, non-
program specific financial information insufficient for these purposes. 
This generic clearance allows ACF programs to efficiently develop and 
receive approval for financial reports that are tailored to specific 
funding recipients and the associated needs of the program. This 
umbrella generic is a mechanism that is available to all ACF non-
discretionary grant programs to obtain OMB approval of financial forms. 
Currently only a small number of ACF's non-discretionary grant program 
financial forms are covered under this umbrella; it does not cover all 
ACF non-discretionary grant program financial forms.
    Program offices use the information collected under this generic 
information collection to:
     Monitor program operations and prepare technical 
assistance and guidance as needed.
     Assess the effect of program changes and make informed 
decisions.
     Assist in the computation of the grant awards issued to 
each program's grantees.
     Assist in the computation of the Child Support Services 
program's annual incentive payments.
     Determine that child support collections are being 
properly distributed (Child Support Services Program only).
     Ensure funding recipients are meeting funding requirements 
established by Congress.
     Produce annual financial and statistical reports as may be 
required by Congress and respond to periodic detailed inquiries from 
Congress.
    ACF may require an information collection approved under this 
generic from funding recipients to obtain or retain benefits.
    Prior to a new form being submitted for review under this umbrella 
generic, ACF will publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing 
the agency's intention to request an OMB review of the form and 
providing a 14-day period for public comment on that specific request. 
ACF will review any comments received and address them as appropriate. 
ACF will provide a copy of any comments received and will provide a 
description of how comments were considered in the submission form, 
along with the request package for the individual collection. ACF will 
then follow standard OMB requirements for a generic information 
collection and submit a generic information collection request for each 
individual data collection activity under this generic clearance. Each 
request will include the individual form(s) and instructions, a summary 
of any comments received, and a short overview of the proposed purpose 
and use of the data collected. ACF requests OMB to review requests 
within 10 days of submission.
    This request includes the extension of multiple GenICs and requests 
updates to three of these GenICs through this revision process.
     CCDF ACF-696 Financial Report for States and Territories: 
ACF proposes minor updates to the ACF-696 form that include the removal 
of ``CCDX2'' which is a subaccount code not used by ACF; the removal of 
Column F for ``Discretionary Disaster Relief Funds Construction and 
Major Renovation Grant Document Number CCDY'' which is a program not 
funded by ACF; the removal of line 9(a) ``was the state or territory 
unable to obligate at least 50% of the CCDF stabilization grants by 
December 11, 2021?'' because this question relates to a subaccount for 
a program set to close by 9/30/2024; and the removal of the reallotted 
funds selection for COVID supplemental funds since the deadline to 
request reallotted funds for these subaccount awards is in the past. 
The instructions for this form were updated to account for the 
described changes, to clarify existing instructions, and to update 
language to reflect current Office of Child Care and Office of Grants 
Management policies and program instruction to recipients.
     CCDF ACF-696T Financial Report for Tribal Grantees: ACF 
proposes minor updates to the ACF-696 form that include the removal of 
``CCDX2'' which is a subaccount code not used by ACF;

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the removal of Column F for ``Discretionary Disaster Relief Funds 
Construction and Major Renovation Grant Document Number CCDY'' which is 
a program not funded by ACF; the renaming of line 13a ``total federal 
unliquidated'' to ``total federal obligations (not yet liquidated) 
(excluding construction/major renovation'' to clarify what amount 
should be reported on this line; the addition of line 13b. ``total 
federal obligations Into yet liquidated) for construction/major 
renovation'' to distinguish between CCDF activities and activities for 
the construction or major renovation of CCDF projects; the removal of 
line 14(a) ``was the tribal lead agency unable to obligate at least 50% 
of the CCDF stabilization grants by December 11, 2021? '' because this 
question relates to a subaccount for a program set to close by 9/30/
2024; and the removal of the reallotted funds selection for COVID 
supplemental funds since the deadline to request reallotted funds for 
these subaccount awards is in the past. The instructions for this form 
were updated to account for the described changes, to clarify existing 
instructions, and to update language to reflect current Office of Child 
Care and Office of Grants Management policies and program instruction 
to recipients.
     Child Support Services Program Financial Reporting Forms 
(OCSS-34 and OCSS-396): The title of these forms was updated to reflect 
the change in name of the program office from the Office of Child 
Support Enforcement to the Office of Child Support Services. References 
to the name within the forms and instructions were also updated.
    Respondents: ACF-funded non-discretionary grant programs.

Annual Burden Estimates

    Find currently approved information collections here: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAICList?ref_nbr=202308-0970-008. The 
request to OMB will include an extension request for the following 
approved collections.

Burden Estimates--Ongoing Requests

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                      Study                          Number of     responses per     hours per     Annual burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) ACF-696                56               4               5           1,344
 Financial Report for States and Territories....
Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) ACF-696T              221               1               7           1,547
 Financial Report for Tribal Grantees...........
Child Support Services Program Financial                     168               4              14           9,408
 Reporting Forms (OCSS-34 and OCSS-396).........
Form CB-496: Title IV-E Programs Quarterly                    67               4              25           6,700
 Financial Report...............................
Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance Federal                   66               1            1.67             110
 Financial Report (ORR-2) Supplemental Data
 Collection.....................................
Refugee Support Services Federal Financial                    53               4               4             848
 Report (SF-425) Supplemental Data Collection...
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    Totals:.....................................             768        Avg: 2.7        Avg: 8.9          19,957
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Burden Estimates--New Requests

    Based on use of this generic, we have revised burden estimates for 
the next 3 years.

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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours per       Burden hours
                                                respondents       respondent        response
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Non-discretionary Grant Financial Reports...             700                4               12           33,600
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Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-09879 Filed 5-6-24; 8:45 am]
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