[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4926-4927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01643]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Office of Refugee Resettlement Individual Development
Accounts (ORR IDA) Program.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement seeks OMB approval
to develop three data collection tools for use in the ORR IDA Program.
The ORR IDA Program represents an anti-poverty strategy built on
asset accumulation for low-income refugee individuals and families with
the goal of promoting refugee economic independence.
IDAs are leveraged or matched, savings accounts. In the ORR Refugee
IDA program, IDAs are matched with federal funds that have been
allocated as ``match funds'' from at least 65 percent of the annual
federal grant award. IDAs are established in insured accounts in
qualified financial institutions. The funds are intended for the Asset
Goals specified in this announcement. Although the refugee participant
maintains control of all funds that the participant deposits in the
IDA, including all interest that may accrue on the funds, the
participant must sign a Savings Plan Agreement which specifies that the
funds in the account will be used only for the participant's qualified
Asset Goal(s) or for an emergency withdrawal.
The objectives of this program are to:
1. Establish IDAs for eligible participants;
2. Encourage regular saving habits among refugees;
3. Promote their participation in the financial institutions of
this country;
4. Promote refugee acquisition of assets to build individual,
family, and community resources;
5. Increase refugee knowledge of financial and monetary topics
including developing a household budget;
6. Assist refugees in advancing their education;
7. Increase home ownership among refugees; and
8. Assist refugees in gaining access to capital.
The tools will collect information from grantees that will help ORR
determine whether they are meeting the objectives of the program. Data
to be collected will only include specialized, and relevant information
to the program such as, number of people enrolled, amount in dollar
allocated for matching IDA savings, number and value of assets
purchased, confirmation of refugee status, and types and quantity of
training provided. Tools will be used for semi-annual reports as well
as for monitoring to ensure progress towards success, and appropriate
use of federal funds.
Respondents: Office of Refugee Resettlement Individual Development
Accounts Program grantees.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Program Status Report........................... 22 2 1 44
Community Impact Report......................... 22 2 1 44
Demographic..................................... 22 2 1 44
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 132 hours.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-01643 Filed 1-28-15; 8:45 am]
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