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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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Title: Continued Use of the Low
Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP) Performance Data
Form (LPDF).
OMB No.: 0970–0449.
Description: In response to the 2010
Government Accountability Office
(GAO) report, Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program—Greater Fraud
Prevention Controls are Needed (GAO–
10–621), and in consideration of the
recommendations issued by the Low
Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP) Performance
Measures Implementation Work Group,
the Office of Community Services (OCS)
required the collection and reporting of
the new performance measures by state
LIHEAP grantees and the District of
Columbia. Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approved the LIHEAP
Performance Data Form (LPDF) in
November 2014 (OMB Clearance No.
0970–0449) which expired on October
31, 2017. The LPDF provides for the
collection of the following LIHEAP
performance measures which are
considered to be developmental as part
of the Form.):
1. The benefit targeting index for high
burden households receiving LIHEAP
fuel assistance;
2. The burden reduction targeting
index for high burden households
receiving LIHEAP fuel assistance;
3. The number of instances where
LIHEAP prevented a potential home
energy crisis; and
4. The number of instances where
LIHEAP benefits restored home energy.
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All State LIHEAP grantees and the
District of Columbia are required to
complete the LPDF data through the
Administration for Children and
Families’ web-based, data collection and
reporting system, the Online Data
Collection (OLDC) which is available at
https://home.grantsolutions.gov/home.
The reporting requirements will be
described through OLDC.
The previously OMB-approved
LIHEAP Grantee Survey on sources and
uses of LIHEAP funds was added in
2014 to the LPDF in addition to the
LIHEAP performance data. No
substantive changes are being proposed
for this data collection activity. A
sample of the draft form is available for
viewing here: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/
ocs/resource/funding-applications.
Module 1. LIHEAP Grantee Survey
(Required Reporting)
Module 1 of the LPDF will continue
to require the following data from each
state for the federal fiscal year:
• Grantee information,
• sources and uses of LIHEAP funds,
• average LIHEAP household
benefits, and
• maximum income cutoffs for 4person households for each type of
LIHEAP assistance provided by each
grantee for the fiscal year.
Module 2. LIHEAP Performance
Measures (Required Reporting)
Module 2 of the LPDF will continue
to require the following data from each
state for the federal fiscal year:
• Grantee information,
• energy burden targeting,
• restoration of home energy service,
and
• prevention of loss of home energy.
Module 3. LIHEAP Performance
Measures (Optional Reporting)
Module 3 of the LPDF will continue
to voluntarily collect the following
additional information from each
interested grantee for the federal fiscal
year:
• Average annual energy usage,
• Unduplicated number of
households using supplemental heating
fuel and air conditioning,
• Unduplicated number of
households that had restoration of home
energy service, and
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• Unduplicated number of
households that had prevention of loss
of home energy.
Based on the data collected in the
LPDF:
• ACF will provide reliable and
complete LIHEAP fiscal and household
data to Congress in the Department’s
annual LIHEAP Report to Congress.
• ACF will calculate LHEAP
performance measures and report the
results through the annual budget
development process and in LIHEAP’s
annual Congressional Justification (CJ)
under the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993.
• ACF and grantees will be informed
about the impact LIHEAP has with
respect to LIHEAP households’ home
energy burden (the proportion of their
income spent towards their home
heating and cooling bills), including
information on the difference between
the average recipient and high burden
recipients, restoring home energy
service, and preventing loss of home
energy service.
• ACF will be able to respond to
questions on sources and uses of
LIHEAP funds from the Congress,
Department, OMB, White House, and
other interested parties in a timely
manner.
• LIHEAP grantees will be able to
compare their own results to the results
for other states, as well as to regional
and national results, through the Data
Warehouse of the LIHEAP Performance
Management website as they manager
their programs.
ACF published a Federal Register
notice on October 11, 2017 soliciting 60
days of public comment on the renewal
of the LIHEAP Performance Data Form
without any changes and the
continuation of requiring State grantees
and the District of Columbia to
collection the data collection annually.
No comments were received during this
timeframe.
Respondents: 50 State LIHEAP
Grantees plus the District of Columbia
LIHEAP Grantee are the direct
respondents.
The table below shows the estimated
annual reporting burden for the LPDF.
