Administration for Children and Families September 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Proposed Reallotment of Fiscal Year 2021 Funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
The ACF, OCS, Division of Energy Assistance (DEA) announces a preliminary determination that funds from the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2021 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) are available for reallotment to states, territories, tribes, and tribal organizations that received FFY 2022 direct LIHEAP grants. The purpose of this award is to redistribute FFY 2021 annual LIHEAP funds that grant recipients were unable to obligate or carry over to FFY 2022. No sub-recipients of these grant recipients or other entities may apply for these funds.
Submission for OMB Review; 45 CFR 303.7-Provision of Services in Intergovernmental IV-D; Federally Approved Forms (OMB #0970-0085)
The Office of Child Support Enforcement is requesting a 3-year extension of the Provision of Services in Intergovernmental IV-D; Federally Approved Forms (OMB #0970-0085, expiration December 31, 2022). There are no changes requested to these forms.
Submission for OMB Review; State Court Improvement Program
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Court Improvement Program (CIP)Program Strategic Plan Template and Annual CIP Self-Assessment (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0307, expiration November 30, 2022). There are minimal updates to the form to reflect new legislation as well as to support technical assistance. The collections are necessary to continue operating the program in compliance with congressional reauthorization.
Submission for OMB Review; Office of Community Services (OCS) Community Economic Development (CED) Standard Reporting Format (Office of Management and Budget); (OMB) #0970-0386)
OCS is requesting a three-year extension of the semi-annual reporting format for CED grant recipients, the Performance Progress Report (PPR), which collects information regarding the outcomes and management of CED projects (OMB #0970-0386, expiration February 28, 2023). There are minor changes requested to the form to provide clarity to users completing the form.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education Demonstration Grant Program Process Evaluation (New Collection)
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP), is proposing a new data collection activity for the Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Grant Program Process Evaluation. The process evaluation will explore whether the program is being implemented as intended, describe the successes and barriers that have been encountered, and highlight the changes that may be needed to support program implementation.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Child Welfare Study To Enhance Equity With Data (New Collection)
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing a new information collection for the Child Welfare Study to Enhance Equity with Data (CW-SEED). The project aims to understand how and to what extent data are used to explore equity in service delivery and child and family outcomes, to identify barriers or problematic data practices, and to explore efforts by child welfare agencies and their partners to use data to reduce barriers across the continuum of child welfare services.
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has redelegated the authorities for the Preschool Development Grants Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) and Tribal Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program from the Office of Child Care to the Office of Early Childhood Development.
Submission for OMB Review; Building Evidence on Employment Strategies (BEES) (OMB #0970-0537)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to extend data collection activity for BEES. We are not proposing any changes to the currently approved materials. Data collected is being used to estimate the effects of the participating programs on employment, earnings, and other key outcomes for the purpose of assessing the effectiveness of the program.
Submission for OMB Review; ORR Services for Survivors of Torture Program Data Points and Performance Progress Reports (New Collection)
The Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) intends to collect demographic, programmatic, and outcome data on Services for Survivors of Torture (SOT) grant recipients and the clients they serve. This data collection will allow ORR to learn more about the populations served; the types and effectiveness of services provided; methods, challenges, and facilitators of implementing services; and grant recipients' progress towards programmatic goals. ORR will collect these data on the new cohort of Services for SOT grant recipients; ORR collected information from the previous grantee cohort under the Generic Performance Progress Report (OMB #0970-0490). ORR has made changes to the data collection instruments for use in the new cohort.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Tribal Child Support Enforcement Direct Funding Request: 45 CFR 309 (OMB #0970-0218)
The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Tribal Child Support Enforcement Direct Funding Requests (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0218, expiration March 31, 2023) with revisions. We are proposing to provide an optional Table of Contents and Cover Sheet for plan pages.
Announcement of the Intent To Award a Single-Source Grant to the Center for Adoption Support and Education in Burtonsville, MD
The ACF, ACYF, Children's Bureau, Division of Capacity Building announces the intent to award a single-source cooperative agreement in the amount of up to $10,000,000 to the Center for Adoption Support and Education in Burtonsville, MD. The purpose of this award is to continue to scale the web-based National Training Initiative for Adoption Competent Mental Health Training program to remaining states in the nation, refine and update the curriculum as needed and perform an updated evaluation regarding current use of the curriculum.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Evaluation of Resources To Support the Identification and Care of Children With Prenatal Substance or Alcohol Exposure in the Child Welfare System (New Collection)
The Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to collect data for an evaluation of a set of resources that are being developed to support the identification and care of children with prenatal substance or alcohol exposure in the child welfare system.
