PPR GenIC - FVPS CSDVSA

Request for approval under the clearance of the “Generic Performance Progress Report” OMB control Number: 0970-0490

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Family Violence Prevention and Services: Grants to support Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (CSDVSA) Programs

PURPOSE: The Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services (OFVPS) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) administers the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) discretionary grant funding. With the passage of the 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Congress appropriated funding to the FVPSA Program to implement discretionary grants that "recognizes that women and girls of color are often disproportionally impacted by domestic violence and includes the development or enhancement of culturally specific services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault." As a result, OFVPS awarded funding to support the implementation of 35 culturally relevant sexual assault and domestic violence services for individuals and families impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and family violence. The intent of the Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (CSDVSA) program is to build and sustain organizational capacity in delivering trauma-informed, developmentally sensitive, and culturally relevant services for children, individuals, and families affected by sexual assault, domestic violence, and other traumas. The statutory authority for this funding opportunity is FVPSA(42 U.S.C 10403(d)).

FVPSA is required to collect and report data on the provision of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence services, including assistance and programs supported by Federal funds (42 USC 10404 (b)(3)(B)) and establish reporting requirements (42 U.S.C. 10413 (f)). FVPSA collects this information through Performance Progress Reports (PPRs). FVPSA currently collects information from the CSDVSA programs through the standard ACF Performance Progress Report (PPR) - Program Indicators (OMB #0970-0406). To ensure requested data is specific to the program’s reporting requirements, FVPSA has created a PPR that is specific to the CSDVSA recipients. The proposed PPR in this request was developed by incorporating the standard ACF PPR data elements (0970-0406) with a CSDVSA narrative section. The CSDVSA PPR will include metrics to better demonstrate its reach and capacity while aligning with reporting included in ACF’s annual Justification of Estimates for Appropriations for the program budget.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: There are currently 35 CSDVSA grant recipients funded by the FVPSA Program. Responses to FVPSA CSDVSA PPRs will, in most cases, be completed by existing grantee staff using data collection currently in place for discretionary grant recipients.

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true:

1. The collection is in compliance with U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations.

2. The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies.

3. Information gathered is meant primarily for program improvement and accountability.

Name and Title: Holi Dahl, Management Analyst

To assist Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review of your request, please provide answers to the following question:

PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION:

1. Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [ ] Yes [X ] No

2. If Yes, will any information that is collected be included in records that are subject to the Privacy Act of 1974? [ ] Yes [ ] No

3. If Yes, has an up-to-date System of Records Notice (SORN) been published? [ ] Yes [ ] No

BURDEN HOURS

Estimates of Burden

Based on prior PPR’s in place, staff spend approximately 10 hours developing and uploading each semi-annual PPR. All FVPSA Program PPRs are uploaded into the GrantSolutions environment.

Information Collection Title	Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	No. of Responses per Respondent (Annual)	Burden per Response	Annual Burden
FVPSA Culturally Specific Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Semi-Annual PPR	Private Sector	35	2	10	700

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the federal government is $15,000. This is based on an estimate from the GrantSolutions Centers of Excellence to program this form in the GrantSolutions Online Data Collection System.

TYPE OF COLLECTION:

How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)

[ X ] Web-based

[ ] Email

[ ] Paper mail

[] Other, Explain:

All PPRs are submitted by grantees in an electronic format through GrantSolutions. This system allows grantees to submit their quantitative and qualitative data all in one central place. Having all the reports and their associated data in one system allows for easier tracking of completed and outstanding reports and reduces errors in data input along the way. Data may be retrieved directly from GrantSolutions by the OFVPS staff.

Please make sure that all instruments, instructions, and scripts are submitted with the request.

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