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regarding this collection contact
Rebecca Bruno at 415–744–3677).
Title: ACF Grantee Survey of the Low
Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP).
OMB No.: 0970–0076.
Description: The LIHEAP Grantee
Survey is an annual data collection
activity, which is sent to grantees of the
50 states and the District of Columbia
administering the Low Income Home
Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
The survey is mandatory in order that
national estimates of the sources and
uses of LIHEAP funds can be calculated
in a timely manner; a range can be
calculated of State average LIHEAP
benefits; and maximum income cutoffs
for four-person households can be
obtained for estimating the number of
low-income households that are income
eligible for LIHEAP under the State
income standards. The need for the
above information is to provide the
Administration and Congress with fiscal
Dated: January 22, 2014.
Martique Jones,
Deputy Director, Regulations Development
Group, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
estimates in time for hearings about
LIHEAP appropriations and program
performance. The information also is
included in the Departments annual
LIHEAP Report to Congress. The survey,
along with all other forms required of
LIHEAP grantees, will be available
electronically through the web-based
Online Data Collection (OLDC) system
to which all LIHEAP grantees currently
have access. By making the survey
available through OLDC, it will improve
the accuracy and efficiency of grantee
submissions by performing certain data
validation checks before grantees
complete their submission. It will also
allow grantees to track the progress of
ACF’s review of the survey, as well as
permit grantees to access archived
surveys in the future.
Respondents: 50 States and the
District of Columbia.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
LIHEAP Grantee Survey ..................................................................................
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178.50
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 178.50.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 506(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, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. Email address: infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. 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
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other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: Application Requirements for
the Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Model
Plan and Program Integrity Assessment
OMB No.: 0970–0075
Description: States, including the
District of Columbia, tribes, tribal
organizations, and territories applying
for LIHEAP block grant funds must
submit an annual application (Model
Plan) that meets the LIHEAP statutory
and regulatory requirements prior to
receiving Federal funds. In prior years,
in addition to the Model Plan, each
grantee was also required to submit a
Program Integrity Assessment
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Supplement (PIAS) every year, as part of
their application. The proposed new
model plan will combine the content of
these two forms into one form,
eliminating duplicative questions and
streamlining the submission process.
The proposed new format of the model
plan is also a departure from the
previously-approved version. The new
model plan will become an electronic
form, to be submitted through the OnLine Data Collection System (OLDC),
which is already being used by all
LIHEAP grantees to submit other
required LIHEAP forms. The new model
plan will also provide grantees the
option to respond to many questions by
selecting one or more check-box
responses, rather than providing a freeform text response. Grantees will still
have the ability to enter free form text
if none of the provided options are
applicable. This new re-formatting will
reduce the time grantees will spend on
completing the form. It will also provide
the Office of Community Services (OCS)
with the ability to collect and analyze
consistent data across all grantees in a
streamlined manner. This will improve
the information provided by OCS in the
annual LIHEAP Report to Congress and
other related reports to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services and the Office of Management
and Budget.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: ACF Grantee Survey of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP).
OMB No.: 0970-0076.
Description: The LIHEAP Grantee Survey is an annual data collection
activity, which is sent to grantees of the 50 states and the District
of Columbia administering the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP). The survey is mandatory in order that national estimates of
the sources and uses of LIHEAP funds can be calculated in a timely
manner; a range can be calculated of State average LIHEAP benefits; and
maximum income cutoffs for four-person households can be obtained for
estimating the number of low-income households that are income eligible
for LIHEAP under the State income standards. The need for the above
information is to provide the Administration and Congress with fiscal
estimates in time for hearings about LIHEAP appropriations and program
performance. The information also is included in the Departments annual
LIHEAP Report to Congress. The survey, along with all other forms
required of LIHEAP grantees, will be available electronically through
the web-based Online Data Collection (OLDC) system to which all LIHEAP
grantees currently have access. By making the survey available through
OLDC, it will improve the accuracy and efficiency of grantee
submissions by performing certain data validation checks before
grantees complete their submission. It will also allow grantees to
track the progress of ACF's review of the survey, as well as permit
grantees to access archived surveys in the future.
Respondents: 50 States and the District of Columbia.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LIHEAP Grantee Survey....................... 51 1 3.50 178.50
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 178.50.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 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.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-01453 Filed 1-24-14; 8:45 am]
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