82 FR 47212 - Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 195 (October 11, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-21885

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB No. 0970-0356]


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Formative Data Collections for ACF Research and Program 
Support
    Description: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation 
(OPRE), in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to request 
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew a 
generic clearance to conduct a variety of formative data collections 
with more than nine respondents. The data collections will inform 
future research and program

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support but will not be highly systematic nor intended to be 
statistically representative.
    ACF programs promote the economic and social well-being of 
families, children, individuals and communities. OPRE studies ACF 
programs, and the populations they serve, through rigorous research and 
evaluation projects. These include evaluations of existing programs, 
evaluations of innovative approaches to helping low income children and 
families, research syntheses and descriptive and exploratory studies. 
OPRE's research serves to provide further understanding of current 
programs and service populations, explore options for program 
improvement, and assess alternative policy and program designs. OPRE 
anticipates undertaking a variety of new research projects related to 
welfare, employment and self-sufficiency, Head Start, child care, 
healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood, family and youth services, 
home visiting, and child welfare. Many ACF program offices find a need 
to learn more about funded program services to inform internal decision 
making and to provide adequate support. Some program offices conduct 
their own research and evaluation projects.
    Under this generic clearance, ACF would engage in a variety of 
formative data collections with researchers, practitioners, TA 
providers, service providers and program participants throughout the 
field to fulfill the following goals: (1) Inform the development of ACF 
research, (2) maintain a research agenda that is rigorous and relevant, 
(3) ensure that research products are as current and responsive to 
audience needs as possible and (4) inform the provision of technical 
assistance. ACF envisions using a variety of techniques including semi-
structured discussions, focus groups, and telephone or in-person 
interviews, in order to reach these goals.
    Following standard OMB requirements, OPRE will submit a change 
request for each individual data collection activity under this generic 
clearance. Each request will include the individual instrument(s), a 
justification specific to the individual information collection, and 
any supplementary documents. OMB should review requests within 10 days 
of submission.
    Under this generic IC information will not be collected with the 
primary purpose of publication, but findings are meant to inform ACF 
activities and may be incorporated into documents or presentations that 
are made public. The following are some examples of ways in which we 
may disseminate information resulting from these data collections: 
Research design documents or reports; research or technical assistance 
plans; background materials for technical workgroups; concept maps, 
process maps, or conceptual frameworks; contextualization of research 
findings from a follow-up data collection that has full PRA approval; 
informational reports to stakeholders such as funders, grantees, local 
implementing agencies, and/or TA providers. In presenting findings, we 
will describe the study methods and limitations with regard to 
generalizability and as a basis for policy recommendations.
    Respondents: Key stakeholder groups involved in ACF projects and 
programs, state or local government officials, service providers, 
participants in ACF programs or similar comparison groups; experts in 
fields pertaining to ACF research and programs, or others involved in 
conducting ACF research or evaluation projects.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                     Estimated       Estimated
                                                   total  number     number of        Average        Estimated
                 Instrument type                        of         responses per   burden hours    total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Semi-Structured Discussions, Focus Groups.......           1,750               1               2           3,500
Interviews......................................             750               1               1             750
Questionnaires/Surveys..........................             500               1              .5             250
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 4,500.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Planning, Research, and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 
20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. Email address: 
[email protected]. All requests should be identified by 
the title of the information collection.
    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.

Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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• Unduplicated number of information on the difference between estimates are based on a small number
households that had restoration of home the average recipient and high burden of interviews conducted in 2014 with
energy service, and recipients, restoring home energy grantees, sub-grantees, and energy
• Unduplicated number of service, and preventing loss of home vendors. In support of this submission
households that had prevention of loss energy service. requesting comments, ACF is currently
of home energy. • ACF will be able to respond to re-assessing the level of effort to collect
Based on the data collected in the questions on sources and uses of and report the required data in order to
LPDF: LIHEAP funds from the Congress,
• ACF will provide reliable and develop updated burden estimates. The
Department, OMB, White House, and
complete LIHEAP fiscal and household original 2014 estimates were based on
other interested parties in a timely
data to Congress in the Department’s grantee reporting capabilities at that
manner.
annual LIHEAP Report to Congress. • LIHEAP grantees will be able to time and included time and costs for
• ACF will calculate LHEAP compare their own results to the results initial system development. However,
performance measures and report the for other states, as well as to regional since most grantees have improved their
results through the annual budget and national results, through the Data reporting capabilities, many grantees
development process and in LIHEAP’s Warehouse of the LIHEAP Performance have completed their system
annual Congressional Justification (CJ) Management Web site as they manage development, and ACF has furnished
under the Government Performance and their programs. reporting resources and technical
Results Act of 1993. Respondents: State Governments and assistance to assist grantees, it is
• ACF and grantees will be informed the District of Columbia. expected that the time and costs
about the impact LIHEAP has with associated with reporting are lower than
respect to LIHEAP households’ home Annual Burden Estimates
the original 2014 estimates show below.
energy burden (the proportion of their The table below shows the estimated
income spent towards their home data collection and reporting burden for
heating and cooling bills), including the LPDF as reported in 2014. These

Average
Number of
Number of burden hours Total burden
Instrument responses per
respondents per hours
respondent response

Module 1: Grantee Survey

Grantees .......................................................................................... 51 ................................... 1 3.5 .................. 178.50

Module 2: Performance Measures

Grantees .......................................................................................... 51 ................................... 1 100 ................. 5,100
Sub-Grantees (in states with sub-grantee managed systems) ...... 200 (estimate) ................ 1 80 hours ......... 16,000
Large Energy Vendors (largest 5 electric, 5 gas, 10 fuel oil, and 1,530 (estimate) ............. 1 40 hours ......... 61,200
10 propane vendors per state—average).
Small Energy Vendors (excluded except in special cir- 200 ................................. 1 10 ................... 2,000
cumstances).

Total Annual Burden Hours ..................................................... 2,032 .............................. 1 Varies ............. 84,478

Estimated Total Annual Burden functions of the agency, including DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
Hours: 168,956.50. whether the information shall have HUMAN SERVICES
In compliance with the requirements practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 agency’s estimate of the burden of the Administration for Children and
(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chap 35), the proposed collection of information; (c) Families
Administration for Children and the quality, utility, and clarity of the [OMB No. 0970–0356]
Families is soliciting public comment information to be collected; and (d)
on the specific aspects of the ways to minimize the burden of the Proposed Information Collection
information collection described above. collection of information on Activity; Comment Request
Copies of the proposed collection of respondents, including through the use
information can be obtained and Title: Formative Data Collections for
of automated collection techniques or
comments may be forwarded by writing ACF Research and Program Support
other forms of information technology.
to the Administration for Children and Description: The Office of Planning,
Consideration will be given to Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), in the
Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., comments and suggestions submitted Administration for Children and
within 60 days of this publication.
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Washington, DC 20201. Attn: ACF Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department
Reports Clearance Officer. Email Mary Jones, of Health and Human Services (HHS)
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All Reports Clearance Officer. intends to request approval from the
requests should be identified by the title Office of Management and Budget
[FR Doc. 2017–21774 Filed 10–10–17; 8:45 am]
of the information collection. (OMB) to renew a generic clearance to
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The Department specifically requests conduct a variety of formative data
comments on: (a) Whether the proposed collections with more than nine
collection of information is necessary respondents. The data collections will
for the proper performance of the inform future research and program

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82 FR 47212 - Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESAdministration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 195 (October 11, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families