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OMB Control No: 1293-0014	ICR Reference No: 201812-1293-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201511-1293-001
Agency/Subagency: DOL/ASVET	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Veterans’ Employment and Training Service Competitive Grant Programs Reporting
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/08/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/15/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2023	36 Months From Approved
Responses	2,662	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	11,004	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This request pertains the collection of performance data for the discretionary grants authorized under chapter 20 of title 38 of the United States Code. The collection of information is necessary for the proper oversight of discretionary grant funds administered by the Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service as required by law and regulation. These discretionary grant funds fund approximately 150 homeless veterans’ reintegration projects to serve roughly 17,000 homeless veterans and incarcerated veterans at-risk of homelessness annually. The discretionary grant funds are also used to fund approximately 66 Stand Down events annually.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 38 USC 2021(b) Name of Law: Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001
US Code: 38 USC 2021A(c) Name of Law: Homeless Women Veterans and Homeless Veterans with Children Reintegration grant program

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:
	84 FR 49344	09/19/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 19958	04/09/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	2,662	-312	124	2,850
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	11,004	5,336	128	5,540
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The total burden hours for this ICR has increased from 5,540 to 11,004 since the last approval. There are several reasons for this. The first and main reason for this increase is that the previous ICR did not use grantees’ actual reported hours. Since all of the forms were new at that time, the small number of surveyed grantees had no way to know how long it would take to fill out the forms. A more recent survey found that the actual number of hours it took respondents to complete the forms, based on their 2-3 years of experience, was much higher than the original group estimated. For example, the original group estimated that it would take three hours per quarter to complete the VETS-701. In fact, it takes an average of ten hours per active quarter. Also, VETS now requires eight quarterly reports per grant (if funding continues for a second consecutive year) instead of four, which increased the number of times most grantees must submit the VETS-701 and VETS-702. This change allows us to track the longer-term impact on HVRP participants and is required by the Workforce Opportunities Investment Act. Since two-thirds of our grantees in any given year also operated a similar grant in the previous program year, the total burden hours would have increased somewhat even if there were no other factors. Third, the original ICR only accounted for the number of successful applicants who would fill out the VETS-700 form. However, this left out the unsuccessful applicants who were required to submit the form as part of their application package. This ICR includes all respondents, not just the respondents who would later become our grantees. Finally, we have also added the VETS-704 since the previous ICR, which will help VETS to more quickly determine the appropriate geographical distribution of HVRP grants.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $399,040

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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? No

Agency Contact: Rebekah Haydin 972 850-4720

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