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approval. To comply with this
requirement, CMS is publishing this
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Order 13563, Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review, was signed on
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the importance of a streamlined,
effective, and efficient regulatory
framework designed to promote
economic growth, innovation, job
creation, and competitiveness. Each
agency was directed to establish an
ongoing plan to reduce or eliminate
burdensome, obsolete, or unnecessary
regulations to create a more efficient
and flexible structure.
The regulation that was published on
May, 16, 2012 (77 FR 29034) included
a reduction in the reporting requirement
related to hospital deaths associated
with the use of restraint or seclusion,
§ 482.13(g). Hospitals are no longer
required to report to CMS those deaths
where there was no use of seclusion and
the only restraint was 2-point soft wrist
restraints. It is estimated that this will
reduce the volume of reports that must
be submitted by 90 percent for
hospitals. In addition, the final rule
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proved to be cumbersome for both CMS
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determined by CMS. Finally, the
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for each death report in order for CMS
to determine whether further on-site
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or seclusion. Provisions implementing
this statutory reporting requirement for
hospitals participating in Medicare are
found at 42 CFR 482.13(g), as revised in
the final rule that published on May 16,
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2012 (77 FR 29034). Form Number:
CMS–10455 (OMB Control Number:
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Affected Public: Private Sector; Number
of Respondents: 4,900. Number of
Responses: 24,500. Total Annual Hours:
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this collection contact Karina Meushaw
at 410–786–1000.)
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55634) that described the process we
use to make Medicare coverage
decisions including decisions regarding
whether new technology and services
can be covered. We have made changes
to our internal procedures in response
to the comments we received following
publication of the 1999 notice and
experience under our new process. Over
the past several years, we received
numerous suggestions to further revise
our process to continue to make it more
open, responsive, and understandable to
the public. We share the goal of
increasing public participation in the
development of Medicare coverage
issues. This will assist us in obtaining
the information we require to make a
national coverage determination in a
timely manner and ensuring that the
Medicare program continues to meet the
needs of its beneficiaries. Form Number:
CMS–R–290 (OMB control number:
0938–0776); Frequency: Annual;
Affected Public: Private Sector: Business
or other for-profits; Number of
Respondents: 200; Total Annual
Responses: 200; Total Annual Hours:
8,000. (For policy questions regarding
this collection contact Katherine
Tillman at 410–786–9252.)
Dated: June 21, 2016.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office
of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Statement of Organization, Functions,
and Delegations of Authority
Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
Statement of Organizations,
Functions, and Delegations of
Authority. The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) has
reorganized the Office of Planning,
Research and Evaluation (OPRE). This
reorganization creates a new Division of
Data and Improvement. It will transfer
the state systems assessment function
and the project management and
oversight for Public Assistance
Reporting Information System (PARIS)
from the Office of Administration,
Office of Financial Services, to the new
Division of Data and Improvement.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Naomi Goldstein, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Planning, Research and
Evaluation, 330 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20201, 202–401–9220.
This notice amends Part K of the
Statement of Organization, Functions,
and Delegations of Authority of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), as
follows: Chapter KM, OPRE, as last
amended 77 FR 47077–47078, August 7,
2012.
I. Under Chapter KM, OPRE, delete in
its entirety and replace with the
following:
SUMMARY:
KM.00 MISSION. OPRE is the principal
advisor to the Assistant Secretary for
Children and Families on improving the
effectiveness and efficiency of programs
designed to make measurable improvements
in the economic and social well-being of
children and families. OPRE provides
guidance, analysis, technical assistance, and
oversight to ACF programs and across
programs in the agency on: Strategic
planning aimed at measurable results;
performance measurement and management;
research and evaluation methodologies;
demonstration testing and model
development; statistical policy and program
analysis; synthesis and dissemination of
research, evaluation, and demonstration
findings; data quality, usefulness, and
sharing; privacy; and application of emerging
technologies to improve the effectiveness of
programs and service delivery.
