80 FR 48537 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 156 (August 13, 2015)
Administration for Children and Families
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 156 (August 13, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-19922 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 48537-48538] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-19922] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Title: Understanding the Intersection Between TANF and Refugee Cash Assistance Services. OMB No.: New Collection. Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing data collection activities as part of a project to understand the intersection between Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) programs. The goal of this project is to help ACF better understand how the variety of systems that assist refugees collaborate to promote common goals of self-sufficiency and employment, and how refugees' experiences might differ depending on the structure of the state (or local) program arrangements. To achieve this goal, this study aims to document what states are doing to help refugees gain self-sufficiency; if and how states are integrating RCA, TANF, and associated services to better meet the needs of refugees; and what data is collected currently, or might be collected in the future, to better understand refugee resettlement services and suggest future areas for inquiry. The proposed data collection activities described in this notice will collect data about state policies and practices; how TANF, RCA, and associated services are provided; the respective roles of the various agencies and organizations in serving participants; how the agencies and organizations integrate services internally and/or collaborate with other organizations; refugee populations served; approaches to addressing the particular barriers refugees face; promising practices and strategies for assisting refugees; gaps in services; local labor market conditions; and experiences of refugees accessing services through these programs. This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on proposed new information collection activities for this study: (1) The survey of state refugee coordinators and Wilson-Fish program coordinators will be administered to state refugee coordinators in each state and the District of Columbia. The survey will collect information about state policies and practices. (2) The four site visit interview guides will collect information about how TANF, RCA, and associated services are provided; the respective roles of the various agencies and organizations in serving participants; how the agencies and organizations integrate services internally and/or collaborate with other organizations; approaches to addressing the particular barriers refugees face; promising practices and strategies for assisting refugees; gaps in services; data maintained by programs serving refugees; and local labor market conditions. (3) The focus group guide will collect information from program participants about the services they received, how they were delivered, their experiences attempting to achieve self--sufficiency within a rapid timeframe, and the challenges they have faced. Respondents: Individuals receiving RCA, TANF, and related services; State Refugee Coordinators/Wilson-Fish Program Coordinators; Managers and staff at local TANF offices; local resettlement agency staff; community-based organization staff providing services to refugees; staff operating alternative cash assistance programs for refugees such as Public/Private Partnerships(s) and Wilson-Fish programs (if different from the local resettlement agency); and staff from other programs providing employability and social adjustment and cultural orientation services to refugees. Annual Burden Estimates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Average burden Instrument Total number of Annual number of responses per hours per Annual burden respondents respondents respondent response hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Survey of State Refugee Coordinators and Wilson-Fish 51 26 1 .5 13 Program Coordinators.................................... [[Page 48538]] Site Visit Interview Guide for Public Agency Temporary 40 20 1 1.5 30 Assistance for Needy Families Managers and Staff........ Site Visit Interview Guide for Public Agency Refugee Cash 40 20 1 1.5 30 Assistance Managers and Staff........................... Site Visit Interview Guide for Voluntary Agency Staff.... 40 20 1 1.5 30 Site Visit Interview Guide for Other Community- Based 40 20 1 1.5 30 Organization Staff...................................... Focus Group Guide for Service Recipients................. 72 36 1 1.5 54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 187. Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection. Email address: [email protected]. OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning 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. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: [email protected], Fax: 202-395-6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families. Robert Sargis, ACF Reports Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2015-19922 Filed 8-12-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184-07-P
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued
Total/annual Number of Average Annual
Instrument number of responses per burden hours burden hours
respondents respondent per response
Semi-structured interview (Program director/Administrator) .......................... 6 1 1.5 9
Semi-structured interview (Facilitator) ........................................................... 6 1 1.5 9
Semi-structured interview (Partner organization/provider) ............................ 3 1 1.5 5
Estimated Total Annual Burden Description: The Administration for proposed new information collection
Hours: 68. Children and Families (ACF), U.S. activities for this study: (1) The survey
Additional Information: Copies of the Department of Health and Human of state refugee coordinators and
proposed collection may be obtained by Services (HHS) is proposing data Wilson-Fish program coordinators will
writing to the Administration for collection activities as part of a project be administered to state refugee
Children and Families, Office of to understand the intersection between coordinators in each state and the
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 Temporary Assistance for Needy District of Columbia. The survey will
L’Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, Families (TANF) and Refugee Cash collect information about state policies
DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Assistance (RCA) programs. The goal of and practices.
