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OMB Control No: 0970-0060	ICR Reference No: 202606-0970-007
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202502-0970-009
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OCS
Title: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Annual Report on Households Assisted
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 06/12/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved
Responses	6,160,185	0
Time Burden (Hours)	1,850,930	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) block grant (42 U.S.C. 8621) was established under Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, P. L. 97-35. The Office of Community Services (OCS) within the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) administers LIHEAP at the federal level. The LIHEAP Household Report is an annual data collection effort conducted by OCS to collect information from LIHEAP grantees to meet statutory requirements and program objectives. The LIHEAP statute requires the collection of data on the number of households assisted, their income levels, and vulnerability group, by type of LIHEAP assistance, for inclusion in the Secretary’s annual LIHEAP Report to Congress. The data are collected through the LIHEAP Household Report, which consists of the following: (1) a Long Format for state grant recipients, the District of Columbia, and select territory grant recipients, and (2) a Short Format for tribal grant recipients and select territory grant recipients. The LIHEAP Annual Household Report Long and Short Formats have been revised to reduce respondent burden, improve clarity of reporting instruments, and ensure the collection remains focused on current statutory and programmatic requirements. Revisions include eliminating the lines inquiring about CARES and ARPA funds as they are no longer applicable and removing the sections asking about the applicant's sex, race and ethnicity as this information is not statutorily required.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 8629 Name of Law: Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981, LIHEAP
US Code: 42 USC 8621 Name of Law: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) block grant

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:
	91 FR 17972	04/09/2026
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 35691	06/12/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Household Application
LIHEAP Household Report–Long Format	1
LIHEAP Household Report–Short Format	1

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	6,160,185	6,160,185
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,850,930	1,850,930
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: ACF changed the LIHEAP Household Report form to the existing data collection to Reduce burden to the greatest extent possible. Changes include removing demographic information, sex, race and ethnicity which is not statutorily required. Additionally, burden estimates for household level reporting was reduced based on analysis of recent data, as described in section A12.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $37,047

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

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