These estimates are based on a small
number of interviews with grantees.
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden
hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Module 1: Grantee Survey
Grantees ..........................................................................................
51 ...................................
1
30 ...................
1,530
Module 2: Performance Measures
Grantees ..........................................................................................
51 ...................................
1
150 .................
7,650
Sub-Grantees (in states with sub-grantee managed systems) ......
Large Energy Vendors (largest 5 electric, 5 gas, 10 fuel oil, and
10 propane vendors per state—average).
100 .................................
1,530 (estimate) .............
1
1
8 .....................
8 .....................
800
12,240
Total Annual Burden Hours .....................................................
1,732 ..............................
1
Varies .............
22,220
(HHS/ACF/OPRE), is providing notice
of a re-established matching program
between the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) and State Public Assistance
Agencies (SPAAs), ‘‘Information
Comparisons and Disclosure to Assist in
Administering the Public Assistance
Reporting Information System (PARIS)
Program.’’ The matching program
provides VA pay and pension data to
SPAAs, which SPAAs use to identify
individual public assistance clients
(applicants and recipients) who are
receiving compensation and pension
payments from VA, in order to
determine their eligibility for benefits
under HHS’ Medicaid and Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
programs and the Department of
Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP). HHS/ACF/
OPRE facilitates the matching program,
with computer assistance from the
Department of Defense, Defense
Manpower Data Center (DOD/DMDC).
DATES: The deadline for comments on
this notice is February 28, 2018. The reRobert Sargis,
established matching program will
Reports Clearance Officer.
commence not sooner than 30 days after
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publication of this notice, provided no
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comments are received that warrant a
change to this notice. The matching
program will be conducted for an initial
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
term of 18 months (approximately
HUMAN SERVICES
February 25, 2018 through July 25,
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 2019) and within 3 months of expiration
may be renewed for one additional year
AGENCY: Administration for Children
if the parties make no change to the
and Families, Department of Health and matching program and certify that the
Human Services.
program has been conducted in
ACTION: Notice of a new matching
compliance with the matching
program.
agreement.
SUMMARY: In accordance with subsection ADDRESSES: Interested parties may
(e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as
submit written comments on this notice,
amended, the Department of Health and by mail or email, to the Director,
Human Services, Administration for
Division of Data and Improvement,
Children and Families, Office of
HHS/ACF Office of Planning, Research
Planning, Research and Evaluation
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW,
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Additional Information: 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.
Attn: ACF 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.
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Washington, DC 20024, thomas.miller@
acf.hhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General questions about the matching
program may be submitted to the
Director, Division of Data and
Improvement, HHS/ACF Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330
C Street SW, Washington, DC 20024.
Telephone: (202) 401–7237.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5
U.S.C. 552a), provides certain
protections for individuals applying for
and receiving federal benefits. The law
governs the use of computer matching
by federal agencies when records in a
system of records (meaning, federal
agency records about individuals
retrieved by name or other personal
identifier) are matched with records of
other federal or non-federal agencies.
The Privacy Act requires agencies
involved in a matching program to:
1. Enter into a written agreement,
which must be prepared in accordance
with the Privacy Act, approved by the
Data Integrity Board of each source and
recipient federal agency, provided to
Congress and the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), and made available
to the public, as required by 5 U.S.C.
552a(o), (u)(3)(A), and (u)(4).
2. Notify the individuals whose
information will be used in the
matching program that the information
they provide is subject to verification
through matching, as required by 5
U.S.C. 552a(o)(1)(D).
3. Verify match findings before
suspending, terminating, reducing, or
making a final denial of an individual’s
benefits or payments or taking other
adverse action against the individual, as
required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(p).
4. Report the matching program to
Congress and the OMB, in advance and
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[FR Doc No: 2018-01545]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Continued Use of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP) Performance Data Form (LPDF).
OMB No.: 0970-0449.