OPRE, through the Division of Economic
Independence, the Division of Child and
Family Development, the Division of Family
Strengthening, and the Division of Data and
Improvement, oversees and manages the
research and evaluation programs under
sections 413, 429, 511, 1110, and 2008 of the
Social Security Act and section 649 of the
Head Start Act, as well as other research,
evaluation, data, and improvement activities
authorized by Congress and related to ACF
programs and the populations they serve.
These activities include: Priority setting and
analysis; managing and coordinating major
cross-cutting, leading-edge studies and
special initiatives; and collaborating with
federal partners, states, communities,
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foundations, professional organizations, and
others to promote the safety, well-being, and
development of children, families, and
communities; parental responsibility;
employment; and economic independence.
OPRE also provides coordination and
leadership in implementing the Government
Performance and Results Act Modernization
Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act, and
provides expert advice on matters related to
privacy and the sharing of information. The
office coordinates mandated OMB
information collection approvals and plans
and includes ACF’s Reports Clearance
Officer.
KM.10 Organization. OPRE is headed by a
Deputy Assistant Secretary, who reports to
the Assistant Secretary for Children and
Families. The Office is organized as follows:
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary
(KMA)
Division of Economic Independence (KMB)
Division of Child and Family Development
(KMC)
Division of Family Strengthening (KMD)
Division of Data and Improvement (KME)
KM.20 FUNCTIONS. A. The Office of the
Deputy Assistant Secretary provides
direction and executive leadership to OPRE
in administering its responsibilities. It serves
as principal advisor to the Assistant
Secretary for Children and Families on all
matters pertaining to: improving the
effectiveness and efficiency of ACF programs;
strategic planning; performance measurement
and management; research, evaluation,
statistical, and analysis methods; program
and policy evaluation; research and
demonstrations; state and local innovations
and progress; synthesis and dissemination of
research and evaluation findings; data
quality, usefulness, and sharing; and
application of emerging technologies to
improve the effectiveness of programs and
service delivery. It represents the Assistant
Secretary for Children and Families at
various planning, research, evaluation, data,
and improvement forums and carries out
special Departmental and Administration
initiatives.
The Office of the Deputy Assistant
Secretary manages the formulation and
execution of budgets for OPRE programs;
manages correspondence; manages review of
funding opportunity announcements within
OPRE; coordinates the provision of staff
development and training; provides support
for OPRE’s personnel administration,
including staffing, employee and labor
relations, performance management, and
employee recognition; manages OPRE space,
facilities, and supplies; and oversees travel,
time and attendance, and other
administrative functions for OPRE.
B. The Division of Economic
Independence, in cooperation with ACF
income support programs and others, works
with federal counterparts, states, community
agencies, and the private sector to
understand and overcome barriers to
economic independence; promote parental
responsibility; and assist in improving the
effectiveness of programs that further
economic independence. The Division
provides guidance, analysis, technical
assistance, and oversight in ACF on: Strategic
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planning and performance measurement for
economic independence; statistical, policy,
and program analysis; surveys, research, and
evaluation methodologies; demonstration
testing and model development; synthesis
and dissemination of research and evaluation
findings; and application of emerging
technologies to programs that promote
employment, parental responsibility, and
economic independence.
The Division develops policy-relevant
research priorities; conducts, manages, and
coordinates major cross-program, leadingedge research, demonstrations, and
evaluation studies; manages and conducts
statistical, policy, and program analyses on
trends in employment, child support
payments, and other income supports; and
works in partnership with states,
communities, and the private sector to
promote employment, parental
responsibility, and family economic
independence. Division staff also provides
consultation, coordination, direction, and
support for research and evaluation activities
related to employment, parental
responsibility, and family economic
independence across ACF programs.
C. The Division of Child and Family
Development, in cooperation with ACF
programs and others, works with federal
counterparts, states, community agencies,
and the private sector to: Improve the
effectiveness and efficiency of programs, and
foster safety and sound growth and
development of children and their families.
