[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64866-64867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17584]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by 
September 9, 2024 will be considered. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collection should be 
submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the 
following website 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. An 
agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless 
the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control 
number and the agency

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informs potential persons who are to respond to the collection of 
information that such persons are not required to respond to the 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: Assessing Equity in Work Requirements and SNAP Employment 
and Training.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: Section 17 [7 U.S.C. 2026] (a)(1) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended, provides general 
legislative authority for the planned data collection. It authorizes 
the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into contracts with private 
institutions to undertake research that will help improve the 
administration and effectiveness of SNAP. FNS is conducting this study 
to identify data available from SNAP State agencies, their E&T provider 
partners, and other sources that can be used to develop measures to 
assess equity in the administration of SNAP work requirements and E&T 
services. The developed measures can be used to determine how and 
whether States are providing equitable access to SNAP through the 
administration of work requirements, achieving equitable participation 
in education and training opportunities through the SNAP E&T program, 
and adopting program option and discretionary policies and procedures 
that influence disparities.
    Need and Use of the Information: FNS has identified four objectives 
for this study:
    1. Identify areas in the administration of work requirements in 
SNAP and in SNAP E&T program administration and access where equity 
issues could occur.
    2. Identify and describe the data that could be used to assess 
access and outcomes in the areas identified in Objective 1.
    3. Describe how State agencies address equity in administering work 
requirements in their SNAP and SNAP E&T programs.
    4. Develop recommendations on how FNS should assess and measure 
equity in the administration of work requirements in SNAP and in SNAP 
E&T program administration and access.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local and Tribal Governments, 
Businesses, Individuals.
    Number of Respondents: 296.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once.
    Total Burden Hours: 366.32.

Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-17584 Filed 8-7-24; 8:45 am]
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