Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Performance Data Form
Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
No
Regular
12/16/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
1,732
0
25,841
0
0
0
Section 2610(a) of the Low Income Home
Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. §8629(a) requires the
collection of certain data for inclusion in the Secretary’s annual
LIHEAP Report to Congress. This section also requires the
Secretary's annual report to include data collected on how States
carry out certain requirements, on the impact of each State's
program on recipient and eligible households, and on other relevant
data. Section 2610(b)(2) of the statute requires that HHS annually
report to Congress on the impact LIHEAP is making on recipient and
eligible households. TITLE VIII of DIVISION B of the CARES Act
(Public Law 116-136) appropriated $900,000,000 for LIHEAP for FFY
2020. This law lifted, for these funds only, the requirement of
Section 2607(b). Consequently, grantees may obligate any share of
their LIHEAP allotment under the CARES Act in FFY 2020 and carry
over the full remainder to FFY 2021. In addition, Sec. 2911 of
TITLE II of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) (Public Law
117-2) appropriated $4,500,000,000 for LIHEAP for FFY 2021. This
law also lifted, for these funds only, the requirement of Section
2607(b). Consequently, grantees may obligate any share of their
LIHEAP allotment under ARPA in FFY 2021 and carry over the full
remainder to FFY 2022. These acts mean FFY 2021 LIHEAP funds fall
under at least three funding streams--one with a 100% obligation
requirement, one with a 90% obligation requirement, and the other
with a 0% obligation requirement. As a result, ACF, which
administers LIHEAP for HHS, must require grantees to report LIHEAP
funds appropriated through the CARES Act or ARPA separate from each
other and separate from LIHEAP funds appropriated through other
appropriations mechanisms. Based on the data collected from
grantees, OCS will calculate the performance measures and report
the results through the annual budget development process and in
the annual LIHEAP Report to Congress. Once the data are published
in the LIHEAP Report to Congress, grantees will be able to compare
their own results to the results for other states, as well as to
regional and national summaries through the LIHEAP Performance
Measurement website. Two regular appropriations acts appropriated
$3.7 billion of regular LIHEAP funds for FFY 2020. They retained
the 10 percent carryover limit required by the LIHEAP statute. The
CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) also appropriated $900 million of
LIHEAP funds for FFY 2020. However, it overrode the LIHEAP statute
section 2607(b)(2)(B) [42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(2)(B)] by that stipulating
funds must remain available until September 30, 2021. Consequently,
OCS needs to require grantees to report regular LIHEAP funds and
CARES Act LIHEAP funds separately. OCS will use the data from this
separation to (1) validate the Carryover and Reallotment Reports of
the states, which will also call for separate reporting; and (2)
report on how grantees used each funding stream. ACF seeks to
change the Grantee Survey (Module I) to allow grantees to report
CARES Act funds separately from non-CARES Act funds on their
reports.
US Code:
42
USC 8626(b) Name of Law: Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, as amended
PL:
Pub.L. 116 - 136 Title VIII of Division B Name of Law:
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act’’ or the ‘‘CARES
Act’’.
PL:
Pub.L. 117 - 2 2911 Name of Law: American Rescue Plan Act of
2021
PL: Pub.L. 116 - 136 2607(b) Name of Law: The
CARES Act
This request is for a
reinstatement with changes to the prior collection approved by OMB
under ICR Reference No. 202012-0970-004. The changes proposed to
the LIHEAP Performance Data Form consist of (1) segmenting Module 2
into three submodules to collect additional performance measures
data for the subset of households assisted with supplemental LIHEAP
CARES and/or ARPA funds, (2) adding an item for reporting
previous-year Residential Energy Assistance Challenge (REACH) funds
in Module 1; (2) removing three reporting items from Module 1; and
(3) minor wording or label changes. The total impacts of these
changes results in an estimated four percent burden hour increase
from the prior approved 2020 burden estimates.
$88,500
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Molly Buck 202 205-4724
mary.buck@acf.hhs.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.
Form 1 State Grantees Module 1 - Energy Vendors
Attachment 1_Statutory Language_ADMIN_LIHEAP_LPDFRenewal.docx
State Grantees Module 1 - Energy Vendors