The Division provides guidance, analysis,
technical assistance, and oversight in ACF
on: strategic planning and performance
measurement for child and family
development; statistical, policy, and program
analysis; surveys, research and evaluation
methodologies; demonstration testing and
model development; synthesis and
dissemination of research and evaluation
findings; and application of emerging
technologies to improve the effectiveness of
programs and service delivery. The Division
conducts, manages, and coordinates major
cross-programs, leading-edge research,
demonstration and evaluation studies;
develops policy-relevant research priorities;
and manages and conducts statistical, policy,
and program analyses related to children and
families. Division staff also provides
consultation, coordination, direction, and
support for research and evaluation activities
related to children and families across ACF
programs.
D. The Division of Family Strengthening,
in cooperation with ACF programs and
others, works with federal counterparts,
states, community agencies, and the private
sector to: improve the effectiveness and
efficiency of programs; foster the safety,
positive growth and development of
children, youth, parents, and vulnerable
populations; and strengthen families.
The Division provides guidance, analysis,
technical assistance and oversight in ACF on:
Parent, child, youth and family development
and dynamics; child safety; statistical, policy
and program analysis; surveys, research and
evaluation methodologies; demonstration
testing and model development; synthesis
and dissemination of research and evaluation
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findings; and application of emerging
technologies to improve the effectiveness of
programs and service delivery.
The Division conducts, manages, and
coordinates major cross-program, leadingedge research, demonstration, and evaluation
studies; develops policy-relevant research
priorities; and manages and conducts
statistical, policy, and program analyses
related to strengthening families. Division
staff also provides consultation,
coordination, direction and support for
research and evaluation activities related to
strengthening families across ACF programs.
E. The Division of Data and Improvement,
in cooperation with ACF programs and
others, works with federal counterparts,
states, community agencies, and the private
sector to improve the effectiveness and
efficiency of programs through improving the
quality, usefulness, interoperability, and
availability of data. Division staff provide
guidance, analysis, technical assistance, and
oversight on strategic planning and
performance measurement; statistical, policy,
and program analysis; continuous
improvement; surveys, data collection, and
analysis methodologies; application of data
analyses to program operations and decisionmaking; application of emerging technologies
to improve the effectiveness of programs and
service delivery; privacy and data security;
and data sharing. The Division conducts,
manages, and coordinates major crossprogram, leading-edge research,
demonstration, and evaluation studies
related to the quality, usefulness,
interoperability, and availability of data;
develops policy-relevant priorities for data
collection and analysis; manages and
conducts statistical, policy, and program
analyses; provides consultation,
coordination, direction, and support for
research and evaluation activities related to
the quality, usefulness, interoperability, and
availability of data; coordinates and develops
policies and procedures for reviewing
Federal Financial Participation in the cost of
automated systems development to support
programs funded under the Social Security
Act; coordinates and develops systems,
policies, and procedures to support data
exchange in support of program access and
program integrity; coordinates and supports
implementation of technologies, strategies,
and policies related to systems integration
and interoperability systems assessments,
systems design and planning, data
exchanges, information management,
information security, and electronic
information exchanges across federal, state,
local, tribal, and private systems. It serves as
the departmental focal point and coordinator
for the development and implementation of
strategies and policies related to payment
integrity, welfare systems integration,
electronic benefit transfer, and related
initiatives and programs. The Division
provides leadership and guidance to
interagency work groups in these areas for
the Department.
II. Under Chapter KP, Office of
Administration, Delete Paragraph C, and
replace as follows:
The Office of Financial Services (OFS)
supports the Deputy Assistant Secretary for
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Administration in fulfilling ACF’s Chief
Financial Officer (CFO) and Federal
Manager’s Financial (FMFIA) Management
Control Officer responsibilities, including
preparation of the CFO 5-Year Plan; performs
audit oversight and liaison activities,
including preparing reports to Congress,
Office of the General Counsel, and the Office
of the Inspector General. OFS writes/
interprets financial policy and researches
appropriation law issues; oversees and
coordinates ACF’s FMFIA activities;
performs debt management functions;
develops and administers quality assurance,
training, and certification programs for grants
management; and is responsible for the
annual preparation and audit of ACF’s
financial statement requirements.
