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Proposed Information Collection Activity; Generic Clearance for Disaster Information Collection Forms
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Generic Clearance for Disaster Information Collection Forms Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0476 and the five forms currently approved for ACF programs. There are no changes requested to the umbrella generic and no substantial changes to the currently approved forms.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Native Employment Works (NEW) Plan Guidance and NEW Program Report
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Native Employment Works (NEW) Plan Guidance and NEW Program Report (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0174, expiration August 31, 2025). There are minor changes requested to the NEW Plan Guidance.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Head Start Grant Application (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0207)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Grant Application Instrument and Instructions (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0207, expiration June 30, 2025). The updated grant application reduces the amount of documentation required from grant recipients, both in the baseline application and the continuation application, by reducing the number of required documents to support the application and reducing the amount of required information in the program and budget justification narrative. The goal of these changes is to reduce grant recipient burden.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Current Population Survey-Child Support Supplement
The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve a revision to an approved information collection: Current Population SurveyChild Support Supplement. Information collected through the survey pertains to child support programs. Analysis of survey data helps OCSE fulfill the mandate to oversee the national child support program and will help legislators and policymakers determine the efficacy of various child support legislation. The current OMB approval expires August 31, 2025.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Head Start Program Information Report
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Head Start (OHS) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Head Start Program Information Report (PIR), Monthly Enrollment reporting instrument, and Center Locations and Contacts instrument (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0427, expiration June 30, 2025). OHS has not made any updates to these instruments.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Plan for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance-Title IV-E
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension and revisions to the Plan for Foster Care and Adoption AssistanceTitle IV-E, (OMB#: 0970-0433, expiration July 31, 2025). This plan also incorporates the plan requirements for the optional guardianship assistance, Title IV-E prevention services and the Title IV-E kinship navigator programs.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Performance Data Form
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 (OMB #0970-0449) for use through June 30, 2025, and for approval of a revised version to use beginning July 1, 2025.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Request for Certification of Adult Victims of Human Trafficking
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) is requesting a 3-year extension of the form: Request for Certification of Adult Victims of Human Trafficking (RFC) form (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0454, expiration April 30, 2025).
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review: Services Provided to Unaccompanied Alien Children (0970-0553)
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, requests approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and invites public comments on the proposed information collection, including proposed changes. The request consists of several forms that allows the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Program to continue providing statutorily mandated services to unaccompanied alien children in ORR care.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Services for Unaccompanied Children With Disabilities (New Collection)
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is inviting public comment on the proposed collection. The request consists of one form that will allow the Unaccompanied Children (UC) Bureau to provide services to unaccompanied children identified as having a disability.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Formative Data Collections for ACF Program Support
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to submit a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend approval of the existing overarching generic clearance for the Formative Data Collections for ACF Program Support. ACF proposes minor updates to supporting statement justification for the overarching generic for clarity.
Proposed Information Collection Activity: Unaccompanied Alien Children Sponsor Application Packet (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0278)
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is inviting public comments on revisions to an approved information collection. The request consists of several forms that allow the Unaccompanied Alien Children Bureau to assess the suitability of potential sponsors for unaccompanied alien children. Note this information collect was previously titled Family Reunification Application for Sponsors of Unaccompanied Alien Children and has been retitled at the direction of ORR leadership.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Data Report, Tribal Assistance for Needy Families Annual Report, and Tribal Assistance for Needy Families Reasonable Cause/Corrective Action Documentation Process
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Data Report, Tribal TANF Annual Report, and Tribal TANF Reasonable Cause/Corrective Action Documentation Process (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0215, expiration June 30, 2025). There are minor changes requested to the form.
Name Change From Office of Child Support Enforcement to Office of Child Support Services; Withdrawal
ACF published in the Federal Register on December 31, 2024, a direct final rule making technical updates throughout Title 45 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Chapter III. On February 27, 2025, ACF re- opened the comment period and delayed the effective date until April 28, 2025. The comment period closed March 31, 2025. ACF is withdrawing the direct final rule because the Agency received significant adverse comment.
Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule; Update To Accord With Statutory Requirements
ORR is amending a regulation so that it comports with the express language of the governing legislation. That regulation relates to key aspects of the placement, care, and services provided to unaccompanied alien children (UACs) referred to ORR, pursuant to ORR's responsibilities for coordinating and implementing the care and placement of UACs who are in Federal custody by reason of their immigration status under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) and the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA).
