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OMB Control No:
0960-0768
ICR Reference No:
201307-0960-007
Status:
Historical Active
Previous ICR Reference No:
201007-0960-015
Agency/Subagency:
SSA
Agency Tracking No:
Title:
Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS)
Type of Information Collection:
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Common Form ICR:
No
Type of Review Request:
Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action:
Approved without change
Conclusion Date:
01/30/2014
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
11/26/2013
Terms of Clearance:
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
01/31/2017
36 Months From Approved
02/28/2014
Responses
5,057
0
5,114
Time Burden (Hours)
1,307
0
1,364
Cost Burden (Dollars)
0
0
0
Abstract:
In March of 2013, Social Security announced its intention to award grants to reestablish community-based protection and advocacy projects in every State, U.S. Territories, and the Hopi and Navajo tribal nations, as authorized under Section 1150 of the Social Security Act. Awardees are the 57 Protection & Advocacy (P&A) organizations established under Title I of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act. The PABSS projects are part of Social Security's strategy to increase the number of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who return to work and achieve financial independence and self-sufficiency as the result of receiving support, representation, advocacy, or other services. The overarching objective of the PABSS program is to provide information and advice about obtaining vocational rehabilitation and employment services, and to provide advocacy or other services a beneficiary with a disability may need to secure, maintain, or regain gainful employment. The PABSS Annual Program Performance Report collects statistical information from each of the PABSS projects in an effort to manage and capture program performance and quantitative data. Social Security uses the information to evaluate the efficacy of the program, and to ensure beneficiaries are receiving quality services. The project data is valuable to Social Security in its analysis of and future planning for the SSDI and SSI programs. The respondents are the 57 PABSS project sites, and recipients of SSDI and SSI programs.
Authorizing Statute(s):
US Code:
42 USC 1320b-21
Name of Law: Social Security Act
PL:
Pub.L. 106 - 170 122
Name of Law: The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
PL:
Pub.L. 108 - 203 404 & 407
Name of Law: Public Law 108-203
Citations for New Statutory Requirements:
None
Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:
Stage of Rulemaking:
Federal Register Citation:
Date:
Not associated with rulemaking
Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
78 FR 49592
08/14/2013
30-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
78 FR 67434
11/12/2013
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR?
No
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR:
2
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS)--Beneficiaries
Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS)--Grant Awardees
ICR Summary of Burden
Total Approved
Previously Approved
Change Due to New Statute
Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses
5,057
5,114
0
-57
0
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
1,307
1,364
0
-57
0
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
No
Burden Increase Due to:
Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
Yes
Burden Reduction Due to:
Cutting Redundancy
Short Statement:
The reduction in the public reporting burden is due to a reduction in the number of responses per year for PABSS program grantees. We reduced this number from one collection annually instead of the two collections annually, as we required under the prior IC. The reason for this change is twofold. First, we analyzed the data submitted annually and realized that one collection would meet this need – two collections was unnecessarily burdensome. Second, the nature of this work is such that often one case may extend over many months or even a full year, and one annual collection would provide us with the same or even more accurate information about performance and activities undertaken over the 12-month period. The total number of recipients across the 57 entities is relatively small (5,000) and we felt that true accomplishments on behalf of these recipients could be more richly assessed annually rather than semiannually. The Terms and Conditions of the awards clearly indicated we planned to reduce the collection to once annually and we informed all the grantees of the change.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$7,000,000
Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods?
No
Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002?
No
Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]?
No
Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]?
No
Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)?
No
Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response?
Uncollected
Agency Contact:
Faye Lipsky 410 965-8783 faye.lipsky@ssa.gov
Common Form ICR:
No
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:
(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;
(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;
(c) It reduces burden on small entities;
(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;
(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;
(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;
(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:
(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;
(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.
(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and
(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.
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.
Certification Date:
11/26/2013
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