81 FR 20647 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 68 (April 8, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 20647]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08090]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Assets for Independence Program Performance Progress Report.
    OMB No.: New.
    Description: The Assets for Independence (AFI) Act (Title IV of the 
Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and Educational 
Services Act of 1998, Pub. L. 105-285, [42 U.S.C. 604 note]) requires 
that organizations operating AFI projects submit annual progress 
reports.
    This request is to create an AFI program specific Performance 
Progress Report (PPR) to replace the semiannual standard form 
performance progress report (SF-PPR) and the annual data report. The 
AFI PPR will collect data on project activities and attributes similar 
to the reports that it is replacing. The Office of Community Services 
(OCS) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) will use 
the data collected in the AFI PPR to prepare the annual AFI Report to 
Congress, to evaluate and monitor the performance of the AFI program 
overall and of individual projects, and to inform and support technical 
assistance efforts. The AFI PPR would fulfill AFI Act reporting 
requirements and program purposes.
    The AFI PPR will be submitted quarterly: three times per year using 
an abbreviated short form and one time using a long form. Both draft 
data collection instruments are available for review online at http://idaresources.acf.hhs.gov/AFIPPR.
    Respondents: Assets for Independence (AFI) program grantees.
    Annual Burden Estimates:

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                    Form name                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                     responses      respondent       response          hours
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AFI PPR Short Form..............................             300               3             0.5             450
AFI PPR Long Form...............................             300               1             3.8           1,140
Estimated Annual Burden Hours...................  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,590
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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: 
ACF 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], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-08090 Filed 4-7-16; 8:45 am]
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