The Office develops/interprets internal
policies and procedures for ACF components
and coordinates the management of ACF’s
interagency agreement activities. The Office
provides agency-wide guidance to program
and regional office staff on grant-related
issues, including developing and interpreting
financial and grants policy, coordinating
strategic grants planning, facilitating policy
advisory groups, and assuring consistent
grant program announcements. The Office
prepares, coordinates, and disseminates
action transmittals, information memoranda,
and other policy guidance on financial and
grants management issues; provides financial
and grants administration technical
assistance to ACF staff; directs and/or
coordinates management initiatives to
improve financial administration of ACF
mandatory and discretionary grant programs.
OFS develops and administers grants
management training for ACF program and
grants staff and administers grants
management certification for ACF grants
staff.
III. Continuation of Policy. Except as
inconsistent with this reorganization, all
statements of policy and interpretations
with respect to organizational
components affected by this notice
within ACF, heretofore issued and in
effect on this date of this reorganization
are continued in full force and effect.
IV. Delegation of Authority. All
delegations and redelegations of
authority made to officials and
employees of affected organizational
components will continue in them or
their successors pending further
redelegations, provided they are
consistent with this reorganization.
V. Funds, Personnel, and Equipment.
Transfer of organizations and functions
affected by this reorganization shall be
accompanied in each instance by direct
and support funds, positions, personnel,
records, equipment, supplies, and other
resources.
This reorganization will be effective
upon date of signature.
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Dated: June 20, 2016.
Mark H. Greenberg,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Children and
Families.
[FR Doc. 2016–14981 Filed 6–23–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects: Regional
Partnership Grants To Increase the WellBeing of and To Improve Permanency
Outcomes for Children Affected by
Substance Abuse Cross-Site Evaluation
and Evaluation-Related Technical
Assistance and Evaluation-Related
Technical Assistance and Data
Collection Support for Regional
Partnership Grant Program Round Three
Sites
Title: RPG National Cross-Site
Evaluation and Evaluation Technical
Assistance
OMB No.: 0970–0444
Description: The Children’s Bureau
within the Administration for Children
and Families of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services seeks a
renewal of clearance to collect
information for the Regional Partnership
Grants to Increase the Well-being of and
to Improve Permanency Outcomes for
Children Affected by Substance Abuse
Cross-Site Evaluation and EvaluationRelated Technical Assistance and
Evaluation-Related Technical
Assistance and Data Collection Support
for Regional Partnership Grant Program
Round Three Sites or ‘‘RPG’’ projects.
Under RPG, the Children’s Bureau has
issued 21 grants to organizations such as
child welfare or substance abuse
treatment providers or family court
systems to develop interagency
collaborations and integration of
programs, activities, and services
designed to increase well-being,
improve permanency, and enhance the
safety of children who are in an out-ofhome placement or are at risk of being
placed in out-of-home care as a result of
a parent’s or caretaker’s substance use
dependence. The Child and Family
Services Improvement and Innovation
Act (Pub. L. 112–34) includes a targeted
grants program (section 437(f) of the
Social Security Act) that directs the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
to reserve a specified portion of the
appropriation for these Regional
Partnership Grants, to be used to
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improve the well-being of children
affected by substance abuse. The overall
objective of the Cross-Site Evaluation
and Technical Assistance projects (the
RPG Cross-Site Evaluation) is to plan,
develop, and implement a rigorous
national cross-site evaluation of the RPG
Grant Program, provide legislativelymandated performance measurement,
furnish evaluation-related technical
assistance to the grantees in order to
improve the quality and rigor of their
local evaluations, and support their
participation in the cross-site
evaluation. The project will evaluate the
programs and activities conducted
through the RPG Program. The
evaluation is being undertaken by the
Children’s Bureau and its contractor
Mathematica Policy Research. The
evaluation is being implemented by
Mathematica Policy Research and its
subcontractors, WRMA, Inc., and
Synergy Enterprises.
