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OMB Control No: 0970-0617	ICR Reference No: 202608-0970-004
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202607-0970-001
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: ACF - All Programs
Title: Administration for Children and Families Generic for Information Collections related to Gatherings
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/24/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/14/2026
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2029	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2026
Responses	168,781	0	69,000
Time Burden (Hours)	15,897	0	29,510
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This request is to extend approval of an established umbrella generic clearance for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to request information from potential participants at ACF gatherings, such as meetings or conferences. Example gatherings include large scale conferences, meetings for grantees or contractors, workshops, trainings, poster sessions, and other in-person and virtual gatherings for individuals with interest in ACF programs (clients, researchers, policymakers, etc.), among others. To ensure ACF has adequate information to plan these activities, the Agency must often collect information from potential participants such as basic contact information, preferences for attendance (mode, special requests, etc.), organizational affiliation, feedback about meeting content, etc. Additionally, some activities require ACF to have supplementary information to select the most appropriate participants for attendance according to the type or purpose of a given activity, or to group participants into the most appropriate category or activity during an event. This may include information about poster presentations, speaking panels, training courses, professional perspectives or experiences, etc. In addition, attendees may be asked to submit an application or abstract for prescreening to be selected for attendance. The planning for meetings is most often on a quick timeline and the standard timeline to comply with a full request under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) would inhibit the ability to collect information to inform these activities. Therefore, an umbrella generic is necessary to allow for quick turnaround requests for similar information collections related to these activities. As part of this generic, ACF requests OMB provide a response on individual generic information collections (GenICs) within 5 business days. Note that this generic is for information collected in connection with closed ACF meetings, as information collected in connection with public ACF meetings are not considered “information” under PRA per 44 USC, 5 CFR Ch. 11 (1-1-99 Edition), 1320.3: Definitions

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 1310 Name of Law: Social Security Act, Sec. 1110

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 35218	06/10/2026
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 52698	08/14/2026
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	168,781	69,000	99,781
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	15,897	29,510	-13,613
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: This is a request to extend approval of an existing overarching generic clearance and a subset of GenICs that have been approved over the past three years. Burden estimates have been adjusted to reflect estimated new collections over the next three years and burden for ongoing data collections.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $575,000

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. 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)? Yes

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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