[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7127-7128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02625]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Refugee Microenterprise and Refugee Home-Based Child Care
Microenterprise Development Programs
OMB No.: New
Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the
Administration for Children and families (ACF) is responsible for
resettling thousands of refugees every year from all over the world.
The main goal of the ORR (US) refugee domestic resettlement program is
to assist the refugees in becoming self-reliant at the shortest time
possible. ORR has many different discretionary grants that it employs
to accomplish this goal. Two of the discretionary grants are the
Refugee Microenterprise Development (MED) and the Refugee Home-Based
Child Care Microenterprise Development (HBCC MED) Programs. The goals
of the MED program are to assist refugees in becoming economically
self-sufficient, assist refugee serving organizations galvanize
resources to strengthen their capacities to expand and continue their
microenterprise services at an expanded and sustainable level, and
enhance the integration to the mainstream and realize the American
Dream. The focus of the HBCC Program is on women that have limited
opportunity to get employment at livable wages because of limited
transferable skills and lack of knowledge of the English language.
Through the program women refugees are provided basic training in child
care and development, state and local legal requirements to get a
license and to establish a home-based child care service. The ultimate
goal of the program is to enable the women refugees establish a home-
based child care service in their neighborhood.
ORR works with nonprofit organizations in implementing these
projects. Currently, there are 22 projects in the Refugee
Microenterprise Development Program and 23 projects in the Refugee
Home-Based Child Care Microenterprise Development Program. It is
critical to collect data through a semi-annual report in order to
determine whether or not the programs are achieving their intended
goals, to address concerns, issues, and challenges
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the grantees may be experiencing in implementing their projects on a
timely manner, and, for writing Annual Report to Congress.
Respondents: Refugee Microenterprise Development Program 22.
Refugee Home-Based Child Care Microenterprise Development Program 23
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondents respondents hours
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Refugee Microenterprise Development Program..... 22 8 4 88
Refugee Home-Based Child Care Microenterprise 23 7 4 92
Development Program............................
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Total Burden................................ .............. .............. .............. 180
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 180
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. 2016-02625 Filed 2-9-16; 8:45 am]
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