The RPG Cross-Site Evaluation
includes the following components:
1. Implementation and Partnership
Study. The RPG cross-site
implementation and partnership study
will contribute to building the
knowledge base about effective
implementation strategies by examining
the process of implementation in the 21
RPG projects, with a focus on factors
shown in the research literature to be
associated with quality implementation
of evidence-based programs. This
component of the study describes the
RPG projects’ target populations,
selected interventions and their fit with
the target populations, inputs to
implementation, and actual services
provided (including dosage, duration,
content, adherence to curricula, and
participant responsiveness). It examines
the key attributes of the regional
partnerships that grantees develop (for
example, partnerships among child
welfare and substance abuse treatment
providers, social services, and family
courts). It describes the characteristics
and roles of the partner organizations,
the extent of coordination and
collaboration, and their potential to
sustain the partnerships after the grant
ends. Key data collection activities of
the implementation and partnership
study are: (1) Conducting site visits
during which researchers interview RPG
program directors, managers,
supervisors, and frontline staff who
work directly with families; (2)
administering a survey to frontline staff
involved in providing direct services to
children, adults, and families; (3) asking
grantees to provide information about
implementation and their partnerships
as part of their federally required semiannual progress reports; (4) obtaining
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Statement of Organizations, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has
reorganized the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE).
This reorganization creates a new Division of Data and Improvement. It
will transfer the state systems assessment function and the project
management and oversight for Public Assistance Reporting Information
System (PARIS) from the Office of Administration, Office of Financial
Services, to the new Division of Data and Improvement.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Goldstein, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20201, 202-401-9220.
This notice amends Part K of the Statement of Organization,
Functions, and Delegations of Authority of the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
as follows: Chapter KM, OPRE, as last amended 77 FR 47077-47078, August
7, 2012.
I. Under Chapter KM, OPRE, delete in its entirety and replace with
the following:
KM.00 MISSION. OPRE is the principal advisor to the Assistant
Secretary for Children and Families on improving the effectiveness
and efficiency of programs designed to make measurable improvements
in the economic and social well-being of children and families. OPRE
provides guidance, analysis, technical assistance, and oversight to
ACF programs and across programs in the agency on: Strategic
planning aimed at measurable results; performance measurement and
management; research and evaluation methodologies; demonstration
testing and model development; statistical policy and program
analysis; synthesis and dissemination of research, evaluation, and
demonstration findings; data quality, usefulness, and sharing;
privacy; and application of emerging technologies to improve the
effectiveness of programs and service delivery.
OPRE, through the Division of Economic Independence, the
Division of Child and Family Development, the Division of Family
Strengthening, and the Division of Data and Improvement, oversees
and manages the research and evaluation programs under sections 413,
429, 511, 1110, and 2008 of the Social Security Act and section 649
of the Head Start Act, as well as other research, evaluation, data,
and improvement activities authorized by Congress and related to ACF
programs and the populations they serve. These activities include:
Priority setting and analysis; managing and coordinating major
cross-cutting, leading-edge studies and special initiatives; and
collaborating with federal partners, states, communities,
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foundations, professional organizations, and others to promote the
safety, well-being, and development of children, families, and
communities; parental responsibility; employment; and economic
independence.
OPRE also provides coordination and leadership in implementing
the Government Performance and Results Act Modernization Act and the
Paperwork Reduction Act, and provides expert advice on matters
related to privacy and the sharing of information. The office
coordinates mandated OMB information collection approvals and plans
and includes ACF's Reports Clearance Officer.
