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• Unduplicated number of
households that had restoration of home
energy service, and
• Unduplicated number of
households that had prevention of loss
of home energy.
Based on the data collected in the
LPDF:
• ACF will provide reliable and
complete LIHEAP fiscal and household
data to Congress in the Department’s
annual LIHEAP Report to Congress.
• ACF will calculate LHEAP
performance measures and report the
results through the annual budget
development process and in LIHEAP’s
annual Congressional Justification (CJ)
under the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993.
• ACF and grantees will be informed
about the impact LIHEAP has with
respect to LIHEAP households’ home
energy burden (the proportion of their
income spent towards their home
heating and cooling bills), including

information on the difference between
the average recipient and high burden
recipients, restoring home energy
service, and preventing loss of home
energy service.
• ACF will be able to respond to
questions on sources and uses of
LIHEAP funds from the Congress,
Department, OMB, White House, and
other interested parties in a timely
manner.
• LIHEAP grantees will be able to
compare their own results to the results
for other states, as well as to regional
and national results, through the Data
Warehouse of the LIHEAP Performance
Management Web site as they manage
their programs.
Respondents: State Governments and
the District of Columbia.
Annual Burden Estimates
The table below shows the estimated
data collection and reporting burden for
the LPDF as reported in 2014. These
Number of
respondents

Instrument

estimates are based on a small number
of interviews conducted in 2014 with
grantees, sub-grantees, and energy
vendors. In support of this submission
requesting comments, ACF is currently
re-assessing the level of effort to collect
and report the required data in order to
develop updated burden estimates. The
original 2014 estimates were based on
grantee reporting capabilities at that
time and included time and costs for
initial system development. However,
since most grantees have improved their
reporting capabilities, many grantees
have completed their system
development, and ACF has furnished
reporting resources and technical
assistance to assist grantees, it is
expected that the time and costs
associated with reporting are lower than
the original 2014 estimates show below.

Average
burden hours
per
response

Number of
responses per
respondent

Total burden
hours

Module 1: Grantee Survey
Grantees ..........................................................................................

51 ...................................

1

3.5 ..................

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Module 2: Performance Measures
Grantees ..........................................................................................
Sub-Grantees (in states with sub-grantee managed systems) ......
Large Energy Vendors (largest 5 electric, 5 gas, 10 fuel oil, and
10 propane vendors per state—average).
Small Energy Vendors (excluded except in special circumstances).

51 ...................................
200 (estimate) ................
1,530 (estimate) .............

1
1
1

100 .................
80 hours .........
40 hours .........

5,100
16,000
61,200

200 .................................

1

10 ...................

2,000

Total Annual Burden Hours .....................................................

2,032 ..............................

1

Varies .............

84,478

Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 168,956.50.
In compliance with the requirements
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chap 35), the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20201. Attn: ACF
Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: [email protected]. All
requests should be identified by the title
of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the

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functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Mary Jones,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
[OMB No. 0970–0356]

Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Formative Data Collections for
ACF Research and Program Support
Description: The Office of Planning,
Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), in the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS)
intends to request approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to renew a generic clearance to
conduct a variety of formative data
collections with more than nine
respondents. The data collections will
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support but will not be highly
systematic nor intended to be
statistically representative.
ACF programs promote the economic
and social well-being of families,
children, individuals and communities.
OPRE studies ACF programs, and the
populations they serve, through rigorous
research and evaluation projects. These
include evaluations of existing
programs, evaluations of innovative
approaches to helping low income
children and families, research
syntheses and descriptive and
exploratory studies. OPRE’s research
serves to provide further understanding
of current programs and service
populations, explore options for
program improvement, and assess
alternative policy and program designs.
OPRE anticipates undertaking a variety
of new research projects related to
welfare, employment and selfsufficiency, Head Start, child care,
healthy marriage and responsible
fatherhood, family and youth services,
home visiting, and child welfare. Many
ACF program offices find a need to learn
more about funded program services to
inform internal decision making and to
provide adequate support. Some

program offices conduct their own
research and evaluation projects.
Under this generic clearance, ACF
would engage in a variety of formative
data collections with researchers,
practitioners, TA providers, service
providers and program participants
throughout the field to fulfill the
following goals: (1) Inform the
development of ACF research, (2)
maintain a research agenda that is
rigorous and relevant, (3) ensure that
research products are as current and
responsive to audience needs as
possible and (4) inform the provision of
technical assistance. ACF envisions
using a variety of techniques including
semi-structured discussions, focus
groups, and telephone or in-person
interviews, in order to reach these goals.
Following standard OMB
requirements, OPRE will submit a
change request for each individual data
collection activity under this generic
clearance. Each request will include the
individual instrument(s), a justification
specific to the individual information
collection, and any supplementary
documents. OMB should review
requests within 10 days of submission.
Under this generic IC information will
not be collected with the primary

purpose of publication, but findings are
meant to inform ACF activities and may
be incorporated into documents or
presentations that are made public. The
following are some examples of ways in
which we may disseminate information
resulting from these data collections:
Research design documents or reports;
research or technical assistance plans;
background materials for technical
workgroups; concept maps, process
maps, or conceptual frameworks;
contextualization of research findings
from a follow-up data collection that has
full PRA approval; informational reports
to stakeholders such as funders,
grantees, local implementing agencies,
and/or TA providers. In presenting
findings, we will describe the study
methods and limitations with regard to
generalizability and as a basis for policy
recommendations.
Respondents: Key stakeholder groups
involved in ACF projects and programs,
state or local government officials,
service providers, participants in ACF
programs or similar comparison groups;
experts in fields pertaining to ACF
research and programs, or others
involved in conducting ACF research or
evaluation projects.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Estimated
total
number of
respondents

Instrument type

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Semi-Structured Discussions, Focus Groups ..................................................
Interviews .........................................................................................................
Questionnaires/Surveys ...................................................................................

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 4,500.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE
Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: OPREinfocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments on (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including

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Estimated
number of
responses per
respondent

1,750
750
500

whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.

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Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.

AGENCY:

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750
250

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Average
burden hours
per response

Notice.

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA has submitted an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. Comments
submitted during the first public review

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