Office of Community Services Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration Data Collection
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
No
Emergency
02/23/2024
Approved without change
05/22/2024
05/21/2024
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2024
09/30/2024
09/30/2024
2,361
0
2,361
2,175
0
2,175
0
0
0
The Office of Community Services (OCS) Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration (AHSSD) data collection was approved on March 1, 2024. OCS has begun collecting information with the service receipt questionnaire, the self-sufficiency matrix, quarterly narrative performance progress reports, and semi-annual report forms. This summer, we plan to begin conducting focus groups and interviews with program staff.
Based on our early administration of instruments, OCS has identified several nonsubstantive changes that will 1) improve the quality of the information collected through the self-sufficiency matrix, service receipt questionnaire, and quarterly narrative performance progress reports by clarifying items, and 2) support the analysis self-sufficiency matrix and service receipt questionnaire items by identifying responses that are clustered within households and reducing item non-response, and 3) improve the study information provided to research participants to obtain their informed consent.
The Administration for Children and Families is requesting emergency review and approval of this information collection by OMB, as authorized under 44 U.S.C. 3507 (subsection j). The proposed approval process is necessary because the use of normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely to cause a Congressionally ordered deadline to be missed. The information collection is essential to the mission of the agency and will inform a report to Congress within one year after grants were awarded (awarded September 2023), as required through HR 117-403, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2023.
US Code:
42 USC 1310
Name of Law: Social Security Act
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.
NonSub Change Request - AHSSD 0970-0628.docx
Interviews with Caseworkers