Low Income Household Water
Assistance Program (LIHWAP) Reports
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
02/18/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
04/30/2022
401,413
400,785
247,571
241,291
0
0
The Administration for Children and
Families Office of Community Services (OCS) sought and received
emergency review and approval of this information collection by the
Office and Management and Budget in October 2021, as authorized
under 44 U.S.C. 3507(subsection j). OCS is now seeking to extend
approval of the data collection, with revisions, under the normal
Paperwork Reduction Act clearance process. The forms are necessary
to provide data to the Administration and Congress in its oversight
of recipients’ performance in administering the Low Income
Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) program. The LIHWAP
effort was authorized under two separate appropriations as part of
an emergency effort to prevent and respond to COVID-19: the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law No.: 116-260) and
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law No.: 117-2). As a
result of the emergency nature, the timeline to implement the
program was very short and the time to develop and submit related
performance measures is similarly short. The proposed LIHWAP
Quarterly Performance and Management Report and the LIHWAP Annual
Report are conducted in accordance with the LIHWAP statute (Public
Law 116-260) and will provide the Administration and Congress
information necessary for oversight of recipients’ performance in
administering the LIHWAP program. The completeness, accuracy,
consistency, and timeliness of responses to data collections are
needed for the agency to do the following: • Ensure that LIHWAP, an
emergency and temporary program, is implemented effectively and
efficiently; • Provide reliable and complete fiscal and household
data for OCS analysis and reporting to Congress and the public; and
• Respond to questions from the Congress, Department of Health and
Human Services, OMB, White House, and other interested parties in a
timely and accurate manner. Proposed revisions are based on
comments received during the sixty-day comment period in response
to our initial Federal Register Notice. Section 8 of this
supporting statement provides an overview of the comments and OCS
responses, and Appendix 1 includes a table that outlines all
comments received and OCS’s individual responses to each
one.
This request is to extend
approval of LIHWAP quarterly and annual reports. Revisions include
continuing quarterly reporting through FY 2023 and edits to the
reports, as described in A8 above and in Appendix 1.
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 FY23 Quarterly Performance and Management Report for LIHWAP (FY 2023)
Appendix 1. FRN Comments and Responses final_2.17.22.docx
Quarterly Performance and Management Report for LIHWAP (FY 2023)