Description: In response to the 2010 Government Accountability
Office (GAO) report, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program--Greater
Fraud Prevention Controls are Needed (GAO-10-621), and in consideration
of the recommendations issued by the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP) Performance Measures Implementation Work Group, the
Office of Community Services (OCS) required the collection and
reporting of the new performance measures by state LIHEAP grantees and
the District of Columbia. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approved the LIHEAP Performance Data Form (LPDF) in November 2014 (OMB
Clearance No. 0970-0449) which expired on October 31, 2017. The LPDF
provides for the collection of the following LIHEAP performance
measures which are considered to be developmental as part of the
Form.):
1. The benefit targeting index for high burden households receiving
LIHEAP fuel assistance;
2. The burden reduction targeting index for high burden households
receiving LIHEAP fuel assistance;
3. The number of instances where LIHEAP prevented a potential home
energy crisis; and
4. The number of instances where LIHEAP benefits restored home
energy.
All State LIHEAP grantees and the District of Columbia are required
to complete the LPDF data through the Administration for Children and
Families' web-based, data collection and reporting system, the Online
Data Collection (OLDC) which is available at https://home.grantsolutions.gov/home. The reporting requirements will be
described through OLDC.
The previously OMB-approved LIHEAP Grantee Survey on sources and
uses of LIHEAP funds was added in 2014 to the LPDF in addition to the
LIHEAP performance data. No substantive changes are being proposed for
this data collection activity. A sample of the draft form is available
for viewing here: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/resource/funding-applications.
Module 1. LIHEAP Grantee Survey (Required Reporting)
Module 1 of the LPDF will continue to require the following data
from each state for the federal fiscal year:
Grantee information,
sources and uses of LIHEAP funds,
average LIHEAP household benefits, and
maximum income cutoffs for 4-person households for each
type of LIHEAP assistance provided by each grantee for the fiscal year.
Module 2. LIHEAP Performance Measures (Required Reporting)
Module 2 of the LPDF will continue to require the following data
from each state for the federal fiscal year:
Grantee information,
energy burden targeting,
restoration of home energy service, and
prevention of loss of home energy.
Module 3. LIHEAP Performance Measures (Optional Reporting)
Module 3 of the LPDF will continue to voluntarily collect the
following additional information from each interested grantee for the
federal fiscal year:
Average annual energy usage,
Unduplicated number of households using supplemental
heating fuel and air conditioning,
Unduplicated number of households that had restoration of
home energy service, and
Unduplicated number of households that had prevention of
loss of home energy.
Based on the data collected in the LPDF:
ACF will provide reliable and complete LIHEAP fiscal and
household data to Congress in the Department's annual LIHEAP Report to
Congress.
ACF will calculate LHEAP performance measures and report
the results through the annual budget development process and in
LIHEAP's annual Congressional Justification (CJ) under the Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993.
ACF and grantees will be informed about the impact LIHEAP
has with respect to LIHEAP households' home energy burden (the
proportion of their income spent towards their home heating and cooling
bills), including information on the difference between the average
recipient and high burden recipients, restoring home energy service,
and preventing loss of home energy service.
ACF will be able to respond to questions on sources and
uses of LIHEAP funds from the Congress, Department, OMB, White House,
and other interested parties in a timely manner.
LIHEAP grantees will be able to compare their own results
to the results for other states, as well as to regional and national
results, through the Data Warehouse of the LIHEAP Performance
Management website as they manager their programs.
ACF published a Federal Register notice on October 11, 2017
soliciting 60 days of public comment on the renewal of the LIHEAP
Performance Data Form without any changes and the continuation of
requiring State grantees and the District of Columbia to collection the
data collection annually. No comments were received during this
timeframe.
Respondents: 50 State LIHEAP Grantees plus the District of Columbia
LIHEAP Grantee are the direct respondents.
The table below shows the estimated annual reporting burden for the
LPDF. These estimates are based on a small number of interviews with
grantees.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of respondents responses per hours per Total burden
respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Module 1: Grantee Survey
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grantees.................... 51............................ 1 30................ 1,530
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Module 2: Performance Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grantees.................... 51............................ 1 150............... 7,650
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub-Grantees (in states with 100........................... 1 8................. 800
sub-grantee managed
systems).
Large Energy Vendors 1,530 (estimate).............. 1 8................. 12,240
(largest 5 electric, 5 gas,
10 fuel oil, and 10 propane
vendors per state--average).
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Total Annual Burden 1,732......................... 1 Varies............ 22,220
Hours.
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Additional Information: 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. Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests
should be identified by the title of the information collection. Email
address: [email protected].
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:
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration
for Children and Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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