Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Generic for Administration for Children and Families Program Monitoring Activities
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) intends to request from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) an extension of approval for an umbrella generic clearance f...
Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION:
Request for public comments.
SUMMARY:
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) intends to request from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) an extension of approval for an umbrella generic clearance for information collections related to ACF program office monitoring activities. ACF programs promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. The Generic for ACF Program Monitoring Activities allows ACF program offices to collect standardized information from recipients that receive federal funds to ensure oversight, evaluation, support purposes, and stewardship of federal funds. There are no changes proposed to the terms of the generic. Burden estimates have been updated.
Description:
Program monitoring is a post-award process through which ACF assesses a recipient's programmatic performance and business management performance. Monitoring activities are necessary to ensure timely action by ACF to support grantees and protect federal interests. Program offices use information collected under this generic clearance to monitor funding recipient activities and to provide support or take appropriate action, as needed. The information gathered is or will be used primarily for internal purposes, but aggregate data may be included in public materials such as reports to Congress or program office documents. Following standard OMB requirements, ACF will submit a request for each individual data collection activity under this generic clearance. Each request will include the individual form(s) or instrument(s), a justification specific to the individual information collection, and any supplementary documents.
Respondents:
ACF funding recipients.
Annual Burden Estimates
The following burden estimates include burden associated with currently approved individual requests that ACF intends to include with this extension request and an estimate of burden for potential new requests under this generic. Note that new individual requests may be approved between this publication and submission of the full extension request.
Based on the past 3 years and with a goal to reduce burden moving forward the estimated annual burden for potential new requests is 31 percent less than the currently approved umbrella generic.
This generic is related to and will be of use to all ACF program offices that award federal funds (
e.g.,
grants, cooperative agreements) and monitor activities related to funding. Each individual program use will be related to a specific statutory authority.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 46122
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“Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Generic for Administration for Children and Families Program Monitoring Activities,” thefederalregister.org (July 22, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-14795/submission-for-office-of-management-and-budget-review-generic-for-administration-for-children-and-families-program-monit.