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number) should not be used for any 

other purpose than as an individual 

identifier for book-keeping purposes. 

(2) It is possible for individuals to 

apply for social security numbers from 

any social security office, not just offices 

in the state in which they were born or 

first resided. This is particularly likely 

in metropolitan statistical areas where 

individuals may live in one of several 

states (e.g., the Washington 

Metropolitan Area). In these cases, the 

area number of the social security 

number may be unreliable as a measure 

of refugees’ state of initial resettlement. 

(3) In recent years, the Social Security 

Administration has begun to issue social 

security numbers whose area number is 

not connected to any specific state. The 

submission of individual records via the 

Refugee Data Submission System for 

Formula Funds Allocations Web site is 

a more reliable and secure process for 

collecting data for the purposes of 

tracking secondary migration and 

allocating formula funds. Data 

submitted by the States via the secure 

Web site are compiled and analyzed by 

the ORR statistician for the purpose of 

refugee secondary services formula 

funds allocation. The statistician also 

prepares a summary report, which is 

included in ORR’s Annual Report to 

Congress. 

Respondents: States and the District 

of Columbia. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Refugee Data Submission for Formula Funds Allocations ............................. 50 1 20 1,000 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,000. 

Additional Information: 

Copies of the proposed collection may 

be obtained by writing to the 

Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447, 

Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All 

requests should be identified by the title 

of the information collection. Email 

address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

OMB Comment: 

OMB is required to make a decision 

concerning 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. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

directly to the following: Office of 

Management and Budget, Paperwork 

Reduction Project, Fax: 202–395–7285, 

Email: 

OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV. 

Attn: Desk Officer for the 

Administration for Children and 

Families. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: Head Start Health Managers 

Descriptive Study. 

OMB No.: New Collection. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), is proposing a data 

collection activity that will provide 

descriptive data about the Head Start 

Health Services Area. The goals of the 

Head Start Health Manager Descriptive 

Study are (1) to describe the 

characteristics of Health Managers and 

related staff in Head Start (HS) and 

Early Head Start (EHS) programs; (2) to 

identify the current landscape of health 

programs and services being offered to 

children and families; (3) to determine 

how health initiatives are prioritized, 

implemented, and sustained; and (4) to 

identify the programmatic features and 

policy levers that exist to support health 

services including staffing, 

environment, and community 

collaboration. These objectives will be 

accomplished through an online survey 

of all HS/EHS Health Managers, 

including American Indian/Alaskan 

Native and Migrant and Seasonal Head 

Start grantees. The survey responses 

will be further informed by semistructured interviews conducted with a 

subsample of Head Start health 

managers, teachers, family service 

workers, and home visitors. 

Respondents: The target respondents 

for this data collection are Head Start 

Health Managers at the grantee and 

delegate level; however data will also be 

collected from Head Start Directors, 

Teachers, Family Service Workers, and 

Home Visitors. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Annual 

number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Head Start Director Survey ............................................................................. 2,870 1 0.25 718 

Head Start Health Managers Survey ............................................................... 2,900 1 1.25 3,625 

Semi-structured Interviews: Head Start Health Managers .............................. 40 1 0.75 30 

Semi-structured Interviews: Head Start Teachers, Family Service Workers, 

and Home Visitors ........................................................................................ 60 1 0.75 45 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,418. 

Additional Information 

Copies of the proposed collection may 

be obtained by writing to the 

Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance 


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Officer. All requests should be 

identified by the title of the information 

collection. Email address: 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

OMB Comment 

OMB is required to make a decision 

concerning 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. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

directly to the following: Office of 

Management and Budget, Paperwork 

Reduction Project. Fax: 202–395–6974. 

Attn: Desk Officer for the 

Administration for Children and 

Families. 

Dated: March 9, 2012. 

Steven M. Hanmer, 

OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4184–22–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

State Median Income Estimates for a 

Four-Person Household: Notice of the 

Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2013 State 

Median Income Estimates for Use 

Under the Low Income Home Energy 

Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 

AGENCY: Administration for Children 

and Families, Office of Community 

Services, Division of Energy Assistance, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of State median income 

estimates for FFY 2013. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces to 

grantees of the Low Income Home 

Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 

the estimated median income of fourperson households in each State and the 

District of Columbia for FFY 2013 

(October 1, 2012, to September 30, 

2013). LIHEAP grantees that choose to 

base their income eligibility criteria on 

these State Median Income (SMI) 

estimates may adopt these estimates (up 

to 60 percent) on their date of 

publication in the Federal Register or 

on a later date as discussed below. This 

enables grantees to implement this 

notice during the period between the 

heating and cooling seasons. However, 

by October 1, 2012, or the beginning of 

the grantees’ fiscal year, whichever is 

later, such grantees must adjust their 

income eligibility criteria so that such 

criteria are in accord with the FFY 2013 

SMI. 

