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1Note: Due to the size of Region 4, OCS funds two 

RPICs in the region (4a and 4b). 

Telephone: (202) 740–5951; Email: 

lanikque.howard@acf.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Fiscal 

Year 2023, OCS published a total of 11 

separate new competitive grant 

opportunities for the RPIC, each 

corresponding to a specific ACF region.1

Each NOFO mandated that applicants 

must be physically located in the ACF 

region of their application. As the merit 

review process was initiated, OCS 

identified that Regions 3, 6, and 7 were 

not represented by eligible applicants 

due to their inadvertent error of 

applying for a different region’s NOFO 

rather than their own. This supplement 

will enable the current award recipients 

to support and sustain the continuance 

of vital regional CSBG T/TA strategies 

and activities to align the period of 

performance, activities, timelines, and 

OCS oversight among all CSBG regional 

T/TA award recipients. 

OCS announces the intent to award 

the following supplement awards: 

Recipient Award amount 

Maryland Association of Community Action Agencies, Annapolis, Maryland ..................................................................................... $1,200,000 

Oklahoma Association of Community Action Agencies, Inc., Edmond, Oklahoma ............................................................................ 1,200,000 

Kansas Association of Community Action Program, Inc., Topeka, Kansas ....................................................................................... 1,200,000 

Statutory Authority: Sections 

674(b)(2)(A) and 678A of the CSBG Act, 

as amended (42 U.S.C. 9903(b)(2)(A) 

and 9913). 

Karen D. Shields, 

Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of 

Grants Policy, Office of Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21779 Filed 9–28–23; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Home-Based Child Care 

Toolkit for Nurturing School-Age 

Children Study (New Collection) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, United States 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) Office of 

Planning, Research, and Evaluation 

(OPRE) at the U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) is proposing 

to collect information to examine a 

toolkit of new measures designed to 

assess and strengthen the quality of 

child care, the Home-Based Child Care 

Toolkit for Nurturing School-Age 

Children (HBCC–NSAC Toolkit). This 

study aims to build evidence about the 

English version of the HBCC–NSAC 

Toolkit for use by/with providers caring 

for children in a residential setting (i.e., 

home-based child care [HBCC]). 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 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 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

Identify all requests by the title of the 

information collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: The HBCC–NSAC 

Toolkit is designed for home-based 

providers who regularly care for at least 

1 school-age child who is not their own. 

The purpose of the HBCC–NSAC 

Toolkit is to help home-based providers 

identify their caregiving strengths and 

areas for growth. The HBCC–NSAC 

Toolkit consists of a self-administered 

provider questionnaire (composed of 

multiple newly developed measures) 

and a family communication 

questionnaire (composed of 1 

communication tool). For validation 

purposes, the study will include the 

provider questionnaire from the HBCC– 

NSAC Toolkit with additional items 

from existing measures and a separate 

family survey with child and family 

background information items and items 

from an existing measure. A subset of 

providers will be observed with an 

existing observation measure. Study 

participants will include home-based 

providers who can complete the 

provider questionnaire in English. They 

must currently care for at least 1 schoolage child (age 5 and in kindergarten, or 

ages 6 through 12) in a home for at least 

10 hours per week and for at least 8 

weeks in the past year. These providers 

may also care for younger children (ages 

birth through 5 and not yet in 

kindergarten). Families (a parent or 

guardian of school-age children 

receiving care in the HBCC setting) who 

can complete the family survey in 

English will also be included in the 

study. The study will be based on a 

purposive sample of home-based 

providers in at least 10 geographic 

locations to maximize variation in the 

sample. OPRE proposes to collect 

survey and observational data from 

home-based providers who are licensed 

or regulated by states to provide child 

care and early education (CCEE) and 

providers who are unlicensed or legally 

exempt from state regulations for CCEE. 

Study participants may or may not 

participate in the child care subsidy 

program. The data collection activities 

are designed to provide critical 

information that is needed to analyze 

the reliability and validity of the HBCC– 

NSAC Toolkit’s provider questionnaire. 

The resulting data will help ACF 

understand if the HBCC–NSAC Toolkit’s 

provider questionnaire can be used to 

support home-based providers in 

identifying and reflecting on their 

caregiving strengths and areas for 

growth. 

Respondents: Home-based providers; 

families of the children cared for by the 

providers. 


