Administration for Children and Families June 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This interim final rule modifies ACF regulations in order to implement the statutory changes enacted by section 304 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (FRA) related to the reporting of work outcomes under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. ACF is promulgating this rule as an interim final rule to ensure states and territories have sufficient time to comply with data collection for fiscal year 2025.

The ORR is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on April 30, 2024. The final rule adopted and replaced regulations relating to key aspects of the placement, care, and services provided to unaccompanied children referred to the ORR, pursuant to ORR's responsibilities for coordinating and implementing the care and placement of unaccompanied children 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). The final rule established a foundation for the Unaccompanied Children Bureau Program (UC Bureau Program) that is consistent with ORR's statutory duties, for the benefit of unaccompanied children and to enhance public transparency as to the policies governing the operation of the UC Bureau.

The Children's Bureau (CB) is requesting a new collection effort for the Regional Partnership Grant (RPG) program, for the use of a Regional Partnership Grants Final Report Outline to collect cumulative project information. Information from the report will aid grant recipients in meeting grant management requirements as well as to support CB in gathering information on the projects to better monitor the project's use of funds, implementation successes and challenges and program and service effectiveness.

The Office of Community Services (OCS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is requesting an extension of approval for a recently approved information collection: OCS Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970- 0628; Expiration Date: September 30, 2024). This information collection was originally approved for 6 months as an emergency approval. In addition to extending the approval, OCS seeks to update the burden estimates to accommodate an anticipated increase in the number of grant recipients, as well as to collect additional responses to several of the instruments. OCS also seeks to make updates to approved forms.

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 (MIECHV) Program: Guidance for Submitting Reports (Office of Management and Budget (OMB)#: 0970-0409; expiration March 31, 2026) and a 3-year extension of approval.