[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 112 (Thursday, June 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 33270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14312]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Community Services; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health
and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of Tribal Consultation.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration
for Children and Families, Office of Community Services (OCS) will host
a virtual Tribal Consultation to consult on the Assets for Independence
(AFI) program proposed Performance Progress Report (PPR).
DATES: July 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Consultation will be via webinar/teleconference.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gretchen Lehman, Program Manager,
Assets for Independence, Office of Community Services, email
[email protected] or phone (202) 401-6614. To register for
the consultation, go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GLXK9W6. If you
do not have access to the internet, you can register to participate in
the consultation by phone by calling (866) 778-6037. If you are not
able to participate in this consultation, but want to submit testimony
on this issue, please mail it to the following address no later than
July 10, 2015: Jeannie L. Chaffin, Office of Community Services, 370
L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AFI is a competitive, discretionary grant
program that enables eligible organizations to implement and
demonstrate an assets-based approach for supporting low-income
individuals and their families. Tribal governments that apply jointly
with 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations are eligible for AFI grants.
For more information on the AFI program, go to http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/resource/assets-for-independence-program-summary.
OCS is proposing to create an AFI program specific PPR to replace
two current AFI reports: The Semiannual Standard Form Performance
Progress Report (SF-PPR) and the annual data report. The AFI PPR would
collect data on project activities and attributes similar to the
reports that it is replacing. OCS plans to use the data collected in
the AFI PPR to prepare the annual AFI Report to Congress, to evaluate
and monitor the performance of the AFI program overall and of
individual projects, and to inform and support technical assistance
efforts. The AFI Act (Title IV of the Community Opportunities,
Accountability, and Training and Educational Services Act of 1998,
Public Law 105-285, [42 U.S.C. 604 note]) requires that organizations
operating AFI projects submit annual progress reports, and the AFI PPR
would fulfill this requirement.
OCS has proposed that the AFI PPR would be submitted quarterly:
Three times per year using an abbreviated short form and one time using
a long form. Both draft data collection instruments are available for
review at http://idaresources.acf.hhs.gov/AFIPPR, along with additional
details about this proposal.
Dated: June 8, 2015.
Jeannie L. Chaffin,
Director, Office of Community Services.
[FR Doc. 2015-14312 Filed 6-10-15; 8:45 am]
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