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67760 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 189 / Monday, October 2, 2023 / Notices 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Number of 

respondents 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total/annual 

burden 

(in hours) 

1. Provider telephone script and recruitment information collection ............... 204 1 0.33 67 

2. Provider telephone script and recruitment information collection including 

observations ................................................................................................. 150 1 .42 63 

3. HBCC–NSAC Toolkit provider questionnaire .............................................. 150 1 .75 113 

4. Family survey .............................................................................................. 166 1 0.25 42 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 285. 

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: 42 U.S.C. 9858. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21649 Filed 9–29–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Application Requirements for 

the Low Income Home Energy 

Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Model 

Plan Application (Office of 

Management and Budget #0970–0075) 

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), U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), is requesting to extend 

the currently approved Low Income 

Home Energy Assistance Program 

(LIHEAP) Model Plan Application 

(OMB #0970–0075, expiration 12/31/ 

2023) through August 31, 2024, and 

then making significant revisions to the 

FY 2025 application to be effective 

September 1, 2024. This notice outlines 

the proposed revisions for FY 2025. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

ACF is soliciting public comment on the 

specific aspects of the information 

collection described above. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed 

collection of information can be 

obtained and comments may be 

forwarded by emailing infocollection@

acf.hhs.gov. Identify all requests by the 

title of the information collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: States, including the 

District of Columbia, tribes, tribal 

organizations, and U.S. territories 

applying for LIHEAP block grant funds 

must, prior to receiving federal funds, 

submit an annual application (Model 

Plan) that meets the LIHEAP statutory 

and regulatory requirements. In addition 

to the Model Plan, grant recipients are 

also required to complete the Mandatory 

Grant Application, SF–424—Mandatory, 

which is included as the first section of 

the Model Plan. 

The LIHEAP Model Plan is an 

electronic form and is submitted to 

ACF/OCS through the On-Line Data 

Collection (OLDC) system within 

GrantSolutions, which is currently 

being used by all LIHEAP grant 

recipients to submit other required 

LIHEAP reporting forms. To reduce the 

reporting burden, all data entries from 

each grant recipient’s prior year’s 

submission of the Model Plan in OLDC 

are saved and re-populated into the 

form for the following fiscal year’s 

application. 

OCS is requesting the current LIHEAP 

Model Plan form to be extended through 

August 31, 2024. The currently 

approved form and justification package 

can be reviewed here: https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/

PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202009-0970- 

011). 

OCS proposes the following changes 

to the LIHEAP Model Plan form 

beginning with FY 2025 reporting 

effective September 1, 2024: 

SF–424 Model Plan 

• 4a: Change from ‘‘Federal Entity 

Identifier’’ to ‘‘Unique Entity Identifier 

(UEI).’’ 

• 7b and c: Remove UEI is requested 

in 4a. 

• 7f: Add after current language 

‘‘(This person will be listed on Notice of 

Funding Awards and on the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services’ LIHEAP contact list web 

page)’’ 

Æ Remove Prefix, Suffix, Middle 

Name and Organizational Affiliation. 

• 8a: Remove the ‘‘a’’ after 8 ‘‘Type of 

Applicant’’ 

• Add: 8a Is the applicant a Tribal 

Consortium? 

Æ Add: 8b If yes, please attach at least 

one the following documentation: 

Æ (1) Current State-Tribe Agreement 

between their state and the Consortium, 

signed by the State Chief Executive 

Officer (such as a Governor or the 

delegate) and the Consortium President; 

Æ (2) Consortium letter listing the 

Tribes and signed by the elected Tribal 

Chief or President of each Tribe in the 

Consortium and signed by the 

Consortium President; 

Æ (3) A current resolution letter from 

each tribe in the Consortium, signed by 

the elected Tribal Chief or President of 

that Tribe. Each resolution letter needs 

to state that the Consortium has the 

Tribes’ permission to apply for, and 

administer, LIHEAP on their behalf; 

needs to designate a time period for the 

permission or until rescinded or 

revoked. 

• 8b: Remove, not utilized. 

• 9: Remove ‘‘Name of Federal 

Agency’’—not used. 

• 13: Change to ‘‘CONGRESSIONAL 

DISTRICTS OF APPLICANT’’ 

Æ Eliminate 13a and b.—Already 

answered in #7; and Eliminate ‘‘Attach 


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