The Office of Community Services
designed the CSBG Annual Report to support a multi-level
Performance Management Framework. The data provided in the CSBG
Annual Report is used at the local, state, and national levels to
improve performance and track results from year-to-year and to
assure accountability for critical activities and outcomes at each
level of the CSBG Network. ACF encourages the use of principals
outlined in the Government Performance and Results (GPRA) and
Modernization Act to use the data collected in the CSBG Annual
Report for improvement to achieve breakthrough results for people
with low-incomes and the communities in which they live. At the
local eligible entity level, the information in the CSBG Annual
Report supports agency efforts to set and measure progress on
targets for individual, family, and community outcomes resulting
from locally determined services and strategies to address
locally-identified community needs. At the state level, the CSBG
Annual Report supports oversight and technical assistance, and
promotes accountability for critical state functions such as State
Plan development, monitoring, grant administration, training and
technical assistance, and state-level communications and linkages.
At the federal level, receipt and review of CSBG Annual Reports
will permit necessary oversight and accountability for CSBG grant
funds and provide necessary information for the Secretary’s
Accountability and Performance Requirements as outlined in Section
678E(b) of the CSBG Act. Combined with information from the CSBG
State Plan and other information from federal monitoring and
oversight, the Annual Reports from States will provide necessary
information to report to Congress as required under Section
678E(b)(2) regarding: • how funds were actually spent by the state
and eligible entities in the state, including a breakdown of funds
spent on administrative costs and on the direct delivery of local
services by eligible entities; • information on the number of
entities eligible receiving CSBG funds, the number of low-income
persons served, and necessary demographic data on the low-income
populations served by eligible entities as is determined by the
Secretary to be feasible; • a summary of each state’s performance
results, and the results for the eligible entities, • other
information necessary for grant administration, accountability, and
transparency purposes consistent with the CSBG performance
management framework; and • use of CSBG funds to provide training
and technical assistance to eligible entities. The purposes and
uses of information from the CARES Act and the Disaster
Supplemental reports are consistent with the purposes and uses
described above. The supplemental reports are modified versions of
modules collected through the regular CSBG Annual Report. The
supplemental reports collect substantially less information than
the comparable modules in the regular annual report and only
request information on services and outcomes supported by the
supplemental funds.
OCS received disaster
appropriation and CARES Act supplemental money through the CSBG
program in federal fiscal year (FFY) 2019 and FFY 2020,
respectively. CSBG grantees are required to submit a report
accounting of the expenditure of supplemental funds received by the
state through these funding sources. OCS currently does not have
reporting mechanisms in place for CSBG grantees to report on their
use of these supplemental funds. The CSBG CARES and Disaster
Supplemental Reports will allow all states and agencies to
appropriately use funding, update their systems as needed, and
collect the required data related to the CARES and Disaster
Supplemental funding.
OCS received disaster
appropriation and CARES Act supplemental money through the CSBG
program in federal fiscal year (FFY) 2019 and FFY 2020,
respectively. CSBG grantees are required to submit a report
accounting of the expenditure of supplemental funds received by the
state through these funding sources. OCS currently does not have
reporting mechanisms in place for CSBG grantees to report on their
use of these supplemental funds. This request is for the addition
of CSBG CARES and Disaster Supplemental reports, which increases
the burden estimates under this OMB number.
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 CSBG Disaster Annual Report: Sub-Grantees
GDL_CSBG_AR M2-4 Form Revision Summary.docx
CSBG State Accountability Measures.pdf
CSBG Disaster Annual Report: Sub-Grantees