4184-01-P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Children’s Bureau
Regional Partnership Grants Final Report Outline (NEW)
AGENCY:

Children’s Bureau, Administration on Children,

Youth and Families, Administration for Children and
Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION:

Request for public comments.

SUMMARY: The Children’s Bureau (CB) is requesting a new
collection effort for the Regional Partnership Grant (RPG)
program, for the use of a Regional Partnership Grants Final
Report Outline to collect cumulative project information.
Information from the report will aid grant recipients in
meeting grant management requirements as well as to support
CB in gathering information on the projects to better
monitor the project’s use of funds, implementation
successes and challenges and program and service
effectiveness.
DATES:

Comments due [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER DATE OF

PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].

In compliance with

the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.

ADDRESSES:

You can obtain copies of the proposed

collection of information and submit comments by emailing
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.

Identify all requests by the

title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description:

Information from the proposed collection will

aid grant recipients in meeting grant management
requirements as well as support CB in gathering information
on the projects to monitor the project’s use of funds,
implementation successes and challenges, and program and
service effectiveness.

The Regional Partnership Grants

Final Report Outline will provide a clear and consistent
way for CB to gather information on the projects to better
monitor the project’s use of funds, implementation
successes and challenges, and program and service
effectiveness.
The Regional Partnership Grants program is in its 7th Round
of funding, providing a consistent clear template for the
project’s final reports will assist CB to ensure
appropriate program monitoring and to build the evidence of
effective programing and practice for RPG sites and other
CB efforts to support families impacted by substance use.
Respondents:

Regional Partnership Grants recipients.

There are currently two active cohorts (Round 6 and Round
7) of RPG recipients.

There are 8 grant recipients in

Round 6 and 18 grant recipients in Round 7.

Regional

Partnership Grants recipients, include state agencies, a
judicial court state agency, and community-based
organizations (mental health and healthcare community
service providers).
Total Burden Estimates
The Round 6 cohort will complete projects by September
2024, with a Final Report due in fiscal year (FY)25.

The

Round 7 cohort will continue work through September 2027,
with a Final Report due in FY28.

There are 8 grant

recipients in Round 6 and 18 grant recipients in Round 7.
This request includes burden estimates for both cohorts.
If needed, ACF will request an extension to allow for FY28
reporting in 2027.

Estimated burden for Round 6 grant

recipients is 480 hours in FY 2025.

Estimated burden for

Round 7 grant recipients is 1080 hours in FY 2028.

Instrument
Regional
Partnership Grants
Final Report
Outline

Total Number
of
Respondents

Total
Number of
Responses
Per
Respondent

Average
Burden
Hours Per
Response

Total
Burden
Hours

RPG Round 6
(FY25
Reporting)

60

RPG Round 7
(FY28
Reporting)

60

Estimated total burden for both cohorts (FY25-FY28):

1,560

Comments:

The Department specifically requests comments on

(a) whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's
estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions
submitted within 60 days of this publication.
Authority:

Title IV, part B, subpart 2-Promoting Safe and

Stable Families, Section 437(f) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 629g(f)).

Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-13479 Filed: 6/18/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/20/2024]