[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 93 (Thursday, May 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20675-20677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08656]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[Office of Management and Budget #0970-0476]
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Generic Clearance for
Disaster Information Collection Forms
AGENCY: Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response,
Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting a 3-year extension of the Generic Clearance for Disaster
Information Collection Forms Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
#0970-0476 and the five forms currently approved for ACF programs.
There are no changes requested to the umbrella generic and no
substantial changes to the currently approved forms.
DATES: Comments due July 14, 2025. 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: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing [email protected].
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The information collected through the forms approved
under the umbrella Generic Clearance for Disaster Information
Collection Forms is used to provide real-time updates during the
response and recovery phases of a disaster. Prior to the renewal
process, the Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and
Response (OHSEPR) revised the generic disaster information collection
form approved under this generic: Services for Planning Emergency
Action and Response Form (this submission will update the original
title: Administration for Children and Families Disaster Information
Collection Form). The Services for Planning Emergency Action and
Response Form can be used as-is or tailored for a specific use by an
ACF office or program. Each tailored form is submitted as an individual
request under the umbrella generic.
The Services for Planning Emergency Action and Response Form has
been tailored for each of the five following ACF offices or programs:
The Children's Bureau, the Office of Family Violence Prevention and
Services, the Office of Child Care, the Office of Head Start, and the
Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Program. It is possible that more
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program offices may request approval of a tailored version in the
future.
The requested information is submitted by ACF award recipients,
which includes states, tribes, and nongovernmental organizations.
Currently Approved Forms
Family Violence Prevention and Services Program. This form collects
information on post-disaster impacts and disaster recovery, including
requests for assistance from state administrators, tribes/tribal
organizations, state coalitions, or resource centers comprising the
Domestic Violence Resource Network; shelters that have been evacuated
due to damage; shelter residents being served in alternate locations;
reports of an increase in requests for assistance; capacity shortfalls;
and reported increase in domestic violence post-disaster.
Office of Child Care. The baseline information includes the number
of licensed, regulated, and license-exempt child care providers in the
state; the number of children who are served by the ACF Office of Child
Care's Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF); emergency contact
information for the CCDF administrator, the licensing contacts, and
resource and referral agencies; interruptions in systems that
facilitate contacting the child care providers; contact person for
state record-keeping systems; number of children served; and damage
assessment plans of the licensing agency. The disaster impact
information includes the number and type of child care providers
closed, the number of closed providers that serve children who benefit
from ACF/CCDF, the number of children with CCDF subsidies affected by
the closures, total child care capacity lost, whether the providers
whose facilities have closed will be able to reopen, whether damaged
facilities have been able to remain open, degree of disruption in
services; state decision to implement temporary operating standards for
child care providers; and requests for behavioral and mental health
services for children, families, and staff. Post-disaster recovery
questions include ability of child care providers to reopen, number of
service slots lost due to closures, total number of child care
providers that are open in the disaster impact zone; and staff
shortages.
Family and Youth Services Bureau, Runaway and Homeless Youth
Program. This form collects information on post-disaster impacts and
disaster recovery, including requests from award recipients for
technical assistance; a safety and accountability report for children
and youth in RHY programs; reports of damage to Runaway and Homeless
Youth facilities; and a report of any children or youth that have been
relocated due to damages to facilities.
Children's Bureau. This form requests information on any disaster-
caused disruptions of the child abuse/neglect reporting and
investigation system; reports of unaccompanied children needing
protection, identification, and reunification with legal caregivers;
actions taken by the Child Welfare Agency; impacts to Chafee Foster
Care Independence Program providers; accountability and safety report
for youth receiving services; reports on any increase in the number of
child abuse or neglect reports in the affected areas; impacts to Safe
and Stable Families or Community Based Child Abuse Prevention
providers; whether families receiving in-home services are being
supported; displaced or temporarily relocated foster families;
coordination of needed services and supervision by the Child Welfare
Agency; new or increased interstate challenges; and compromised program
records.
Office of Head Start. Number of Head Start (HS) centers and service
slots located in the disaster impact zone; number of centers and
available service slots open and number closed post-disaster; number of
HS centers with undetermined status; general access to services for
children and families in the impacted areas; disruptions in
transportation; ability of families to receive care elsewhere; number
of HS centers closed post-disaster and number of service slots lost;
and other program service interruptions.
Respondents: ACF Award Recipients and State Administrators.
Annual Burden Estimates
Ongoing Approved Information Collections
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Total number Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses hours per Annual burden
of respondents per respondent response hours
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Children's Bureau Disaster Information 10 1 1 10
Collection Form................................
Family Violence Prevention and Services Program 10 1 1 10
Disaster Information Collection Form...........
Office of Child Care Disaster Information 7 1 2 14
Collection Form................................
Office of Head Start Disaster Information 10 1 2 20
Collection Form................................
Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Disaster 10 1 1 10
Information Collection Form....................
Services for Planning Emergency Action and 400 1 0.1 40
Response Form (Generic--Current)...............
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours......... .............. .............. .............. 104
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Burden for Potential New Information Collections
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Total number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses per hours per Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Services for Planning Emergency Action and 60 1 1 60
Response Form (Tailored or Generic)........
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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: 42 U.S.C. 68 Disaster Relief; 42 U.S.C. 5121; Pub. L.
113-5.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-08656 Filed 5-14-25; 8:45 am]
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