[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 114 (Monday, June 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34163-34164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14468]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Office of Refugee Resettlement Cash and Medical Assistance
Program Quarterly Report on Expenditures and Obligations.
OMB No.: 0970-0407.
Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) reimburses,
to the extent of available appropriations, certain non-federal costs
for the provision of cash and medical assistance to refugees and other
eligible persons, along with allowable expenses for the administration
of the refugee resettlement program at the State level. States, Wilson/
Fish projects (alternative projects for the administration of the
refugee resettlement program), and State Replacement Designees
currently submit the ORR-2 Financial Status Report in accordance with
45 CFR part 92 and 45 CFR part 74. This proposed data collection would
collect financial status data (i.e., amounts of expenditures and
obligations) broken down by the four program components: Refugee cash
assistance, refugee medical assistance, health screening, and services
for unaccompanied refugee minors as well as by program administration.
This breakdown of financial status data on expenditures and obligations
allows ORR to track program expenditures in greater detail to
anticipate any funding issues and to meet the requirements of ORR
regulations at 45 CFR 400.211 to collect these data for use in
estimating annual costs of the refugee resettlement program. ORR must
implement the methodology at 45 CFR 400.211 each
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year after receipt of its annual appropriation to ensure that the
appropriated funds will be adequate for assistance to entering
refugees. The estimating methodology prescribed in the ORR regulations
requires the use of actual past costs by program component. In the
event that the methodology indicates that appropriated funds are
inadequate, ORR must take steps to reduce federal expenses, such as by
limiting the number of months of eligibility for Refugee Cash
Assistance and Refugee Medical Assistance. This proposed single-page
report on expenditures and obligations will allow ORR to collect the
necessary data to ensure that funds are adequate for the projected need
and thereby meet the requirements of both the Refugee Act and ORR
regulations.
Respondents: State Governments, Wilson/Fish Alternative Projects,
State Replacement Designees.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Office of Refugee Resettlement Cash and 58 4 1.50 348
Medical Assistance Program Quarterly Report
on Expenditures and Obligations............
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 348.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained 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. All
requests should be identified by the title of the information
collection. Email address: [email protected].
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202-395-
7285, Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration for Children and Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-14468 Filed 6-12-15; 8:45 am]
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