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OMB Control No: 0970-0566	ICR Reference No: 202309-0970-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202212-0970-010
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OPRE
Title: Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Performance Measures and Additional Data Collection
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: 09/13/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/07/2023
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2024	04/30/2024	04/30/2024
Responses	447,093	0	447,093
Time Burden (Hours)	140,177	0	140,177
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) Performance Measures and Additional Data Collection in April 2021. This information collection package supports the collection and reporting of performance measures by the 2020 cohort of Administration for Children and Families (ACF)-funded HMRF grantees and includes the quarterly performance progress report (QPR) and the semi-annual performance progress report (PPR) that grantees are required to submit to ACF. After OMB provided approval in April 2021, ACF requested and OMB approved modifications to the QPRs and PPRs. The versions with those updates are currently in use. The reports provide aggregate data on grantees’ programmatic activities (including the services provided, the context in which they operate, and the nature and extent of client participation) and outcomes for the reporting period ; they are used by grantees to self-monitor their performance and by ACF’s Office of Family Assistance (OFA) to monitor and manage the HMRF grants. The goal for collecting this information is to better understand the design, operations, and benefits of HMRF programs. Separate versions of the QPR and PPR are tailored to HM and RF grantees. The QPRs and PPRs are auto-generated by the Information, Family Outcomes, Reporting, and Management (nFORM 2.0) system that ACF requires grantees to use for HMRF data collection and reporting. As described in the approved justification package: “The information obtained through this data collection is critical to understanding the broad array of RF and HM programs funded—the services provided, the context in which they operate, the nature and extent of participation, and the outcomes of program clients. The goal is to better understand the design, operations, and benefits of HMRF programs, thereby informing decisions about future government investments in HMRF programming.” A critical piece to understanding these programs is information about equity-related activities. Currently, programs can enter this information under the final “Other” question (Please describe other activities and accomplishments during the reporting period), but ACF does not receive comprehensive information about these types of activities since we do not specifically ask for it. ACF funded recipients in other programs use the ACF Performance Progress Report (PPR) (OMB #0970-0406) to report progress towards meeting their approved goals and project objectives. This instrument includes a question for respondents to describe equity-related activities, which was added during the most recent request to renew approval of the ACF PPR (NOA received January 10, 2023; No comments received (87 FR 23865 or 87 FR 44404)). At this time, we would like to add the equity-related activities question from the ACF PPR to the HMRF QPR and PPR instruments to allow ACF to meet the described purpose and use of data as outlined in the original approval, address the current administrations priorities, and to align with the ACF PPR.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 603 Name of Law: Sec. 403; 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:
	85 FR 76580	11/30/2020
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 12006	03/01/2021
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	447,093	447,093
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	140,177	140,177
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:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,584,978

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

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