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) Automated Function Checklist and Data Quality Plan (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0463)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a three-year extension of the Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) information collection (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0463, expiration 6/30/2025). The CCWIS information collection includes the Automated Function List and the Data Quality Plan. There are no required instruments associated with the data collection and no changes to the data collection.
Office of Refugee Resettlement; Notice of Change of Eligibility
In accordance with ORR regulations, the Director of ORR is announcing the shortening of the Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) and Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA) eligibility period from 12 months to four months of assistance for participants who become eligible for ORR benefits 45 days after publication of this notice. For 30 years, ORR had not increased the RCA and RMA eligibility period. In 2022, during a surge in refugee admissions, ORR increased the eligibility period from eight months to 12 months. ORR has determined that it must shorten the RCA and RMA eligibility period to four months to avoid a significant budget shortfall.
Name Change From Office of Child Support Enforcement to Office of Child Support Services; Reopening of Comment Period and Delaying Effective Date
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or Department) published a direct final rule entitled "Name Change From Office of Child Support Enforcement to Office of Child Support Services" in the Federal Register on December 31, 2024, which was to become effective March 3, 2025. HHS is reopening the public comment period and delaying the effective date for the purpose of reviewing any questions of fact, law, and policy that the rule may raise.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Child Care Improper Payments Data Collection Instructions (OMB #0970-0323)
The Administration for Children and Families is proposing revisions to an approved information collection, the Child Care Improper Payments Data Collection Instructions (OMB #0970-0323, expiration 1/31/2025). In addition to the proposed changes, we are requesting a 3-year extension.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Child Support Annual Data Report and Instructions (OCSS-157) (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0177)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Child Support Annual Data Report and Instructions (OCSS-157), with minor revisions, for an additional three years. The current OMB approval expires on March 31, 2025.
Parentage Establishment in the Child Support Services Program; Withdrawal
This document withdraws a proposed rule that was published in the Federal Register on September 26, 2023. The proposed rule would have amended the Child Support Services Program to be inclusive of all family structures served by the child support services program.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Community Needs and Readiness Assessment Guidance and Implementation Plan Guidance (Office of Management and Budget#: 0970-0611)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD) is requesting revisions to the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Community Needs and Readiness Assessment Guidance and Implementation Plan Guidance (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0611; expiration June 30, 2026) and a 3-year extension of approval.
Strengthening Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) as a Safety Net and Work Program; Withdrawal
This document withdraws a proposed rule that was published in the Federal Register on October 2, 2023. The proposed rule would have amended the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program regulations to strengthen the safety net and reduce administrative burden.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Administration for Native Americans Project Outcome Assessment Survey (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0379)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Administration for Native Americans Project Outcome Assessment Survey (OMB #: 0970-0379, expiration 6/30/2025). The survey was revised based on a review by the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) and feedback from grantees, which identified some data elements that could be eliminated and areas that could be clarified.
Amendment of the Statement of Organizations, Functions and Delegation of Authority
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is amending the Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegation of Authority ("Statement") issued in the Federal Register on April 28, 2009. The Statement delegated specific provisions of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, Public Law 110-457, section 235 from the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families to the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. This amendment modifies the Statement to authorize the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to redelegate the listed authorities contained within the Statement.
Notice of Allotment Percentages to States for Child Welfare Services State Grants; Correction
The Administration for Children and Families published a document in the Federal Register published Wednesday, December 4, 2024, concerning notice of Allotment Percentages to States for Child Welfare Services State Grants. The formula used to calculate the allotment percentages for each state was not applied correctly. Although the percentage for the State of Alabama percentage was calculated correctly, the formula used to calculate the allotment percentages was not correctly applied to the remaining states.
