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Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Performance Data Form (Office of
Management and Budget #0970–0449)
Office of Community Services,
Administration for Children and
Families, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Request for public comments.
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) Office of
Community Services (OCS) within the
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is requesting an
extension without change to the current
version of the Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Performance Measures (Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) #0970–
0449) for use through June 30,2025, and
for approval of a revised version to use
beginning July 1, 2025.
DATES: Comments due January 31, 2025.
In compliance with the requirements of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
ACF is soliciting public comment on the
specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information and
submit comments by emailing
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. Identify all
requests by the title of the information
collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: OCS administers LIHEAP at
the Federal level. The LIHEAP
Performance Data Form (LPDF) is an
annual report in response to section
2610(b) of the Low-Income Home
Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42
U.S.C. 8629(b)(2))(LIHEAP statute),
which requires the Secretary of HHS to
submit, no later than June 30 of each
Federal fiscal year, a report to Congress
on LIHEAP for the prior Federal fiscal
year. The completeness, accuracy,
consistency, and timeliness of responses
to data collections are needed for HHS
to do the following:
• Provide reliable and complete fiscal
and household data to Congress in the
Department’s LIHEAP Report to
Congress for the Federal fiscal year; and
• Respond to questions from the
Congress, Department, OMB, White
House, and other interested parties in a
timely manner; and
• Report LIHEAP performance results
as part of the Administration’s annual
Congressional Justification.
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 LIHEAP
Performance Measures Implementation
Work Group, OCS required the
collection and reporting of these
performance measures by State LIHEAP
grant recipients, including the District
of Columbia. The original LPDF was
approved by OMB in November 2014
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and has been in use since. The LPDF
provides for the collection of data on
State grant recipients’ sources and uses
of LIHEAP funds, including average
benefit amounts, as well as data for the
following performance measures:
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 households where
LIHEAP prevented a potential home
energy crisis; and
4. The number of households where
LIHEAP benefits restored home energy.
All State LIHEAP grant recipients,
including the District of Columbia, are
required to complete the LPDF on an
annual basis through ACF’s web-based
data collection and reporting system,
the Online Data Collection, which is
available at the GrantSolutions
homepage (https://
home.grantsolutions.gov/home). The
reporting requirements will be
described through the LIHEAP Forms
and Funding Applications page (https://
www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/form/liheapforms-and-funding-applications) of
ACF’s website.
This request will (1) continue
approval to collect information using
the currently approved version of the
LPDF through June 30, 2025; and (2)
incorporate changes to the LPDF
designed to collect performance data on
the impacts of supplemental Federal
LIHEAP funds and to improve form
fields and language. The changes
proposed would go into effect in July
2025 and consist of (1) changing the
name of Module 1 of the form from
‘‘Grantee Survey’’ to ‘‘Grant Recipient
Survey’’; (2) adding an item for
reporting carryover of Residential
Energy Assistance Challenge (REACH)
funds to the following FY; (3) adding an
item for reporting non-administrative
information technology enhancements;
(4) removing maximum income cutoffs
from funding uses; (5) replacement of
sources and uses of Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act
(CARES Act) funds and American
Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) funds
with the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act (IIJA) funds; and (6) minor
wording and structural changes.
Module 1 Grant Recipient Survey
Module 1 of the LPDF will continue
to require the following data from each
State for the Federal fiscal year:
• Grant recipient information.
• Sources and uses of LIHEAP funds,
by funding type.
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• Average LIHEAP household
benefits, by funding type.
supplemental funds, CARES Act funds,
and ARPA funds.
Modules 2, 2A, and 2B Required
LIHEAP Performance Measures
Module 3 LIHEAP Performance
Measures (Optional Reporting)
Modules 2, 2A, and 2B of the LPDF
will continue to require the following
data from each State for the Federal
fiscal year:
• Grant recipient information;
• Energy burden targeting;
• Restoration of home energy service;
and
• Prevention of loss of home energy.
Modules 2, 2A, and 2B require
reporting on households that received
benefits from, respectively, non-
Module 3 of the LIHEAP LPDF will
continue to voluntarily collect the
following additional information from
each interested grant recipient 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.
LIHEAP grant recipients 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 manage their programs.
Respondents
State governments, including the
District of Columbia; the largest five
electricity and natural gas vendors by
State; the largest ten fuel oil and
propane vendors by State; and State
sub-grant recipients.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
LIHEAP performance data form
Total number
of respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
51
51
1
1
30
158.6
1,530
8,088.6
100
1
6.3
630
1,530
1
8.5
13,005
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State Grant Recipients—Module I ...................................................................
State Grant Recipients—Modules II and III .....................................................
Sub-Grant Recipients (in States with sub-grant recipient managed systems)—Modules II and III .............................................................................
Energy Vendors (largest 5 electric, 5 natural gas, 10 fuel oil, and 10 propane vendors per State-average)—Modules II and III ................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 23,253.6.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Comments
Food and Drug Administration
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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 8629(b); 42
U.S.C. 8624(b); 42 U.S.C. 8623(c).
[Docket No. FDA–2024–N–1636]
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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Rare Pediatric Disease Product;
KEBILIDI (eladocagene exuparvovectneq)
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing the
issuance of a priority review voucher to
the sponsor of a rare pediatric disease
product application. The Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act)
authorizes FDA to award priority review
vouchers to sponsors of approved rare
pediatric disease product applications
that meet certain criteria. FDA is
required to publish notice of the award
of the priority review voucher. FDA has
determined that KEBILIDI (eladocagene
exuparvovec-tneq), approved on
November 13, 2024, manufactured by
PTC Therapeutics Inc., meets the
criteria for a priority review voucher.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Myrna Hanna, Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research, Food and
Drug Administration, 10903 New
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FDA is
announcing the issuance of a priority
review voucher to the sponsor of an
approved rare pediatric disease product
application. Under section 529 of the
FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 360ff), FDA will
award priority review vouchers to
sponsors of approved rare pediatric
disease product applications that meet
certain criteria. FDA has determined
that KEBILIDI (eladocagene
exuparvovec-tneq), manufactured by
PTC Therapeutics Inc., meets the
criteria for a priority review voucher.