The 60 percent of SMI criterion 

provides one of the maximum income 

criteria that LIHEAP grantees may use in 

determining a household’s income 

eligibility for LIHEAP. 

The LIHEAP appropriations for FFY 

2009 through April 15, 2011 raised this 

criterion from 60 percent of SMI to 75 

percent of SMI for that period. However, 

no change was made to the LIHEAP 

authorizing statute. Furthermore, the 

LIHEAP appropriation for FFY 2012 did 

not alter this criterion; thus it returned 

to 60 percent of SMI for FFY 2012. 

DATES: Effective Date: These estimates 

become effective at any time between 

the date of this publication and the later 

of (1) October 1, 2012; or (2) the 

beginning of a grantees’ fiscal year. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Edelman, Office of Community 

Services, Division of Energy Assistance, 

5th Floor West, 370 L’Enfant Promenade 

SW., Washington, DC 20447. Telephone: 

(202) 401–5292, E–Mail: 

peter.edelman@acf.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

provisions of section 2603(11) of Title 

XXVI of the Omnibus Budget 

Reconciliation Act of 1981, Public Law 

(Pub. L.) 97–35, as amended, HHS 

announces the estimated median 

income of four-person families for each 

State, the District of Columbia, and the 

United States for FFY 2013 (October 1, 

2012, through September 30, 2013). 

Section 2605(b)(2)(B)(ii) of this Act 

provides that 60 percent of the median 

income of four-person families for each 

State and the District of Columbia (State 

median income, or SMI), as annually 

established by the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services, is one of the 

income criteria that LIHEAP grantees 

may use in determining a household’s 

eligibility for LIHEAP. 

LIHEAP was last authorized by the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 

109–58, which was enacted on August 

8, 2005. This authorization expired on 

September 30, 2007, and reauthorization 

remains pending. 

The SMI estimates that HHS 

publishes in this notice are 3-year 

estimates derived from the American 

Community Survey (ACS) conducted by 

the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Census 

Bureau). HHS obtained these estimates 

directly from the Census Bureau. For 

additional information about the ACS 

State median income estimates, 

including the definition of income and 

the derivation of medians see http:// 

www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ 

data_documentation/ 

SubjectDefinitions/ 

2010_ACSSubjectDefinitions.pdf under 

‘‘Income in the Past 12 Months.’’ For 

additional information about the ACS in 

general, see http://www.census.gov/acs/ 

www/ or contact the Census Bureau’s 

Social, Economic and Housing Statistics 

Division at (301) 763–3243. 

Under the advice of the Census 

Bureau, HHS switched to 3-year 

estimates from single-year estimates to 

reduce the large year-to-year 

fluctuations that the single-year 

estimates tend to generate for certain 

States and the District of Columbia. 

HHS plans to use the Census Bureau’s 

ACS-derived SMI three-year estimates 

for all fiscal years after 2010. For further 

information about ACS one-year and 3- 

year estimates, see http:// 

www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

guidance_for_data_users/estimates/. 

The SMI estimates, like those derived 

from any survey, are subject to two 

types of errors: (1) Nonsampling Error, 

which consists of random errors that 

increase the variability of the data and 

non-random errors that consistently 

shift the data into a specific direction; 

and (2) Sampling Error, which consists 

of the error that arises from the use of 

probability sampling to create the 

sample. For additional information 

about the accuracy of the ACS SMI 

estimates, see http://www.census.gov/ 

acs/www/Downloads/ 

data_documentation/Accuracy/ 

MultiyearACSAccuracyofData2010.pdf. 

A State-by-State listing of SMI and 60 

percent of SMI for a four-person family 

for FFY 2013 follows. In using this 

listing, LIHEAP grantees must regard 

‘‘family’’ to be the equivalent of 

‘‘household’’ with regards to setting 

their income eligibility criteria. This 

listing describes the method for 

adjusting SMI for households of 

different sizes as specified in 

regulations applicable to LIHEAP, at 45 

CFR 96.85(b), which were published in 

the Federal Register on March 3, 1988, 

at 53 FR 6824 and amended on October 

15, 1999, at 64 FR 55858. 

Dated: March 7, 2012. 

Jeannie L. Chaffin, 

Director, Office of Community Services. 


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