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OMB Control No: 0970-0492	ICR Reference No: 202012-0970-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202011-0970-005
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OCS
Title: Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Annual Report
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 11/19/2020
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/10/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/01/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2021	05/31/2021	05/31/2021
Responses	2,187	0	2,187
Time Burden (Hours)	1,241,795	0	1,241,795
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Office of Community Services designed the CSBG Annual Report to support a multi-level Performance Management Framework. The data provided in the CSBG Annual Report is used at the local, state, and national levels to improve performance and track results from year-to-year and to assure accountability for critical activities and outcomes at each level of the CSBG Network. ACF encourages the use of principals outlined in the Government Performance and Results (GPRA) and Modernization Act to use the data collected in the CSBG Annual Report for improvement to achieve breakthrough results for people with low-incomes and the communities in which they live. At the local eligible entity level, the information in the CSBG Annual Report supports agency efforts to set and measure progress on targets for individual, family, and community outcomes resulting from locally determined services and strategies to address locally-identified community needs. At the state level, the CSBG Annual Report supports oversight and technical assistance, and promotes accountability for critical state functions such as State Plan development, monitoring, grant administration, training and technical assistance, and state-level communications and linkages. At the federal level, receipt and review of CSBG Annual Reports will permit necessary oversight and accountability for CSBG grant funds and provide necessary information for the Secretary’s Accountability and Performance Requirements as outlined in Section 678E(b) of the CSBG Act. Combined with information from the CSBG State Plan and other information from federal monitoring and oversight, the Annual Reports from States will provide necessary information to report to Congress as required under Section 678E(b)(2) regarding: • how funds were actually spent by the state and eligible entities in the state, including a breakdown of funds spent on administrative costs and on the direct delivery of local services by eligible entities; • information on the number of entities eligible receiving CSBG funds, the number of low-income persons served, and necessary demographic data on the low-income populations served by eligible entities as is determined by the Secretary to be feasible; • a summary of each state’s performance results, and the results for the eligible entities, • other information necessary for grant administration, accountability, and transparency purposes consistent with the CSBG performance management framework; and • use of CSBG funds to provide training and technical assistance to eligible entities. The purposes and uses of information from the CARES Act and the Disaster Supplemental reports are consistent with the purposes and uses described above. The supplemental reports are modified versions of modules collected through the regular CSBG Annual Report. The supplemental reports collect substantially less information than the comparable modules in the regular annual report and only request information on services and outcomes supported by the supplemental funds.

Emergency Justfication: OCS received disaster appropriation and CARES Act supplemental money through the CSBG program in federal fiscal year (FFY) 2019 and FFY 2020, respectively. CSBG grantees are required to submit a report accounting of the expenditure of supplemental funds received by the state through these funding sources. OCS currently does not have reporting mechanisms in place for CSBG grantees to report on their use of these supplemental funds. The CSBG CARES and Disaster Supplemental Reports will allow all states and agencies to appropriately use funding, update their systems as needed, and collect the required data related to the CARES and Disaster Supplemental funding.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 105 - 285 678E(a)(1)(A) and 678E(a)(2) Name of Law: CSBG Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: US Code: 42 USC 9902(2) Name of Law: Community Services Block Grant Program

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:
	85 FR 73724	11/19/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	2,187	2,187
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,241,795	1,241,795
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: OCS received disaster appropriation and CARES Act supplemental money through the CSBG program in federal fiscal year (FFY) 2019 and FFY 2020, respectively. CSBG grantees are required to submit a report accounting of the expenditure of supplemental funds received by the state through these funding sources. OCS currently does not have reporting mechanisms in place for CSBG grantees to report on their use of these supplemental funds. This request is for the addition of CSBG CARES and Disaster Supplemental reports, which increases the burden estimates under this OMB number.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $413,723

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? Yes

Agency Contact: Molly Buck 202 205-4724 mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov

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