2020-00928. Submission for OMB Review; Community Services Block Grant Annual Report

AGENCY:

Office of Community Services; Administration for Children and Families; HHS.

ACTION:

Request for public comment.

SUMMARY:

The Administration of Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services (OCS) is requesting a three-year extension with minor changes of the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Annual Report (OMB No.: 0970-0492, expiration 1/31/2020). This request will support the currently utilized CSBG Annual Report, comprised of Modules 1-4, and incorporates performance management.

DATES:

Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES:

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: [e-mail], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.

Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by emailing [e-mail]. Alternatively, copies can also be obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All requests, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description: Module 1 includes minor edits to align with the updated, and OMB approved, CSBG State Plan. Module 2, Module 3, and Module 4 include only technical and grammatical updates for ease and clarity of current reporting. Copies of the proposed collection of information can be obtained by visiting: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/​programs/​ocs/​programs/​csbg.

Respondents: State governments, including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories and CSBG eligible entities (Community Action Agencies).

Annual Burden Estimates:

Instrument	Annual number of respondents	Annual number of responses per respondent	Average burden hours per response	Annual burden hours
CSBG Annual Report (States)	52	1	198	10,296
CSBG Annual Report (Eligible Entities)	1,009	1	697	703,273

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 713,569.

Authority: 112 Stat. 2729; 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).

Mary B. Jones,

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.