Notice of Meeting; National Advisory Committee on the Trafficking of Children and Youth in the United States
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on the Trafficking of Children and Youth in the United States (Committee) will be held on January 13, 2025. The purpose of the meeting is for the Committee to discuss its plans and responsibilities over its 24-month extension to advise on the development and implementation of successful interventions with children and youth who have been impacted by labor and sex trafficking, make recommendations for administrative and legislative changes regarding the trafficking of children and youth, and publish information on best practices regarding the labor and sex trafficking of children and youth.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Regional Partnership Grants National Cross-Site Evaluation and Evaluation Technical Assistance (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0527)
The Children's Bureau (CB), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration for Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is requesting an extension with changes to the approved information collection: Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) National Cross-Site Evaluation and Evaluation Technical Assistance (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970- 0527). The proposed information collection will be used in a national cross-site evaluation of the seventh cohort of CB's RPG. The cross-site evaluation will use a survey, interviews, focus groups, and data on participant enrollment, services, and outcomes.
Name Change From Office of Child Support Enforcement to Office of Child Support Services
In an effort to make child support regulations consistent with recent rulemaking and updated Tribal child support processes and reporting, this direct final rule (DFR) makes technical updates reflect the current name of the child support program, Office of Child Support Services (OCSS). This is a conforming update to align with the Federal Register notice changing the office's name in the Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority that was published on June 5, 2023, and updates based on the Elimination of the Tribal Non-Federal Share Requirement final rule issued on February 12, 2024.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Tribal Child Support Direct Funding Request: 45 CFR 309 (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0218)
The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) is requesting a review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of revisions to the Tribal Child Support Direct Funding Request: (OMB #0970-0218). These revisions are necessary to align this collection with updates resulting from a final rule: Employment and Training Services for Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support Program, which will require tribes to amend tribal plans if they elect to participate in employment and training services for non-custodial parents in the child support program.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; State Plan for Child Support Collection and Establishment of Paternity Title IV-D of the Social Security Act
The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) is requesting review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of revisions to the State Plan for Child Support Collection and Establishment of Paternity Under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (State Plan; OMB # 0970- 0017). These revisions are necessary to align this collection with updates resulting from a final rule: Employment and Training Services for Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support Program which will require states to amend State Plans if they elect to participate in employment and training services for non-custodial parents in the child support program.
Proposed Information Collection Activity: Unaccompanied Children Bureau Assessments for Children and Sponsors (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-NEW)
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is inviting public comments on the proposed information collection, including proposed changes. The request consists of several forms that will allow the Unaccompanied Children Bureau (UCB) to continue conducting statutorily mandated assessments of unaccompanied children in ORR care and custody as well as their sponsors. These assessments allow ORR to understand the status and needs of the child and their potential sponsor; assessment findings inform all decisions concerning the child's care while in ORR custody and eventual reunification with a sponsor.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) and Youth Outcomes Survey (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0340)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a three-year extension of the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) and Youth Outcomes Survey (Office of Management and Budget (OMB)#: 0970-0340, expiration date May 31, 2025). There are no changes requested to the form.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Evaluation of the Center for Legal and Judicial Innovation and Advancement (CLJIA) (Previously Evaluation of the Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative) (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0576)
This collection relates to survey instruments to be administered in conjunction with technical assistance (TA) delivered to legal and judicial staff who participate in strategic planning workshops and attorneys and judicial trainings with a Children's Bureau TA provider. This is a revision and extension to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0576) to remove instruments that are no longer in use, revise the title of the collection, and to revise the name of the TA provider in the instruments still in use.
Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System; Correction
ACF is correcting a final rule (FR) that was published in the Federal Register on December 5, 2024, with an effective date of February 3, 2025. This rule finalizes revisions to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) regulations proposed on February 23, 2024. This final rule requires state title IV-E agencies to collect and report to ACF additional data related to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) for children in the AFCARS Out- of-Home Care Reporting Population. This correction provides that this final rule will be effective 30 days after its publication in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Office of Child Care; Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority; Correction
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) published a document in the Federal Register on December 4, 2024, concerning minor adjustments made to the organization of the Office of Child Care (OCC) in adding a Regional Operations Division. The document contained an incorrect code.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) National Evaluation Overarching Generic (New Collection)
The Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an overarching generic clearance to collect data from programs delivered by Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) grant recipients on behalf of the SRAE National Evaluation. The generic mechanism will allow ACF to rapidly respond to research and evaluation opportunities that would not otherwise be feasible under the timelines associated with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The opportunities may relate to innovative implementation strategies and program components in use by SRAE grant recipients as they arise, and in particular, for youth subpopulations served by grant recipients. The purpose of the data collections submitted under the generic will be to inform ACF programming by building evidence about what innovations work to improve programming and outcomes across the SRAE grant recipients and the youth they serve.
