SSA PPR GenIC - PDG B-5 Renewal Grant APPR

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

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) Renewal Grant Annual Performance Progress Report –2025 Revision

PURPOSE: The purpose of this Annual Performance Progress Report (APPR) is to help the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) assess the progress of the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) Renewal Grantees. The PDG B-5 Renewal Grants seek to assist states in the coordination of their existing early childhood programs and services and funding streams in a mixed delivery model. This APPR is tailored to the specific goals and objectives of the PDG B-5 Renewal Grants and will allow ACF to collect useful data from grantees in a uniform and systematic manner.

An initial version of this APPR was approved in 2019 and ACF has made updates since that time as the grants have evolved. This request includes a revised version of the APPR. Revisions are intended to reduce burden and improve data quality. The purpose and proposed uses of the data remain consistent. Attachment A provides an overview of the changes, including comparisons between the most recently approved APPR to the revised version.

ACF intends to continue to analyze gathered data to provide a descriptive snapshot of grantees and assess progress over time. This APPR will be continue to be collected annually and supplement the standard ACF required PPR (OMB #0970-0406), which is collected with more frequency.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: Information will be solicited from PDG B-5 Renewal Grantees (with currently active grants through December 2025 and September 2027). Currently, there are 32 states and territories with active PDG B-5 Renewal Grants –11 PDG B-5 Renewal Grants whose 1^st year of possible 3-year funding ends September 29, 2025 and 21 PDG B-5 Renewal Grants that will complete their 3^rd and final grant year December 30, 2025.

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: Richard Gonzales, Federal Project Director - Preschool Development Grants Birth through Five (PDG B-5), Office of Early Childhood Education, Administration for Children and Families

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

The burden reflects the maximum number of respondents that may respond to a collection within a year. This includes 21 PDG B-5 Renewal Grantees that are in their third year of the grant and 11 PDG B-5 Renewal Grantees that are in the first year of the grant.

Information Collection Title	Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	No. of Responses per Respondent (Annual)	Burden Hours per Response	Annual Burden
PDG B-5 Renewal Grant APPR	State or territorial governments	32	1	8	256

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the federal government is $8,000

TYPE OF COLLECTION:

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

[ ] Web-based

[ X ] Email

[ ] Paper mail

[ ] Other, Explain

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

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