2020-25639. Submission for OMB Review; Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) Post-Expenditure Report (OMB #0970-0234)

AGENCY:

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

ACTION:

Request for public comment.

SUMMARY:

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) Post-Expenditure Report (OMB #0970-0234, expiration 1/31/2021). Although ACF initially proposed changes (see 85 FR 57863), after reconsideration during the initial comment period, this request is for an extension with no changes.

DATES:

Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a decision about 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 within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description: On an annual basis, states and territories are required to submit a Post-Expenditure Report that details their use of SSBG funds in each of the 29 service categories. Grantees are required to submit their Post-Expenditure Report within 6 months of the end of the period covered by the report.

OCS also allows states to use the Post-Expenditure Reporting form to provide pre-expenditure data for their annual Intended Use Plans, which provides estimates of the expenditures and number of recipients by service category.

Respondents: Agencies that administer the SSBG at the state or territory level, including the 50 States; District of Columbia; Puerto Rico; and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.

Annual Burden Estimates

Instrument	Annual number of respondents	Annual number of responses per respondent	Average burden hours per response	Total/ annual burden hours
Post-Expenditure Reporting Form	56	1	110	6,160
Post-Expenditure Reporting Form for Pre-Expenditure Data (funding estimates for the Intended Use Plan)	56	1	2	112

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,272.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1397 through 1397e.

Mary B. Jones,

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.