KM.10 Organization. OPRE is headed by a Deputy Assistant
Secretary, who reports to the Assistant Secretary for Children and
Families. The Office is organized as follows:
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (KMA)
Division of Economic Independence (KMB)
Division of Child and Family Development (KMC)
Division of Family Strengthening (KMD)
Division of Data and Improvement (KME)
KM.20 FUNCTIONS. A. The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary
provides direction and executive leadership to OPRE in administering
its responsibilities. It serves as principal advisor to the
Assistant Secretary for Children and Families on all matters
pertaining to: improving the effectiveness and efficiency of ACF
programs; strategic planning; performance measurement and
management; research, evaluation, statistical, and analysis methods;
program and policy evaluation; research and demonstrations; state
and local innovations and progress; synthesis and dissemination of
research and evaluation findings; data quality, usefulness, and
sharing; and application of emerging technologies to improve the
effectiveness of programs and service delivery. It represents the
Assistant Secretary for Children and Families at various planning,
research, evaluation, data, and improvement forums and carries out
special Departmental and Administration initiatives.
The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary manages the
formulation and execution of budgets for OPRE programs; manages
correspondence; manages review of funding opportunity announcements
within OPRE; coordinates the provision of staff development and
training; provides support for OPRE's personnel administration,
including staffing, employee and labor relations, performance
management, and employee recognition; manages OPRE space,
facilities, and supplies; and oversees travel, time and attendance,
and other administrative functions for OPRE.
B. The Division of Economic Independence, in cooperation with
ACF income support programs and others, works with federal
counterparts, states, community agencies, and the private sector to
understand and overcome barriers to economic independence; promote
parental responsibility; and assist in improving the effectiveness
of programs that further economic independence. The Division
provides guidance, analysis, technical assistance, and oversight in
ACF on: Strategic planning and performance measurement for economic
independence; statistical, policy, and program analysis; surveys,
research, and evaluation methodologies; demonstration testing and
model development; synthesis and dissemination of research and
evaluation findings; and application of emerging technologies to
programs that promote employment, parental responsibility, and
economic independence.
The Division develops policy-relevant research priorities;
conducts, manages, and coordinates major cross-program, leading-edge
research, demonstrations, and evaluation studies; manages and
conducts statistical, policy, and program analyses on trends in
employment, child support payments, and other income supports; and
works in partnership with states, communities, and the private
sector to promote employment, parental responsibility, and family
economic independence. Division staff also provides consultation,
coordination, direction, and support for research and evaluation
activities related to employment, parental responsibility, and
family economic independence across ACF programs.
C. The Division of Child and Family Development, in cooperation
with ACF programs and others, works with federal counterparts,
states, community agencies, and the private sector to: Improve the
effectiveness and efficiency of programs, and foster safety and
sound growth and development of children and their families. The
Division provides guidance, analysis, technical assistance, and
oversight in ACF on: strategic planning and performance measurement
for child and family development; statistical, policy, and program
analysis; surveys, research and evaluation methodologies;
demonstration testing and model development; synthesis and
dissemination of research and evaluation findings; and application
of emerging technologies to improve the effectiveness of programs
and service delivery. The Division conducts, manages, and
coordinates major cross-programs, leading-edge research,
demonstration and evaluation studies; develops policy-relevant
research priorities; and manages and conducts statistical, policy,
and program analyses related to children and families. Division
staff also provides consultation, coordination, direction, and
support for research and evaluation activities related to children
and families across ACF programs.
D. The Division of Family Strengthening, in cooperation with ACF
programs and others, works with federal counterparts, states,
community agencies, and the private sector to: improve the
effectiveness and efficiency of programs; foster the safety,
positive growth and development of children, youth, parents, and
vulnerable populations; and strengthen families.
The Division provides guidance, analysis, technical assistance
and oversight in ACF on: Parent, child, youth and family development
and dynamics; child safety; statistical, policy and program
analysis; surveys, research and evaluation methodologies;
demonstration testing and model development; synthesis and
dissemination of research and evaluation findings; and application
of emerging technologies to improve the effectiveness of programs
and service delivery.
The Division conducts, manages, and coordinates major cross-
program, leading-edge research, demonstration, and evaluation
studies; develops policy-relevant research priorities; and manages
and conducts statistical, policy, and program analyses related to
strengthening families. Division staff also provides consultation,
coordination, direction and support for research and evaluation
activities related to strengthening families across ACF programs.
