Justification

Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback” (OMB Control Number: 0970-0401)

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: 2018 ANA Grantee Meeting Pre-Survey

PURPOSE: The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) would like to learn more about survey respondents’ requests for ANA’s 2018 Grantee Meeting.

This is a request for approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), under the Federal Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for a new data collection task to be added to the Administration for Children and Families’ already approved generic OMB clearance number 0970-0401.

Data collected from the proposed Communications Survey will be used to help ANA to plan future trainings and meetings.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: Survey respondents will include tribal governments, Indian Tribes and tribal organizations, Alaska Native grantees, and non-profit Native American organizations. An estimate of the annual response burden is outline in the following table.

TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check one)

[ ] Customer Comment Card/Complaint Form [x] Customer Satisfaction Survey

[ ] Usability Testing (e.g., Website or Software [ ] Small Discussion Group

[ ] Focus Group [ ] Other:

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true:

1. The collection is voluntary.

2. The collection is low-burden for respondents and low-cost for the Federal Government.

3. The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies.

4. The results are not intended to be disseminated to the public.

5. Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions.

6. The collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the future.

Name: Amy Zukowski

To assist review, please provide answers to the following question:

Personally Identifiable Information:

1. Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [ ] Yes [X] No

2. If Yes, will any information that is collected be included in records that are subject to the Privacy Act of 1974? [ ] Yes [ ] No

3. If Yes, has an up-to-date System of Records Notice (SORN) been published? [ ] Yes [ ] No

Gifts or Payments:

Is an incentive (e.g., money or reimbursement of expenses, token of appreciation) provided to participants? [ ] Yes [X] No

BURDEN HOURS

Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	Participation Time	Burden
State, local, or tribal governments	100	15 minutes	25 hours
Private sector	88	15 minutes	22 hours
Federal Government
Totals			47 hours

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is approximately $0

If you are conducting a focus group, survey, or plan to employ statistical methods, please provide answers to the following questions:

The selection of your targeted respondents

1. Do you have a customer list or something similar that defines the universe of potential respondents and do you have a sampling plan for selecting from this universe? [X] Yes [ ] No

If the answer is yes, please provide a description of both below (or attach the sampling plan)? If the answer is no, please provide a description of how you plan to identify your potential group of respondents and how you will select them?

ANA is defining the universe of potential respondents as current and former ANA Native Youth Initiative for Leadership, Empowerment and Development (I-LEAD) grantees. The group of respondents are ANA grantees. The survey will be deployed at the Youth Summit. One survey is for adults and the other is for the youth. Both are identical and both groups are represented in the burden hours table above.

Administration of the Instrument

1. How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)

[x] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[ ] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[ ] Other, Explain

2. Will interviewers or facilitators be used? [ ] Yes [x] No

Please make sure that all instruments, instructions, and scripts are submitted with the request.

Instructions for completing Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback”

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Provide the name of the collection that is the subject of the request. (e.g. Comment card for soliciting feedback on xxxx)

2018 ANA Grantee Meeting Pre-Survey

PURPOSE: Provide a brief description of the purpose of this collection and how it will be used. If this is part of a larger study or effort, please include this in your explanation.

The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) would like to learn more about the needs of its grantees in planning the 2018 Annual Grantee Meeting.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: Provide a brief description of the targeted group or groups for this collection of information. These groups must have experience with the program.

The targeted respondents are ANA grantees and cooperative agreement recipients.

Submit all instruments, instructions, and scripts are submitted with the request.

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