Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program (IHP)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
05/18/2023
03/03/2023
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2026
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2025
112,163
0
112,089
64,328
0
98,609
0
0
0
This information collection provides disaster survivors the opportunity to request approval of late applications, continued temporary housing assistance, request advance disaster assistance, stop payments not received in order to be reissued funds, and to appeal program decisions. This collection also allows for the establishment of an annual agreement between FEMA and states, territories, and tribal governments regarding how the Other Needs Assistance provision of IHP will be administered: by FEMA, by the state, territory, or tribal government, or jointly. This collection allows survivors to provide additional information after the initial disaster assistance registration period in support of their applications for assistance from FEMAâs IHP. If the information in this collection is not collected, a delay in assistance provided to disaster survivors would occur.
US Code:
44 USC 206
Name of Law: Federal Disaster Assistance for Disasters Declared on or after November 23 1988
PL:
Pub.L. 106 - 390 408
Name of Law: Robert T Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
On March 22, 2022, the Department of Homeland Securityâs (DHSâs) Chief Information Officer (CIO), Eric Hysen announced the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) Burden Reduction Initiative through a memorandum (attached) to DHS Component and Office Heads. CIO Hysen announced this Initiative in response to Executive Order (EO) 14058, Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government, issued by the President on December 13, 2021.
CIO Hysen announced that the Departmentâs overall goal is to reduce the burden hours placed on the public in response to our requests to collect information by 10% in the next year, which is 20-million hours for DHS as a whole and 2,682,279 hours for FEMA in particular.
This was a review of the instruments that are part of the collection to assess if the collection is still necessary to fulfill one of FEMAâs missions, that each instrument is required for the performance of duties related to those missions, and if there are any opportunities for consolidation, improvement, or other methods of burden reduction.
To ensure compliance with the goal of reducing burden hours, FEMA reviewed the Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program Forms specifically, FF-104-FY-21-115, FF-104-FY-21-116, and FF-104-FY-21-118 to show burden reductions through sample testing based on an average time to complete each form.
Annual burden hours decreased by 34,281 hours due to change in the average burden per response for forms FF-104-FY-21-114, FF-104-FY-21-115, FF-104-FY-21-115-A, Request for Approval of Late Registration, Appeal of Program Decision, FF-104-FY-21-116, FF-104-FY-21-116-A, FF-104-FY-21-117, FF-104-FY-21-117-A, FF-104-FY-21-118, and FF-104-FY-21-118-A. There was no change in burden hours for the Development of State/Tribal Administrative Plan for Other Needs Provision of IHP / No Form.
Annual burden costs decreased by $1,340,780 due to change in the average burden per response for forms FF-104-FY-21-114, Development of State/Tribal Administrative Plan for Other Needs Provision of IHP, FF-104-FY-21-115, FF-104-FY-21-115-A, Request for Approval of Late Registration, Appeal of Program Decision, FF-104-FY-21-116, FF-104-FY-21-116-A, FF-104-FY-21-117, FF-104-FY-21-117-A, FF-104-FY-21-118, and FF-104-FY-21-118-A.
Additionally, the average hourly wage rate for Management Occupations associated with form FF-104-FY-21-114 and Development of State/Tribal Administrative Plan for Other Needs Provision of IHP increased from $85.96 to $97.90 due to updated data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates and the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation.
The hourly wage rate for All Occupations associated with forms FF-104-FY-21-115, FF-104-FY-21-115-A, Request for Approval of Late Registration, Appeal of Program Decision, FF-104-FY-21-116, FF-104-FY-21-116-A , FF-104-FY-21-117, FF-104-FY-21-117-A, FF-104-FY-21-118, and FF-104-FY-21-118-A increased from $37.55 to $39.25 due to updated data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates and the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation
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.
Autorización para la Divulgación de Información bajo el Acta de Privacidad