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) Model State
Plan Applications (OMB No. 0970-0382)
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 a
3-year extension of the Community Services Block Grant
(CSBG) State Plan, CSBG Eligible Entity Master List, and
the American Customer Survey Index (ACSI) forms (OMB #09700382, expiration 8/31/2024).

There are no changes

requested to these information collections.
DATES:

Comments due within 30 days of publication.

OMB

must make a decision regarding 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 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 676 of the CSBG Act requires States,

including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories applying for CSBG funds
to submit an application and plan (CSBG State Plan).

The

CSBG State Plan must meet statutory requirements prior to
OCS awarding CSBG grant recipients (States and territories)
with CSBG funds.

Grant recipients have the option to

submit a detailed plan annually or biannually.

Grant

recipients that submit a biannual plan must provide an
abbreviated plan the following year if substantial changes
to the initial plan will occur.
changes to this form.

OCS is not requesting any

As this will be the 11th year of

submitting this form, OCS does not anticipate any
additional burden.
OCS is also requesting to extend approval of the following
information collections, with no changes proposed:
•

CSBG Eligible Entity List.

In alignment with Federal

requirements, OCS requests that all grant recipients

continue to keep their CSBG Eligible Entity List
current, to include maintaining an accurate listing of
the CSBG sub-grant recipients (CSBG eligible entities)
and current Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) for each
recipient listed.

This is in alignment with current

policies and processes, and therefore OCS does not
anticipate any additional burden.
•

Optional survey for the sub-grant recipients (or CSBGeligible entities).

The American Customer Survey

Index (ACSI) is administered biennially.

OCS uses the

ACSI survey for eligible entities as part of the CSBG
performance management framework.

The survey focuses

on the customer service that the CSBG sub-grant
recipients receive from the CSBG grant recipients.
The survey is optional, and this will be the seventh
time that CSBG sub-grant recipients have the option to
complete the survey. There were no revisions to the
survey.
OCS anticipates submitting a subsequent revision to this
information collection, pending OMB review and approval of
a separate but related information collection request (CSBG
Annual Report, OMB No. 0970-0492) that is forthcoming and
expected in summer 2024 and may result in minor updates to
some of these materials.

Respondents:

State governments, including the District of

Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and U.S.
territories, and local level sub-grant recipients.
Annual Burden Estimates
Total
Number of
Respondent
s

Total
Number of
Responses
Per
Respondent

Average
Burden
Hours
Per
Response

Total
Burden
Hours

Annual
Burden
Hours

CSBG State
Plan

3

4,704

1,568

CSBG Eligible
Entity List

3

168

Instrument

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours for CSBG Grant
Recipients
CSBG ACSI
Survey of CSBG
1000
2
.15
300
Eligible
Entities
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours for CSBG sub-grant
recipients
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours for All Respondents

Authority:

1,624

100
1,724

Sec. 676, Public Law 105-285, 112 Stat. 2735 (42

U.S.C. 9908)
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-15368 Filed: 7/11/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/12/2024]