ACF has more than forty discretionary
grant programs. The proposed information collection would be a
uniform project description usable for all of these grant programs
to collect the information from grant applicants needed to evalute
and rank applicants and protect the integrity of the grantee
selection process. All ACF discretionary grant programs would be
eligible but not required to use this application form. This
project description employs a menu approach which would allow for
the selection of relevant program description provisions.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.