Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS)

ICR 201007-0960-015

OMB: 0960-0768

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supplementary Document
2010-10-15
Supporting Statement A
2010-11-12
ICR Details
0960-0768 201007-0960-015
Historical Active 200708-0960-010
SSA
Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 02/14/2011
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 12/03/2010
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
02/28/2014 36 Months From Approved 02/28/2011
5,114 0 5,114
1,364 0 1,364
0 0 0

In August of 2004, SSA announced its intention to award grants to establish community-based protection and advocacy projects in every State and U.S. Territory, as authorized under Section 1150 of the Social Security Act. Potential awardees were protection and advocacy organizations established under Title I of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, which submitted a timely application conforming to the requirements listed in the 2004 announcement. The projects SSA funds under PABSS program are part of SSA’s strategy to increase the number of beneficiaries who return to work and achieve self-sufficiency as the result of receiving advocacy or other services. The overall goal of the program is to provide information and advice about obtaining vocational rehabilitation and employment services, and to provide advocacy or other services a beneficiary with a disability may need to secure, maintain, or regain gainful employment. The PABSS Semi-Annual Program Performance Report collects statistical information from the various protection and advocacy (P&A) projects to manage program performance. SSA uses the information to evaluate the efficacy of the program, and to ensure beneficiaries are receiving the dollars appropriated for PABSS services. The project data is valuable to SSA in its analysis of, and future planning for, the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income programs. The respondents are the 57 designated P&A project system sites (in each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Territories), and beneficiaries of SSDI and SSI programs. Staff from the advocacy organization interview beneficiaries and the interviewer inputs the information into the database. The database is accessible via the Internet, but is only accessible by the interviewers, the contractor, and SSA. The advocacy groups collect the data electronically from the beneficiaries using telephone interviews as well as face-to-face interviews during which the interviewer keys the responses into a computerized system. Each of the advocacy groups has their own, individual data system through which they collect information.

US Code: 42 USC 1320b-21 Name of Law: Social Security Act
   PL: Pub.L. 106 - 170 122 Name of Law: The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
   PL: Pub.L. 108 - 203 404 & 407 Name of Law: Public Law 108-203
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  75 FR 52578 08/26/2010
75 FR 69518 11/12/2010
No

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 5,114 5,114 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 1,364 1,364 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No

$7,000,000
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Faye Lipsky 410 965-8783 faye.lipsky@ssa.gov

  No

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.
12/03/2010


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