Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Administration for Children and Families Generic for Information Collections Related to Gatherings
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, United States Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION:
Request for public comments.
SUMMARY:
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension of an approved generic clearance to request information from potential participants at ACF gatherings, such as meetings or conferences. The current expiration date is September 30, 2026. Burden estimates have been updated to reflect agency plans over the next three years.
Description:
ACF hosts a variety of gatherings for many different purposes. This may include large scale conferences, meetings for grantees or contractors, workshops, trainings, poster sessions, and other in-person and virtual gatherings for individuals with interest in ACF programs (clients, researchers, policymakers, etc.,), among others. To ensure ACF has adequate information to plan these activities, the Agency must often collect information from potential participants such as basic contact information, preferences for attendance (mode, special requests, etc.,), organizational affiliation, feedback about meeting content, etc. Additionally, some activities require ACF to have additional information to have the means to select the most appropriate participants for attendance according to the type or purpose of a given activity, or to group participants into the most appropriate category or activity during an event. This may include information about poster presentations, speaking panels, training courses, professional perspectives, or experiences, etc. In addition, attendees may be asked to submit an application or abstract for prescreening to be selected for attendance.
The planning for these gatherings is often on a quick timeline, request similar information, are low burden and don't raise substantive or policy issues. Therefore, ACF established an umbrella generic under the PRA to allow ACF to quickly receive review and approval for proposed collections that fit within the scope of the umbrella generic.
The purposes of the collections under this umbrella generic are to gather appropriate information to plan ACF gatherings. Example information collection activities could include:
Registration forms:
Information collected on these types of forms could include name, contact information, organization/affiliation, basic demographics, attendance needs, etc.
Applications for panels, posters, or other presentation formats:
Information collected on these types of applications could include title, author(s), institution/organization, abstract describing presentation or poster, instructions, etc.
Pre-meeting surveys:
Information collected on these types of surveys could include content preferences, scheduling needs and preferences, pre-meeting knowledge, etc.
Information collected on these types of surveys could include requests for feedback on the overall activity, feedback on content, post-meeting knowledge, post-meeting uses of content, preferences for future activities, etc.
As part of this generic, ACF requests OMB provide a response on individual generic information collections within 5 business days.
Note that this generic is primarily for information collected in connection with closed ACF meetings, as information collected in connection with public ACF meetings are not considered “information” under PRA per 44 U.S.C., 5 CFR Ch. 11 (1-1-99 Edition), 1320.3: Definitions.
Respondents:
Potential respondents may include researchers, individuals with expertise in ACF program areas, individuals with interest in ACF program areas, those receiving ACF services, ACF grantees or contractors, among others with involvement or interest in ACF activities.
Annual Burden Estimates—New Requests
The estimated annual burden for the next three years is about 54 percent less than the estimated annual burden hours originally approved for this overarching generic. This is based on use over the past three years and expectations for the next three years, with a focus on efforts to reduce burden across ACF.
New types of information collections
Annual
number of
respondents
Total
number of
responses
per
respondent
Average
burden
hours
per
response
Total
annual
burden
hours
Registration Forms, Applications, Pre-and Post- activity Surveys, Other Activities
35,167
1
0.1296
4,558
Annual Burden—Approved Ongoing Requests
The following table includes approved information collections under this umbrella generic that are ongoing and will be included for extension.
Ongoing information collections
Annual
number of
respondents
Total
number of
responses
per
respondent
Average
burden
hours
per
response
Total
annual
burden
hours
Administration for Native Americans Registration Form
300
1
0.167
50
Children's Bureau's National Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement, Non-Public Event Registration
6,475
1
0.050
324
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Communities of Practice Registration Information Collection
220
1
0.068
15
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Convening Attendee Recommendation Information Collection
100
1
0.080
8
( printed page 52700)
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Convening Registration Information Collection
105
1
0.057
6
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Grantee Meeting Registration Information Collection
300
1
0.033
10
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Learning Exchange Registration Information Collection
350
1
0.083
29
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Policy Academy Meeting and Training Registration Information Collection
1,000
1
0.033
33
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Site Visit Registration Information Collection
650
1
0.083
54
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Training Registration Information Collection
785
1
0.066
52
Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (TMIECHV) Kickoff Meeting Registration
20
1
0.100
2
Fiscal Responsibility Act Outcomes Working Group Interest Form
50
1
0.080
4
Child Care Quality and Business Support Center, Events Registration Questions
7,360
1
0.032
242
Office of Child Care Events Registration and Post-Event Survey
4,500
1.75
0.064
506
Office of Child Care National Tribal Conference Registration Questions
400
1
0.083
33
Office of Child Care Regional Meeting Registration Questions
330
1
0.082
27
Office of Child Care State and Territory Administrator's Meeting Registration Questions
400
1
0.082
33
Office of Child Care Tribal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan Training
630
1
0.084
53
Office of Child Care Tribal Cluster Meeting Registration Questions
190
1
0.084
16
Registration for National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability Events
1,000
1
0.033
33
Community Economic Development Grant Recipient Conference
200
1
0.229
96
Head Start Registration Form Questions
34,000
1
0.017
567
Evaluation Surveys for the National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning's Practice-Based Coaching Training and Technical Assistance Learning Community
40
8
.10
31
Sum Totals
59,405
2,224
Authority:
Social Security Act, Section 1110. [42 U.S.C. 1310]
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91 FR 52698
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“Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Administration for Children and Families Generic for Information Collections Related to Gatherings,” thefederalregister.org (August 14, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-16583/submission-for-office-of-management-and-budget-review-administration-for-children-and-families-generic-for-information-c.
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5 CFR Ch. 11
42 U.S.C. 1310