Administration for Children and Families July 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Privacy Act; Implementation
HHS exempts certain records in an existing system of records maintained by OCSE within ACF from the accounting, access, and amendment requirements of the Privacy Act. The affected system of records is OCSE Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders, HHS/ACF/ OCSE, System No. 09-80-0385. Only case files marked with the Family Violence Indicator (FVI) will be exempted, to align with a restriction in section 453(b)(2) of the Social Security Act which prohibits disclosure of case files marked with the FVI to anyone other than a court or agent of a court, to avoid harm to the custodial parent or the child of such parent.
Request for Information: Meeting the Child Care Needs in Tribal Nations
The Office of Child Care invites public comment on the rules and regulations of the Tribally administered Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program as part of the Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) commitment to creating partnerships with Tribal Nations to identify and implement solutions that transcend traditional program boundaries. As part of that commitment, OCC seeks input on the requirements, regulations, and processes for Tribal Nations that administer CCDF. This Request for Information (RFI) specifically seeks public comment on the following topics of the Tribal child care programCCDF Funding Policies for Tribes, CCDF Administration, Improving Families' Access to Child Care, and Increasing Child Care Supply in Tribal Communitiesbut input on any aspect of the Tribally administered CCDF program is welcome. OCC will host a Tribal consultation during the RFI public comment period.
Announcement of the Intent To Award Nine Supplements to ORR Grant Recipients in Seven States
ACF, ORR, Division of Refugee Health (DRH) announces the intent to award supplements in the aggregate amount of up to $466,563 to nine grant recipients under Notice of Funding Opportunity: Direct Services for Survivors of Torture, HHS-2022-ACF-ORR-ZT-0051. The purpose of the awards is to ensure that the 222 Nicaraguan Humanitarian Parolees (NHP) who were brought to the United States will have access to holistic care and services. This supplement will enable the identified grant recipients in California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Texas, and Virginia to provide access to medical, mental health, social, and legal services to NHP within their geographic service areas, and coordinate with The Center for Victims of Torture in Minnesota and other providers to serve NHP outside their service areas. The goal of these services is to help the NHP improve their health, find employment and stable housing, and regularize their immigration status.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Chafee Strengthening Outcomes for Transition to Adulthood Project 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 on programs serving youth transitioning out of foster care as part of the Chafee Strengthening Outcomes for Transition to Adulthood Project. The generic mechanism will allow ACF to conduct rapid-cycle evaluations that would not otherwise be feasible under the timelines associated with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of these data collections submitted under the generic will be to inform ACF programming by building the evidence about what works to improve outcomes for the target population and to identify innovative learning methods that address common evaluation challenges.
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 (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0608)
The Children's Bureau (CB), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 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.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Testing Identified Elements for Success in Fatherhood Programs (New Collection)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) launched the Testing Identified Elements for Success in Fatherhood Programs (Fatherhood TIES) project in 2022. Using a mix of research methods, this study will identify and test the ``core components'' of fatherhood programs in any effort to identify which core components are most effective at improving the lives of fathers who participate in fatherhood programs and their children. The study will ultimately include an implementation and an impact study.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; ORR-3 and ORR-4 Report Forms for the Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program (OMB #0970-0034)
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is requesting a 3- year extension of the ORR-3 and ORR-4 Report Forms for the Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program (OMB#: 0970-0034, expiration 02/ 29/2024). There are no changes requested to the report forms, but ORR proposes minor revisions to the form instructions to improve clarity, including additional guidance for providers on how to assess youth functioning.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Building and Sustaining the Child Care and Early Education Workforce (New Collection)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is proposing to collect information to examine a promising strategy to support the child care and early education (CCEE) workforce in Colorado as part of the Building and Sustaining the CCEE Workforce BASE project. This project aims to build evidence about workforce development strategies designed to promote, retain, and advance the CCEE workforce by improving the economic well- being of CCEE workers.
Submission to Office of Management and Budget; National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being-Third Cohort (NSCAW III) (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0202)
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing an extension with revisions to the data collection activities conducted as part of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW III) (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0202). NSCAW is the only source of nationally representative, longitudinal, firsthand information about the functioning and well-being, service needs, and service utilization of children and families who come to the attention of the child welfare system. This request will allow additional time to conduct participant data collections. Minor changes to the instruments are requested to restore an in-person data collection option.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant Program Data Reporting (New Collection)
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is proposing to collect data from grantee agencies participating in the Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant Program. Client data collected will include enrollment information, demographics, and program outcomes.
Proposed Information Collection Activity: Center for States Evaluation Ancillary Data Collection
The Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is requesting approval for a revision of a currently approved information collection, the Center for States Evaluation Ancillary Data Collection.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation: Long-Term Follow-Up, Third Grade Data Collection (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0402)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), in partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration, both of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to collect data as part of the elementary school phase of the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE). MIHOPE is a longitudinal study of the effects of Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)-funded home visiting on child and family outcomes. The purpose of the MIHOPE Long-Term Follow-Up, Third grade (MIHOPE-3G) data collection, which will focus on children when they are in approximately third grade, is to assess the long-term effects of MIECHV-funded home visiting on families and children when participating children are in elementary school.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Title V State Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0551)
The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) within the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) is accepting mandatory formula grant applications and state plans from states and territories for the development of and implementation for Title V State Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program. The Title V State SRAE Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) sets forth the application requirements for recipients. This request is to extend Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the request for information. No changes are proposed.
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Guidance for Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0157)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the form ACF-123: Guidance for the Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0157, expiration date: August 31, 2023). There are minor clarifying changes requested to the guidance.
Modifications to Performance Standards During Natural Disasters and Other Calamities
OCSS proposes to provide temporary relief to states from certain child support program performance requirements and penalties during natural disasters and other calamities which have a negative impact on state child support program operations. The proposed rule would provide ACF with ongoing authority to modify performance measure requirements when states are affected by natural disasters and other calamities that have resulted, or are expected to result, in the failure of state child support programs to achieve performance standards for paternity establishment, support order establishment, and current collections. The proposed rule will enable states to avoid the imposition of penalties due to adverse data reliability audit findings during, and subsequent to, natural disasters and other calamities, including pandemics and declared public health emergencies.
Submission for OMB Review; Income Withholding for Support Order (OMB No.: 0970-0154)
The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) (formerly the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend approval of the Income Withholding for Support Order (IWO), with minor changes, for an additional three years. The current OMB approval expires September 30, 2023.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Information Comparison With Insurance Data
The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend approval of the Information Comparison with Insurance Data, with minor changes, for an additional three years. The current OMB approval (OMB No.: 0970-0342) expires January 31, 2024.
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