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OMB Control No: 0960-0768	ICR Reference No: 201908-0960-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201607-0960-013
Agency/Subagency: SSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 04/18/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/16/2019
Terms of Clearance: The agency made significant modifications to the information collection instrument to improve the practical utility of information gathered while minimizing burden. Prior to resubmission of this ICR, the agency should evaluate and brief to OMB how it might be able to develop a more robust dataset for Section C responses to be able to better evaluate PABSS performance through cross-tabulated data.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2026	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2023
Responses	8,341	0	8,341
Time Burden (Hours)	5,510	0	4,199
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: 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. PABSS provides information and advice about obtaining vocational rehabilitation and employment services; and provides advocacy or other services a beneficiary with a disability may need to secure, maintain, or regain employment. The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) is a membership organization that holds a contract with Social Security to provide training and technical support to the PABSS grantees. As part of that contract, NDRN maintains a secure, proprietary internet database that grantees use to submit an annual report reflecting services they provide under PABSS funding. Only the PABSS grantees and the contractor have access to the database. The contractor generates each grantee’s report annually, and sends each report, as well as an aggregate report including the total of all services PABSS grantees provide nationally, to the Social Security Contract Officer and to the Contract Officer’s Representative 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 efficiency 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.

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	8,341	8,341	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	5,510	4,199	1,311
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: SSA developed our own Internet version of the PABSS data collection, the SSA 4570. Previously, our data collection was housed on our contractor’s website, but we decided to remove the collection from their website and create our own version of the form. When we last cleared this IC in 2016, the burden was 4,199 hours. However, we are currently reporting a burden of 5,510 hours. This change stems from an increase in the completion time for the PABSS Program Grantees from 60 to 1,440 minutes. These figures represent current Management Information data.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $7,000,000

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. Yes

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. Yes

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: Faye Lipsky 410 965-8783 faye.lipsky@ssa.gov