KEBILIDI (eladocagene exuparvovectneq) is indicated for treatment of adult
and pediatric patients with aromatic Lamino acid decarboxylase deficiency.
For further information about the Rare
Pediatric Disease Priority Review
Voucher Program and for a link to the
full text of section 529 of the FD&C Act,
go to https://www.fda.gov/industry/
developing-products-rare-diseasesconditions/rare-pediatric-disease-rpddesignation-and-voucher-programs. For
further information about KEBILIDI
(eladocagene exuparvovec-tneq), go to
the Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Research’s Approved Cellular and Gene
Therapy Products website at https://
www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Performance Data Form (Office of Management
and Budget #0970-0449)
AGENCY: Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and
Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of
Community Services (OCS) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is requesting an extension without change to the current
version of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Performance Measures (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0449)
for use through June 30,2025, and for approval of a revised version to
use beginning July 1, 2025.
DATES: Comments due January 31, 2025. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting
public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection
described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing [email protected].
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description: OCS administers LIHEAP at the
Federal level. The LIHEAP Performance Data Form (LPDF) is an annual
report in response to section 2610(b) of the Low-Income Home Energy
Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8629(b)(2))(LIHEAP statute), which
requires the Secretary of HHS to submit, no later than June 30 of each
Federal fiscal year, a report to Congress on LIHEAP for the prior
Federal fiscal year. The completeness, accuracy, consistency, and
timeliness of responses to data collections are needed for HHS to do
the following:
Provide reliable and complete fiscal and household data to
Congress in the Department's LIHEAP Report to Congress for the Federal
fiscal year; and
Respond to questions from the Congress, Department, OMB,
White House, and other interested parties in a timely manner; and
Report LIHEAP performance results as part of the
Administration's annual Congressional Justification.
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 LIHEAP Performance Measures
Implementation Work Group, OCS required the collection and reporting of
these performance measures by State LIHEAP grant recipients, including
the District of Columbia. The original LPDF was approved by OMB in
November 2014 and has been in use since. The LPDF provides for the
collection of data on State grant recipients' sources and uses of
LIHEAP funds, including average benefit amounts, as well as data for
the following performance measures:
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 households where LIHEAP prevented a potential home
energy crisis; and
4. The number of households where LIHEAP benefits restored home
energy.
All State LIHEAP grant recipients, including the District of
Columbia, are required to complete the LPDF on an annual basis through
ACF's web-based data collection and reporting system, the Online Data
Collection, which is available at the GrantSolutions homepage (https://home.grantsolutions.gov/home). The reporting requirements will be
described through the LIHEAP Forms and Funding Applications page
(https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/form/liheap-forms-and-funding-applications) of ACF's website.
This request will (1) continue approval to collect information
using the currently approved version of the LPDF through June 30, 2025;
and (2) incorporate changes to the LPDF designed to collect performance
data on the impacts of supplemental Federal LIHEAP funds and to improve
form fields and language. The changes proposed would go into effect in
July 2025 and consist of (1) changing the name of Module 1 of the form
from ``Grantee Survey'' to ``Grant Recipient Survey''; (2) adding an
item for reporting carryover of Residential Energy Assistance Challenge
(REACH) funds to the following FY; (3) adding an item for reporting
non-administrative information technology enhancements; (4) removing
maximum income cutoffs from funding uses; (5) replacement of sources
and uses of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES
Act) funds and American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) funds with the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funds; and (6) minor
wording and structural changes.
Module 1 Grant Recipient Survey
Module 1 of the LPDF will continue to require the following data
from each State for the Federal fiscal year:
Grant recipient information.
Sources and uses of LIHEAP funds, by funding type.
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Average LIHEAP household benefits, by funding type.
Modules 2, 2A, and 2B Required LIHEAP Performance Measures
Modules 2, 2A, and 2B of the LPDF will continue to require the
following data from each State for the Federal fiscal year:
Grant recipient information;
Energy burden targeting;
Restoration of home energy service; and
Prevention of loss of home energy.
Modules 2, 2A, and 2B require reporting on households that received
benefits from, respectively, non-supplemental funds, CARES Act funds,
and ARPA funds.
Module 3 LIHEAP Performance Measures (Optional Reporting)
Module 3 of the LIHEAP LPDF will continue to voluntarily collect
the following additional information from each interested grant
recipient 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.
LIHEAP grant recipients 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 manage their programs.
Respondents
State governments, including the District of Columbia; the largest
five electricity and natural gas vendors by State; the largest ten fuel
oil and propane vendors by State; and State sub-grant recipients.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number Average burden
LIHEAP performance data form Total number of responses hours per Annual burden
of respondents per respondent response hours
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State Grant Recipients--Module I................ 51 1 30 1,530
State Grant Recipients--Modules II and III...... 51 1 158.6 8,088.6
Sub-Grant Recipients (in States with sub-grant 100 1 6.3 630
recipient managed systems)--Modules II and III.
Energy Vendors (largest 5 electric, 5 natural 1,530 1 8.5 13,005
gas, 10 fuel oil, and 10 propane vendors per
State-average)--Modules II and III.............
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 23,253.6.
Comments
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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 8629(b); 42 U.S.C. 8624(b); 42 U.S.C. 8623(c).
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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