4184-27-P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Annual
Progress Report (OMB No. 0970-0492)
AGENCY:

Office of Community Services, Administration for

Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION:

Request for public comments.

SUMMARY:

The Office of Community Services (OCS),

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) requests an
extension with minor changes to the currently approved
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Annual Progress
Report, (OMB #0970-0492, expiration 6/30/2024) and is
submitting the Tribal Annual Report and Tribal Short Form,
as well as removing supplemental funding reports that are
no longer in use.

Plans for further revisions to this

report are also discussed below.
DATES:

Comments due [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF

PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].

OMB must make a

decision about the collection of information between 30 and
60 days after publication of this document in the Federal
Register.

Therefore, a comment is best assured of having

its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.

ADDRESSES:

Written comments and recommendations for the

proposed information collection should be sent within 30
days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

Find this particular

information collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day
Review - Open for Public Comments" or by using the search
function.

You can also obtain copies of the proposed

collection of information by emailing
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.

Identify all emailed requests

by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description:

Section 678E of the CSBG Act requires states,

including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories, to annually prepare and
submit a report on the measured performance of the state
and the eligible entities in the state.

Prior to the

participation of the state in the performance measurement
system, the state shall include in the report any
information collected by the state relating to such
performance.

Each state shall also include in the report

an accounting of the expenditure of funds received by the
state through the CSBG program, including an accounting of
funds spent on administrative costs by the state and the
eligible entities, and funds spent by the eligible entities
on the direct delivery of local services, and shall include
information on the number of and characteristics of clients

served under the subtitle in the state, based on data
collected from the eligible entities.

The state shall also

include in the report a summary describing the training and
technical assistance offered by the state.
Section 3(b) of the Government Performance and Results
(GPRA) Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA) requires OCS, as
an office under the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, to collect performance information for the CSBG.
This current request includes CSBG Annual Report 2.1.

OCS

is requesting an extension of the current Annual Report
with clarification revisions to be used in federal fiscal
year (FY) 2024 as a requirement to satisfy section 678E of
the CSBG Act and then as an optional collection instrument
in FY 2025 to support an incremental implementation.

OCS

also plans to discontinue the currently approved
Supplemental Funding Reports under this OMB control number.
OCS is introducing the CSBG Annual Report 3.0 Tribal Annual
Report – a modified annual report to collect performance
information from CSBG directly funded tribal grant
recipients receiving more than $50,000.

Tribes would be

required to report using the Tribal Annual Report to
fulfill FY 2024 to FY 2026 reporting requirements due each
year on March 31; and the CSBG Annual Report 3.0 Tribal
Short Form for use by tribes directly funded by CSBG below
the $50,000 funding threshold.

Both the Tribal Annual

Report and Tribal Short Form were developed using the

revisions of the CSBG Annual Report to provide a comparable
reporting schema for directly funded CSBG tribes
commensurate with their funding levels to minimize burden
while collecting performance data.

Tribes receiving less

than $50,000 annual would be required to report using the
Tribal Short Form to fulfill FY 2024 to FY 2026 reporting
requirements due each year on March 31.
OCS has also updated the Annual Report for future years,
the CSBG Annual Report 3.0.

This updated version was

originally planned to be submitted in conjunction with the
extension of version 2.1, but in an effort to be responsive
to the public comments received during the 60-day comment
period (89 FR 29339), OCS is delaying submission of that
version.

Once all comments are reviewed, addressed and a

final proposed version 3.0 is ready, a subsequent notice
will be published in the Federal Register announcing the
opportunity to provide comments in conjunction with
submission to OMB.
period.

This will provide a 30-day comment

The future request is expected to include the

following:
1.) CSBG Annual Report 3.0 - a substantial revision of the
current Annual Report form.

This updated version continues

to streamline state administrative information, as well as
National Performance Indicators for individuals and
families as reported by eligible entities.

The proposed

revisions seek to lessen the burden of the previous

iteration of the report by decreasing the amount of data
points collected, clarifying data points by using clearer
language, removing items not pertinent to annual report
data collection, and improving data points to reflect
industry standards in measuring the reduction of poverty.
This revision would be an optional collection instrument in
FY 2026 to support incremental implementation and minimize
burden to the public and would become the required sole
collection instrument in FY 2027.
Copies of the proposed collections of information can be
obtained by visiting: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/
programs/csbg.
Respondents:

State governments, including the District of

Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S.
territories, directly funded federally and state-recognized
tribes and CSBG eligible entities.
Annual Burden Estimates
Estimated Burden - FY24
In FY24, states and tribal grant recipients would be
required to complete the current versions of the Annual
Reports.
Instrument

CSBG Annual Report
2.1 (States)
CSBG Annual Report
2.1(Eligible
Entities)
CSBG Tribal Annual
Report

Total Number
of
Respondents

Total Number
of Responses
Per
Respondent

Average
Burden Hours
Per Response

Annual
Burden Hours

1

11,088

1

493,000

1

2,664

CSBG Tribal Annual
Report Short Form

1

FY24 Total Annual Burden Estimates:

Comments:

1,200
507,952

The Department specifically requests comments on

the following:
1. Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance measurement of
Federal, State, or local agencies.
2. The quality of the information to be collected.
3. The clarity of the information to be collected.
4. Does the information to be collected produce
significant burden?

If so, how could the burden be

minimized on respondents, including using automated
collection techniques or other forms of technology?
5. The accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information.
6. What, if any, additions, revisions, or modifications
to the information collection would you suggest?
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions
submitted within 30 days of this publication.
Authority:

112 Stat. 2729; 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).

Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-14172 Filed: 6/27/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/28/2024]