The Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
requests approval of a nonsubstantive change for a minor burden
increase. ACF programs promote the economic and social well-being
of families, children, individuals and communities. Many ACF
program offices need to learn more about funded program services so
that an understanding of program or grantee processes and potential
for improvements can inform ACF decision-making and program
support. Under this generic clearance, ACF would engage in a
variety of formative data collections with respondents such as:
current or prospective service providers, training or technical
assistance (T/TA) providers, grantees, contractors, current and
potential participants in ACF programs or similar comparison
groups, experts in fields pertaining to ACF programs, key
stakeholder groups involved in ACF projects and programs,
individuals engaged in program re-design or demonstration
development for evaluation, state or local government officials, or
others involved in or prospectively involved in ACF programs. The
goals of the generic information collections (GenICs) under this
approval are to: obtain information about program and grantee
processes or needs, and to inform the following example activities,
among other activities: • Delivery of targeted assistance and
workflows related to program implementation or the development or
refinement of program and grantee processes, and the development
and refinement of recordkeeping and communication systems. •
Planning for provision of programmatic or evaluation-related
training or technical assistance (T/TA). • Obtaining grantee or
other stakeholder input on the development of program performance
measures. • Use of rapid-cycle testing activities to strengthen
programs in preparation for summative evaluation. • Development of
learning agendas and research priorities. ACF uses a variety of
techniques such as semi-structured discussions, focus groups,
surveys, templates, open-ended requests, and telephone or in-person
interviews, in order to reach these goals. Due to the success of
this generic mechanism, ACF has begun the process to revise the
package to request an increase the estimated number of respondents
through the current expiration date (7/31/2022). The 60-day comment
period related to this revision request began on October 13, 2020
(85 FR 64480) and we intend to submit the request for the revision
as soon as possible once the initial comment period is complete and
any comments have been addressed, as needed. Until that time,
however, we would like the opportunity to continue some generic
information collections that were already in development and we
intend to submit within the next couple months. This change request
would allow ACF to continue work as planned.
US Code:
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USC 1310 Name of Law: Social Security Act, SEC. 1110
ACF has reached the previously
approved burden estimates for this overarching generic faster than
anticipated. This is due to the usefulness of this tool in general,
and the unforeseen and unprecedented situation created by the
COVID-19 pandemic. The Formative Data Collections for ACF Program
Support generic has proved very useful for program offices to
collect formative information about what programs and grantees are
doing in response to the pandemic and to identify needs. We are
currently in the process of submitting a request to revise and
extend data collection under this generic clearance. The 60-day
comment period related to this revision request began on October
13, 2020 (85 FR 64480) and we intend to submit the request for the
revision as soon as possible once the initial comment period is
complete and any comments have been addressed, as needed. Until
that time, however, we would like the opportunity to continue some
generic information collections that were already in development
and we intend to submit within the next couple months. For that
reason, we are currently requesting a nonsubstantive change for a
minor burden increase.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form 1 OFA Training and Technical Assistance (TTA)
NonSub Change Request - Formative Generic for Program Support_0970-0531.docx
Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grantee Data Collection Plan Template