Fast Track PRA Submission Short Form

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Request for approval under the clearance of the “Generic Performance Progress Report” OMB control Number: 0970-0490
TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION:  Wilson-Fish TANF Coordination Project Performance Report Part A and B – Final Reporting for No Cost Extension Grant Recipients

PURPOSE:  
This is a semi-annual program performance report that has been used by the 21 grantees of the Wilson-Fish TANF Coordination Project (WF TCP). There are two parts to the report, Part A and Part B. While the majority of the grants have ended, there are 7 grant recipients that received a no-cost extension and will be submitting reports on three occasions in FY2026 (April 30, October 30, and a close out report on December 30). The burden included in this update is specific to the reporting for those grant recipients that received a no-cost extensions. 

The purpose of the first part of the report (Part A) is to collect quantitative data to inform the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) of the types of services each WF TCP grantee is providing and to whom. Additionally, Part A collects data on training, resource development, translations provided, and overall trends. This was a five year demonstration project and  ORR uses this information to make decisions regarding future Wilson Fish programming by examining the impacts of the allowable services supported by this project have on the aggregate employment outcomes of refugee families in states that receive WF-TCP funding.  

Part B is wholly qualitative and reflects on the activities that each grantee states they have accomplished for each reporting period. As the grant allows for maximum flexibility in what each program will look like for each grantee, this collection aims to find as much similarity across programs as possible while still holding each grantee accountable to their individual plans. Grantees will report semi-annually on the status of their individual proposed activities for that specific reporting period. ORR uses this information to track outcomes of grantees that are unique as well as analyze in more depth the services and outcomes reported on in Part A.


DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: 
There were 21 grantees who are both state entities or non-profit agencies. 7 of these grant recipients received a no-cost extension and are covered in this extension request. 

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true: 
    1. The collection is in compliance with 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: Megan Ritter, Program Analyst, Office of Refugee Resettlement 

To assist 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 
Note: the number of respondents included in this table is for the no-cost extension recipients only. Time per response is consistent with the information previously submitted and approved. 
Category of Respondent 
No. of Respondents
No. of Responses per Respondent (Annual)
Burden per Response
Annual Burden
WF TCP Grantee
7
2
6
84

FEDERAL COST:  The estimated total cost for the data collection activities under this current request will be $1,720 over the one-year extension period. This is based on approximately four hours for each grantee’s regional representative and an additional eight hours for compilation and analysis of the data for a total of 36 hours. This will all be done by GS-13 level staff who on average make $47.77 per hour.

TYPE OF COLLECTION:

How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)
[ x ] Web-based  
[  ] E-mail	
[  ] Paper mail 
[  ] Other, Explain

 
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