2022-18155. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Operation Allies Welcome Survey of Resettled Afghans (New Collection)

AGENCY:

Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION:

Request for Public Comments.

SUMMARY:

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to collect data for a new Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) Survey of Resettled Afghans.

DATES:

Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described above.

ADDRESSES:

You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of information and submit comments by emailing [e-mail]. Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description: Under the Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022, and Additional Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022, Congress authorized ORR to provide resettlement assistance and other benefits available to refugees to specific Afghan populations, in response to their emergency evacuation and resettlement. The OAW Survey of Resettled Afghans would help ORR to identify service needs and gaps in resettlement services. Data collection is to inform better targeted assistance and training or technical assistance and to inform refinement and improvements to ORR's programs and services to adequately meet the needs of ORR-eligible OAW Afghan populations.

Respondents: ORR-eligible OAW Afghan populations.

Annual Burden Estimates

Instrument	Total number of respondents	Total number of responses per respondent	Average burden hours per response	Total/annual burden hours
OAW Survey of Resettled Afghans	3,400	1	0.17	* 578
* Survey is one-time and will be completed within the 1st year.

Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.

Authority:

Div. C, Title III, Public Law 117-43, 135 Stat. 374

Div. B, Title III, Public Law 117-70, 1102 Stat. 4

Mary B. Jones,

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.