Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response Disaster Human Services Case Management Intake Assessment, Resource Referral, and Case Management Plan
ICR 202310-0970-002
OMB: 0970-0619
Federal Form Document
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Office of Human Services
Emergency Preparedness and Response Disaster Human Services Case
Management Intake Assessment, Resource Referral, and Case
Management Plan
New
collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Emergency
10/06/2023
10/03/2023
Requested
Previously Approved
6 Months From Approved
45,000
0
42,750
0
0
0
The Disaster Human Services Case
Management (DHSCM) program is authorized through appropriations
language under the Children and Families Services account. It is
operated by OHSEPR, which is the lead in HHS for human service
preparation for, response to, and recovery from, natural disasters.
The wildfires that began August 8, 2023, have displaced thousands
of residents. The state and county do not have existing internal
capability to conduct disaster case management operations to
support residents. OHSEPR’s previous OMB-approved collection for
disaster case management operations was limited to FEMA’s Immediate
Disaster Case Management program and the collection expired July
31, 2023. Absent approval of the new collection, OHSEPR and ACF
would not be able to provide disaster human services case
management services to disaster survivors in Hawai’i and other
impacted jurisdictions.
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is requesting emergency review and
approval of this information collection by OMB, as authorized under
44 U.S.C. 3507 (subsection j). The proposed forms are necessary to
enable ACF’s Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and
Response (OHSEPR) to provide case management support to residents
of the state of Hawai’i that were impacted by wildfires beginning
August 8, 2023. The wildfires have destroyed more than 3,000 homes
and impacted nearly 9,000 residents in Maui County. The information
collection is essential to the mission of the agency and is
necessary to support vulnerable families. Emergency review and
approval is necessary to prevent public harm that is reasonably
likely to result if normal clearance procedures are followed as it
would result in the initiation of disaster human services case
management operations to support families that are currently
displaced.
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.