Submission for OMB Review; Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Human Services Analysis Execution Project (New Collection)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to collect data to explore how one state's changes to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) policies and services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were experienced by different racial and ethnic groups in that state. The goal is to obtain an in-depth understanding of how TANF participants of different racial and ethnic backgrounds experienced these policy and programmatic changes by comparing those experiences within one state, and to assess whether those changes may have helped to ameliorate challenges around program and benefit access for different populations or potentially created new challenges.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; National Medical Support Notice Part A (OMB No.: 0970-0222)
The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting a three-year extension of the National Medical Support Notice (NMSN) Part A. This request includes minor revisions to the NMSN Part A form, revisions to and separation of the instructions into a stand-alone attachment, a Part A sample, and the addition of the State Medical Support Contacts and Program Requirements matrix. To allow states to program the changes to the proposed NMSN Part A, OCSE also requests an extension of the current version of the NMSN Part A for an additional year. The current Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval expires on October 31, 2022.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is modifying an existing system of records, system number 09-80-0361, titled ``OPRE Research and Evaluation Project Records,'' that is maintained by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation (OPRE). The system of records covers any individually identifiable records about individuals that are retrieved by a personal identifier to conduct OPRE research, evaluation, and data projects that study how to improve the economic and social well-being of children and families and/or increase the effectiveness and efficiency of programs inside and outside ACF working towards that goal. Subject individuals include individuals considered for inclusion or included in an OPRE Project; individuals who provide information about those considered or selected for an OPRE Project; and individuals whose information is in a pre-existing dataset evaluated or analyzed as part of an OPRE Project.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Formative Evaluation of the Demonstration Grants To Strengthen the Response to Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities Program (New Collection)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing a new data collection activity for the Formative Evaluation of the Demonstration Grants to Strengthen the Response to Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities (VHT-NC) Program. The overarching goals of the formative evaluation are to understand the context in which the VHT-NC projects are implemented, the projects' goals, and the paths they take to achieve their goals. The proposed data collection will include semi-structured interviews with project staff, project participants, and key partners.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Annual Report on State Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) Programs-ACF-204 (Annual MOE Report) (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0248)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the ACF-204 (Annual MOE Report; OMB #0970-0248, expiration November 30, 2022). There are no changes requested to this information collection.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC) Evaluation Package (OMB #0970-0519)
The Office on Trafficking of Persons (OTIP), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is requesting renewal with revisions to the instruments previously approved for the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC) Evaluation Package (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0519, expiration March 31, 2023). Items were expanded to include measures related to specific skills, competencies, and knowledge and outcomes at the organizational and community levels, and the annual burden has increased for several forms.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Culture of Continuous Learning Project: Case Study of a Breakthrough Series Collaborative for Improving Child Care and Head Start Quality (New Collection)
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), Administration for Child and Families (ACF) is proposing an information collection activity for the Culture of Continuous Learning Project (CCL). The goal of the project is to assess the feasibility of implementing continuous quality improvement methods in early care and education (ECE) programs and systems to support the use and sustainability of evidence-based practices.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt Demonstration (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0505)
The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to add additional data collection activities as part of the rigorous evaluation of the Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC) Demonstration. The proposed revision to conduct additional data collection is part of a research supplement that builds on the PJAC study to understand the role of bias in child support program enforcement actions.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Performance Analysis Study-Extension (OMB #0970-0536)
OPRE and the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) request an extension without changes to a currently approved information collection activity as part of the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Performance Analysis Study (SRAE PAS) (OMB Control No. 0970-0536; expiration date October 31, 2022). The goal of the study is to collect, analyze, and report on performance measures data for the SRAE program.
Submission for OMB Review; Sexual Risk Avoidance Education National Evaluation: Nationwide Study of the National Descriptive Study (New Collection)
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), proposes survey and focus group data collection activities for the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education National Evaluation (SRAENE) Nationwide Study (NWS) of the National Descriptive Study (NDS).
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