Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; State Plan for Grants to States for Refugee Resettlement, 45029-45030 [2017-20649]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• Administration for Children and Families

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45029-45030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20649]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB No.: 0970-0351]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; State Plan for Grants 
to States for Refugee Resettlement

    Description: A State Plan is required by 8 U.S.C. 1522 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) [Title IV, Sec. 412 of the 
Act] for each State agency requesting Federal funding for refugee 
resettlement under 8 U.S.C. 524 [Title IV, Sec. 414 of the Act], 
including Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance, Unaccompanied Minor 
Refugee Program, Refugee Social Services, and Targeted Assistance 
program funding. The State Plan is a comprehensive narrative 
description of the nature and scope of a States programs and provides 
assurances that the programs will be administered in conformity with 
the specific requirements stipulated in 45 CFR 400.4-400.9. The State 
Plan must include all applicable State procedures, designations, and 
certifications for each requirement as well as supporting 
documentation.
    The plan assures ORR that the State is capable of administering 
refugee assistance and coordinating employment and other social 
services for eligible caseloads in conformity with specific 
requirements. ORR proposes organizational and formatting changes to 
make the checklist more accessible to the user. Additionally, ORR 
proposes streamlining language to make the checklist easier to read. 
These proposed changes include technical corrections to regulatory 
citations. ORR proposes removing a number of requirements, including an 
assurance regarding the inclusion of refugee resettlement programs in 
pandemic influenza emergency plans and a basic description of providers 
conducting medical screening. ORR proposes to remove a requirement that 
all states describe a plan for the care, supervision of, and legal 
responsibility for, refugee children who become unaccompanied in the 
state. ORR also proposes to remove requirements specific to the Cuban/
Haitian entrants and replace them with an assurance that states will 
provide all ORR-eligible populations with the

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benefits and services described in the State Plan.
    ORR proposes adding language to clarify the following requirements 
related to the Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) program: State policy 
on education and training vouchers, medical coverage, the location of 
URM providers, monitoring procedures, the process for establishing 
legal responsibility, and information about sub-contractors.
    States must use a pre-print format for required components of State 
Plans for ORR-funded refugee resettlement services and benefits 
prepared by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) of the 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
    States must submit by August 15 each year new or amended State Plan 
for the next Federal fiscal year. For previously approved plan, States 
must certify no later than October 31 each year that the approved State 
plan is current and continues in effect.
    Respondents: State Agencies, the District of Columbia, Replacement 
Designees under 45 CFR 400.301(c), and Wilson-Fish Grantees (State 2 
Agencies) administering or supervising the administration of programs 
under Title IV of the Act.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours per       Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Title IV State Plan.........................              57                1               15              855
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 855.
    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the 
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research 
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201. Attention 
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the 
title of the information collection. Email address: 
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: 
OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-20649 Filed 9-26-17; 8:45 am]
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