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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments are
requested regarding; whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by January 22, 2024
will be considered. Written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
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Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
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Food and Nutrition Service
Title: How Have SNAP State Agencies
Shifted Operations in the Aftermath of
COVID–19? Study.
OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW.
Summary of Collection: As the
cornerstone of the nation’s nutrition
safety net, the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) provides
monthly benefits to households with
low incomes to reduce food insecurity
and improve health and well-being. The
COVID–19 pandemic and its economic
fallout created extraordinary challenges
for SNAP and the broader safety net as
whole. To keep processing applications
and issuing benefits, SNAP agencies had
to pivot sharply to adapt their core
operations and deliver services
primarily or entirely virtually. Drawing
on both new and existing waivers and
policy options in this uncharted
environment required a host of
complicated decisions and choices on
the part of State SNAP agencies. The
study titled ‘‘How Have SNAP State
Agencies Shifted Operations in the
Aftermath of COVID–19? (SNAP COVID
study)’’ will provide the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food
and Nutrition Service (FNS) with a
comprehensive picture of how State
SNAP agencies responded to the
pandemic, including their decisionmaking processes, experiences with
program changes in the short and long
terms, and how these experiences have
prepared States for major disruptions in
the future.
The SNAP COVID study will provide
information about State SNAP agencies’
experiences with the wide range and
mix of operational changes made in
response to the evolving pandemic. This
gives FNS and State SNAP agencies an
important opportunity to assess what
did and did not work and why; to
describe the decision-making processes
that led to States’ responses to date and
their plans for the period after the
public health emergency; to identify
changes that are here to stay for the
foreseeable future; and to consider the
lessons learned to inform continued
program improvement and increase
preparedness for any future disruptions
that affect service delivery.
Need and Use of the Information: The
SNAP COVID study will provide
information about State SNAP agencies’
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experiences with the wide range and
mix of operational changes made in
response to the evolving pandemic. This
gives FNS and State SNAP agencies an
important opportunity to assess what
did and did not work and why; to
describe the decision-making processes
that led to States’ responses to date and
their plans for the period after the
public health emergency; to identify
changes that are here to stay for the
foreseeable future; and to consider the
lessons learned to inform continued
program improvement and increase
preparedness for any future disruptions
that affect service delivery.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local and Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 288.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Once.
Total Burden Hours: 389.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by January
22, 2024 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days
of the publication of this notice on the following website
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: How Have SNAP State Agencies Shifted Operations in the
Aftermath of COVID-19? Study.
OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
Summary of Collection: As the cornerstone of the nation's nutrition
safety net, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
provides monthly benefits to households with low incomes to reduce food
insecurity and improve health and well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic and
its economic fallout created extraordinary challenges for SNAP and the
broader safety net as whole. To keep processing applications and
issuing benefits, SNAP agencies had to pivot sharply to adapt their
core operations and deliver services primarily or entirely virtually.
Drawing on both new and existing waivers and policy options in this
uncharted environment required a host of complicated decisions and
choices on the part of State SNAP agencies. The study titled ``How Have
SNAP State Agencies Shifted Operations in the Aftermath of COVID-19?
(SNAP COVID study)'' will provide the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) with a comprehensive picture of
how State SNAP agencies responded to the pandemic, including their
decision-making processes, experiences with program changes in the
short and long terms, and how these experiences have prepared States
for major disruptions in the future.
The SNAP COVID study will provide information about State SNAP
agencies' experiences with the wide range and mix of operational
changes made in response to the evolving pandemic. This gives FNS and
State SNAP agencies an important opportunity to assess what did and did
not work and why; to describe the decision-making processes that led to
States' responses to date and their plans for the period after the
public health emergency; to identify changes that are here to stay for
the foreseeable future; and to consider the lessons learned to inform
continued program improvement and increase preparedness for any future
disruptions that affect service delivery.
Need and Use of the Information: The SNAP COVID study will provide
information about State SNAP agencies' experiences with the wide range
and mix of operational changes made in response to the evolving
pandemic. This gives FNS and State SNAP agencies an important
opportunity to assess what did and did not work and why; to describe
the decision-making processes that led to States' responses to date and
their plans for the period after the public health emergency; to
identify changes that are here to stay for the foreseeable future; and
to consider the lessons learned to inform continued program improvement
and increase preparedness for any future disruptions that affect
service delivery.
Description of Respondents: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 288.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once.
Total Burden Hours: 389.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-28171 Filed 12-21-23; 8:45 am]
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