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OMB Control No: 0970-0505	ICR Reference No: 202202-0970-013
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202007-0970-014
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OCSE
Title: Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt Demonstration (PJAC)
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/28/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/24/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2023	04/30/2023	04/30/2023
Responses	1,396	0	3,920
Time Burden (Hours)	629	0	2,310
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The purpose of the Procedural Justice Informed Alternatives to Contempt Demonstration (PJAC) demonstration project is to assess the feasibility and efficacy of incorporating principles of procedural justice into child support services as a cost-effective alternative to civil contempt proceedings. The PJAC Demonstration will add to the evidence base on innovations in child support practices by evaluating PJAC’s impacts and determining whether the benefits of PJAC services exceed their costs. The PJAC Evaluation includes three key components: an implementation study, an impact study, and a benefit-cost study. Information collection related to PJAC has been approved in two rounds. The initial package was approved in January 2018, and a revised package was approved in April 2020. Nonsubstantive change requests were approved in May 2020 to include questions about the COVID-19 pandemic for Instruments 3,4, and 7 and in July 2020 to allow for a web-based administration for Instrument 6. The COVID-19 pandemic has extended longer than the project team could have anticipated, and as a result ACF would like to make some additional changes to Instruments 4 and 7 to explore the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the child support program and families. Additionally, during this extended period, federal pandemic relief measures through the CARES Act, such as extended unemployment insurance, the expanded child tax credit, and economic impact payments, affected families with child support orders. An additional round of virtual interviews (Instruments 3, 4, and 7) data collection will allow the research team to learn about how families and child support operations were affected by these relief measures and their expiration. It will also allow the research team to learn about changes brought about by the more recent waves of the virus. Finally, the team has proposed changes to improve the administration of instruments 4 and 7, based on experiences thus far.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 1315 Name of Law: Section 1115 of the Social Security Act

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 20891	05/13/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 7762	02/11/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	1,396	3,920	-2,524
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	629	2,310	-1,681
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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The key reason for changes in burden is to reflect a change in the number of interview rounds for three interviews, and to update the request to only include the remaining number of respondents and associated burden.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $656,666

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

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. 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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