Clearance Officer. All requests should this project is to help ACF better (2) The four site visit interview guides
be identified by the title of the understand how the variety of systems will collect information about how
information collection. Email address: that assist refugees collaborate to TANF, RCA, and associated services are
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. promote common goals of self- provided; the respective roles of the
OMB Comment: OMB is required to sufficiency and employment, and how various agencies and organizations in
make a decision concerning the refugees’ experiences might differ serving participants; how the agencies
collection of information between 30 depending on the structure of the state and organizations integrate services
and 60 days after publication of this (or local) program arrangements. To internally and/or collaborate with other
document in the Federal Register. achieve this goal, this study aims to organizations; approaches to addressing
Therefore, a comment is best assured of document what states are doing to help the particular barriers refugees face;
having its full effect if OMB receives it refugees gain self-sufficiency; if and promising practices and strategies for
within 30 days of publication. Written how states are integrating RCA, TANF, assisting refugees; gaps in services; data
comments and recommendations for the and associated services to better meet maintained by programs serving
proposed information collection should the needs of refugees; and what data is refugees; and local labor market
be sent directly to the following: Office collected currently, or might be conditions.
of Management and Budget, Paperwork collected in the future, to better
understand refugee resettlement (3) The focus group guide will collect
Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_
services and suggest future areas for information from program participants
SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn:
inquiry. about the services they received, how
Desk Officer for the Administration for
The proposed data collection they were delivered, their experiences
Children and Families.
activities described in this notice will attempting to achieve self—sufficiency
Robert Sargis, collect data about state policies and within a rapid timeframe, and the
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. practices; how TANF, RCA, and challenges they have faced.
[FR Doc. 2015–19921 Filed 8–12–15; 8:45 am] associated services are provided; the Respondents: Individuals receiving
BILLING CODE 4184–73–P respective roles of the various agencies RCA, TANF, and related services; State
and organizations in serving Refugee Coordinators/Wilson-Fish
participants; how the agencies and Program Coordinators; Managers and
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND organizations integrate services staff at local TANF offices; local
HUMAN SERVICES internally and/or collaborate with other resettlement agency staff; community-
organizations; refugee populations based organization staff providing
Administration for Children and served; approaches to addressing the services to refugees; staff operating
Families particular barriers refugees face; alternative cash assistance programs for
promising practices and strategies for refugees such as Public/Private
Submission for OMB Review;
assisting refugees; gaps in services; local Partnerships(s) and Wilson-Fish
Comment Request
labor market conditions; and programs (if different from the local
Title: Understanding the Intersection experiences of refugees accessing resettlement agency); and staff from
Between TANF and Refugee Cash services through these programs. other programs providing employability
Assistance Services. This Federal Register Notice provides and social adjustment and cultural
OMB No.: New Collection. the opportunity to comment on orientation services to refugees.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of Average burden
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Total number of Annual number of Annual burden
Instrument responses per hours per
respondents respondents hours
respondent response
Survey of State Refugee Coordinators
and Wilson-Fish Program Coordina-
tors ..................................................... 51 26 1 .5 13
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued
Number of Average burden
Total number of Annual number of Annual burden
Instrument responses per hours per
respondents respondents hours
respondent response
Site Visit Interview Guide for Public
Agency Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families Managers and Staff .. 40 20 1 1.5 30
Site Visit Interview Guide for Public
Agency Refugee Cash Assistance
Managers and Staff ............................ 40 20 1 1.5 30
Site Visit Interview Guide for Voluntary
Agency Staff ....................................... 40 20 1 1.5 30
Site Visit Interview Guide for Other
Community- Based Organization Staff 40 20 1 1.5 30
Focus Group Guide for Service Recipi-
ents ..................................................... 72 36 1 1.5 54
Estimated Total Annual Burden ACTION: Notice to establish a new system uses previously published for the
Hours: 187. of records, to replace two existing existing systems will remain in effect.
