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Information Collection Request

Administration for Children and Families Uniform Project Description (UPD)

ICR 202310-0970-009 · OMB 0970-0139 · Received in OIRA

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form
 New
Form
 Modified
Supplementary Document
2023-10-19
Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change
2023-10-19
Supplementary Document
2022-10-31
Supplementary Document
2022-10-31
Supplementary Document
2022-01-31
Supporting Statement A
2022-10-31
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
262888 New
256678 Modified
ICR Details
0970-0139 202310-0970-009
Received in OIRA 202210-0970-015
HHS/ACF OA
Administration for Children and Families Uniform Project Description (UPD)
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection   No
Regular 10/19/2023
  Requested Previously Approved
03/31/2026 03/31/2026
3,218 3,218
193,080 193,080
0 0
The Uniform Project Description (UPD) is standard language and sections available for use by Administration for Children and Families (ACF) program offices to solicit the required project description and project budget information from applicants for specific funding opportunities. Applications are required for project grants and cooperative agreements as prescribed by HHS regulations 45 CFR § 75.203. The UPD provides a selection of text options for the program offices to choose from, which are used to communicate the application requirements for a specific grant or cooperative agreement notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), as required by 45 C.F.R. § 75.203, and Appendix I to Part 75 – Full Text of Notice of Funding Opportunity. The UPD is fundamental to ACF’s competitive award process. It ensures the provision of adequate information to support award decisions. The ability to select the appropriate standard language for a given NOFO reduces the burden of application preparation, by eliminating unnecessary portions of the application for a given announcement. In addition, it provides for consistency and objectivity in the application and review processes required by 45 C.F.R. § 75.204. ACF is testing a new, simplified format for its Notices of Funding Opportunity. This pilot will include 25 NOFOs in fiscal year 2024. As part of this pilot we plan to: • Rearrange the affected sections to provide a better flow and clearly delineate between portions that require a narrative, attachments, and other types of submissions, such as notices of intent. • Apply plain language principles to the content. As a result, we request approval for this non-substantive change to use an alternate version of the Uniform Project Description (UPD) (OMB #: 0970-0139) for 25 NOFOs. Other NOFOs will continue to use the currently approved UPD. In the revisions for the pilot: • We have changed no requirements. The revisions are to improve flow and readability only. We expect no increase in burden. In fact, in a prior test of a simplified NOFO, applicants reported a significant reduction in burden hours. • In some cases, portions were deleted simply to combine them into a single section. • We moved one highly detailed and fully standard section to the web. Moving the detail for preparing a line-item budget and justification ensures that the information is easily accessible for those not familiar with the process while ensuring consistent instruction across all NOFOs.
US Code: 31 USC 6301 Name of Law: General Assistance Administration
  
None
Not associated with rulemaking
  87 FR 51676 10/31/2022
87 FR 66711 11/04/2022
No
  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 3,218 3,218 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 193,080 193,080 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
This nonsubstantive change request is to add a streamlined version of the UPD to pilot with 25 NOFOs. At this time, burden was broken out to show burden for the standard UPD approved in 2022 and the streamlined version separately, but overall burden estimates have not changed. Although burden estimates are not currently changing, ACF will monitor completion times and potentially update in the future.
$7,079,600
No
    No
    No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Molly Buck 202 205-4724 mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov
  No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
10/19/2023