E. The Division of Data and Improvement, in cooperation with ACF
programs and others, works with federal counterparts, states,
community agencies, and the private sector to improve the
effectiveness and efficiency of programs through improving the
quality, usefulness, interoperability, and availability of data.
Division staff provide guidance, analysis, technical assistance, and
oversight on strategic planning and performance measurement;
statistical, policy, and program analysis; continuous improvement;
surveys, data collection, and analysis methodologies; application of
data analyses to program operations and decision-making; application
of emerging technologies to improve the effectiveness of programs
and service delivery; privacy and data security; and data sharing.
The Division conducts, manages, and coordinates major cross-program,
leading-edge research, demonstration, and evaluation studies related
to the quality, usefulness, interoperability, and availability of
data; develops policy-relevant priorities for data collection and
analysis; manages and conducts statistical, policy, and program
analyses; provides consultation, coordination, direction, and
support for research and evaluation activities related to the
quality, usefulness, interoperability, and availability of data;
coordinates and develops policies and procedures for reviewing
Federal Financial Participation in the cost of automated systems
development to support programs funded under the Social Security
Act; coordinates and develops systems, policies, and procedures to
support data exchange in support of program access and program
integrity; coordinates and supports implementation of technologies,
strategies, and policies related to systems integration and
interoperability systems assessments, systems design and planning,
data exchanges, information management, information security, and
electronic information exchanges across federal, state, local,
tribal, and private systems. It serves as the departmental focal
point and coordinator for the development and implementation of
strategies and policies related to payment integrity, welfare
systems integration, electronic benefit transfer, and related
initiatives and programs. The Division provides leadership and
guidance to interagency work groups in these areas for the
Department.
II. Under Chapter KP, Office of Administration, Delete Paragraph C,
and replace as follows:
The Office of Financial Services (OFS) supports the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for
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Administration in fulfilling ACF's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and
Federal Manager's Financial (FMFIA) Management Control Officer
responsibilities, including preparation of the CFO 5-Year Plan;
performs audit oversight and liaison activities, including preparing
reports to Congress, Office of the General Counsel, and the Office
of the Inspector General. OFS writes/interprets financial policy and
researches appropriation law issues; oversees and coordinates ACF's
FMFIA activities; performs debt management functions; develops and
administers quality assurance, training, and certification programs
for grants management; and is responsible for the annual preparation
and audit of ACF's financial statement requirements.
The Office develops/interprets internal policies and procedures
for ACF components and coordinates the management of ACF's
interagency agreement activities. The Office provides agency-wide
guidance to program and regional office staff on grant-related
issues, including developing and interpreting financial and grants
policy, coordinating strategic grants planning, facilitating policy
advisory groups, and assuring consistent grant program
announcements. The Office prepares, coordinates, and disseminates
action transmittals, information memoranda, and other policy
guidance on financial and grants management issues; provides
financial and grants administration technical assistance to ACF
staff; directs and/or coordinates management initiatives to improve
financial administration of ACF mandatory and discretionary grant
programs. OFS develops and administers grants management training
for ACF program and grants staff and administers grants management
certification for ACF grants staff.
III. Continuation of Policy. Except as inconsistent with this
reorganization, all statements of policy and interpretations with
respect to organizational components affected by this notice within
ACF, heretofore issued and in effect on this date of this
reorganization are continued in full force and effect.
IV. Delegation of Authority. All delegations and redelegations of
authority made to officials and employees of affected organizational
components will continue in them or their successors pending further
redelegations, provided they are consistent with this reorganization.
V. Funds, Personnel, and Equipment. Transfer of organizations and
functions affected by this reorganization shall be accompanied in each
instance by direct and support funds, positions, personnel, records,
equipment, supplies, and other resources.
This reorganization will be effective upon date of signature.
Dated: June 20, 2016.
Mark H. Greenberg,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Children and Families.
[FR Doc. 2016-14981 Filed 6-23-16; 8:45 am]
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