Investigations of Child Abuse and Neglect Rule; Correction
ORR is correcting an interim rule (IFR) that was published in the Federal Register on November 27, 2024 with an effective date of December 27, 2024. The Investigations of Child Abuse and Neglect IFR provides standards and processes for ORR to apply when it conducts investigations into allegations of child abuse and neglect that occur in certain care provider facilities funded by ORR to provide residential and other services for unaccompanied children; describes a process for appeal and review of substantiated allegations; and establishes an ORR Central Registry to list individuals with certain findings of child abuse and neglect that have been substantiated and sustained after exhausting the appeal and review process.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Data Collection for the NextGen Project's Well-Being Storytelling Exhibit (New Collection)
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is conducting additional data collection activities for the Next Generation of Enhanced Employment Strategies Project (NextGen Project) that provides an in- depth look at participant experiences. This effort includes photo elicitation methods and will be referred to as the Well-Being Storytelling Exhibit. The study team will use photo elicitation and human-centered design methods to explore how NextGen participants, staff, and community members conceptualize well-being. This data will help the study team explore the factors that may enhance or explain impact study findings.
Proposed Information Collection Activity: Home Study and Post Release Services Provided to Unaccompanied Children (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-NEW)
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is inviting public comments on the proposed information collection, including proposed changes. The request consists of several forms that will allow the Unaccompanied Children (UC) Bureau to continue providing statutorily mandated and discretionary services to promote safe reunifications between sponsors and unaccompanied children released from ORR care and custody.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Unaccompanied Children Bureau Administrative Activities (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0547)
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is inviting public comment on revisions to an approved information collection, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0547. The request consists of several forms that allow ORR to perform Unaccompanied Children Bureau (UCB)- related administrative activities, such as facilitating stakeholder visits to care provider facilities; obtaining consent from children to share their case file information; and processing requests and waivers for the hiring of key and non-key personnel at care provider facilities.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Diaper Distribution Demonstration and Research Pilot Beneficiary Information
The Office of Community Services (OCS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is proposing to continue to collect data to understand diaper need and outcomes for beneficiaries of the Diaper Distribution Demonstration and Research Pilot (DDDRP).
Employment and Training Services for Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support Program
In an effort to make the child support program more effective, OCSS (or the Office) issues this final rule to allow State and Tribal child support agencies the option to use Federal financial participation (FFP) available under title IV-D of the Social Security Act to provide the following employment and training services to eligible noncustodial parents: job search assistance; job readiness training; job development and job placement services; skills assessments; job retention services; work supports; and occupational training and other skills training directly related to employment.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Intergovernmental Reference Guide (IRG) (Office of Management and Budget No.: 0970-0209)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Intergovernmental Reference Guide (IRG) for an additional three years. The IRG contains State and Tribal child support information that helps State and Tribal child support agencies (CSAs) administer their respective programs. Minor updates are proposed, as described below. The current OMB approval (OMB #: 0970- 0209) expires on February 28, 2025.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is modifying an existing system of records maintained by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within HHS' Administration for Children and Families (ACF), System No. 09-80-0321, ORR Division of Children's Services Records (being renamed ORR Unaccompanied Children Bureau (UCB) Administrative Program Records).
Unaccompanied Children Office of the Ombuds (UCOO) Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has reorganized to establish the Unaccompanied Children Office of the Ombuds (UCOO) within the Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary, to be headed by a Director ("Ombuds"), who reports directly to the HHS Assistant Secretary for Children and Families.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Request for Certification of Adult Victims of Human Trafficking
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) is requesting a 3-year extension of the form: Request for Certification of Adult Victims of Human Trafficking (RFC) form (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0454, expiration April 30, 2025).
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Electronic Document Exchange (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0435)
The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Electronic Document Exchange (EDE), with minor revisions, for an additional three years. State child support agencies (CSAs) use the EDE to improve case processing. The current OMB approval expires on June 30, 2025.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Child Support Portal Registration (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0370)
The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the "Child Support Portal Registration," with minor revisions, for an additional three years. The OCSS Child Support Portal ("Portal") contains applications to help state child support agencies administer their programs. Authorized Portal users must register with OCSS to access Portal applications and provide OCSS with certain Portal application preferences. The current OMB approval expires on February 28, 2025.
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