Additional Information: Copies of the systems. ADDRESSES: The public should address
proposed collection may be obtained by written comments to: CAPT Eric Shih,
writing to the Administration for SUMMARY: In accordance with the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG),
Children and Families, Office of requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974 Division of Systems Integration (DSI),
(5 U.S.C. 552a), HHS is proposing to Tower Oaks Building, Plaza Level 100,
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370
establish a single, department-wide 1101 Wootton Parkway, Rockville,
L’Enfant Promenade SW., Washington,
system of records to cover all HHS Maryland 20852. Comments will be
DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports available for public viewing at the same
payroll records, to be numbered 09–90–
Clearance Officer. All requests should location. To review comments in
1402 and titled ‘‘HHS Payroll Records,
be identified by the title of the person, please contact the Office of the
HHS/OS.’’ The new system will replace
information collection. Email address: two existing systems of records covering Surgeon General (OSG), Division of
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. payroll records for civilian and Systems Integration (DSI), Tower Oaks
OMB Comment: OMB is required to commissioned corps personnel (09–40– Building, Plaza Level 100, 1101
make a decision concerning the 0006 ‘‘Public Health Service (PHS) Wootton Parkway, Rockville, Maryland
collection of information between 30 Commissioned Corps Payroll Records, 20852.
and 60 days after publication of this HHS/PSC/HRS’’ and 09–40–0010 ‘‘Pay, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
document in the Federal Register. Leave and Attendance Records, HHS/ information about civilian payroll
Therefore, a comment is best assured of PSC/HRS’’). The existing systems were records, contact: Charles Dietz, HHS/
having its full effect if OMB receives it last altered effective September 2012 Customer Care Services, 8455 Colesville
within 30 days of publication. Written (see Notice published August 15, 2012 Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301–504–
comments and recommendations for the at 77 FR 48984, amending System of 3219.
Records Notices (SORNs) published For information about commissioned
proposed information collection should
December 11, 1998 at 63 FR 68596, to corps payroll records, contact: CAPT
be sent directly to the following: Office
revise the routine use covering Eric Shih, Office of the Surgeon General
of Management and Budget, Paperwork (OSG), Division of Systems Integration
Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_ disclosures to contractors and to add a
new routine use covering disclosures in (DSI), Tower Oaks Building, Plaza Level
SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Fax: 100, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Rockville,
the course of responding to a data
202–395–6974, Attn: Desk Officer for Maryland 20852, 240–453–6085.
security breach). The existing systems
the Administration for Children and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
will be considered deleted upon the
Families. effective date of the proposed new I. Background on the New System of
Robert Sargis, system. The SORN for the new system Records
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. includes updates or changes to the
System Location, Routine Uses, System The proposed new system, 09–90–
[FR Doc. 2015–19922 Filed 8–12–15; 8:45 am] 1402 ‘‘HHS Payroll Records,’’ will
Manager, and Record Access Procedure
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sections, as more fully explained in the combine two payroll systems of records
‘‘Supplementary Information’’ section of which, until December 11, 1998, were
this Notice. covered in a single system of records
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND notice (SORN), under the former
HUMAN SERVICES DATES: Effective upon publication, with number 09–90–0017 and title ‘‘Pay,
the exception of the routine uses. The Leave and Attendance Records.’’ The
Office of the Secretary routine uses for the new system will be two existing systems (09–40–0006 and
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effective 30 days after publication of 09–40–0010) replaced system number
Privacy Act of 1974; System of this Notice, unless comments are 09–90–0017 in 1998 (see 63 FR 68596 at
Records Notice received that warrant a revision to this 68612 and 68615), following a 1995
Notice. Written comments on the reorganization that transferred payroll
AGENCY: Department of Health and routine uses should be submitted within functions to the Program Support Center
Human Services (HHS), Office of the 30 days. Until the routine uses for the (PSC), an Operating Division that was
Secretary (OS). new system are effective, the routine created in 1995 to perform Human
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