ACF programs promote the economic and
social well-being of families, children, individuals and
communities. OPRE studies ACF programs, and the populations they
serve, through rigorous research and evaluation projects. These
include evaluations of existing programs, evaluations of innovative
approaches to helping low income children and families, research
syntheses, and descriptive and exploratory studies. OPRE’s research
offers further understanding of current programs and service
populations, explores options for program improvement, and assesses
alternative policy and program designs. OPRE anticipates
undertaking a variety of new research projects related to welfare,
employment and self-sufficiency, Head Start, child care, healthy
marriage and responsible fatherhood, family and youth services,
home visiting, child welfare, trafficking, community services, and
other areas of interest to ACF. Some ACF program offices conduct
their own research and evaluation projects. Under this generic
clearance, ACF engages in a variety of formative data collections
with researchers, practitioners, TA providers, service providers
and potential participants throughout the field to fulfill the
following goals: (1) inform the development of ACF research, (2)
maintain a research agenda that is rigorous and relevant, (3)
ensure that research products are as current as possible and (4)
inform the provision of technical assistance and supports around
research and evaluation. ACF envisions using a variety of
techniques including semi-structured discussions, focus groups,
surveys, and telephone or in-person interviews, in order to reach
these goals. Under this request, ACF seeks continued approval to
collect information from more than 9 respondents that can inform
and support future and current research but that are not highly
systematic or intended to be statistically representative or
otherwise generalizable. This request is for a revision.
Specifically, we request to extend approval of the umbrella generic
with no changes to the overall terms or scope. We have updated the
request to reflect burden for the next three years (no changes from
estimates for the previous three years), include ongoing generic
information collections (GenIC) that have been approved and are
still in process, and to update one previously approved GenIC that
was originally approved prior to the last extension request in
2021. The updates to the one GenIC are to ensure the information
provided is still accurate.
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USC 1315 Name of Law: Social Security Act -- Demonstration
Projects
We are not proposing any
changes to burden estimates for the next three years. We have
updated burden estimates to reflect the request to extend approval
of a subset of data collections that were previously approved and
are currently ongoing.
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.
Attachment B - Ongoing Burden 0970-0356.docx
Family Self-Sufficiency Demonstration Development Grants Evaluation Support: Data Collection for Final Report