Notice 17 Jul 2025 regulatory compliance, federal funding, health and human services, indian tribes, native employment works

📊Guidance on Native Employment Works Program and Comment Request

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Native Employment Works (NEW) Plan Guidance and NEW Program Report (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0174, expiration August 31, 2025). There are minor changes requested to the NEW Plan Guidance.

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Notice 17 Jul 2025 regulatory compliance, information collection, public comments, health and human services, disaster relief, acf

📋Comments Requested on Disaster Information Collection Forms Extension

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Generic Clearance for Disaster Information Collection Forms (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0476) and the five forms currently approved for ACF programs. There are no changes requested to the umbrella generic and no substantial changes to the currently approved forms.

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Notice 16 Jul 2025 business compliance, federal funding, grant application, health and human services, head start

📝Head Start Grant Application

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Grant Application Instrument and Instructions (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0207, expiration June 30, 2025). The updated grant application reduces the amount of documentation required from grant recipients, both in the baseline application and the continuation application, by reducing the number of required documents to support the application and reducing the amount of required information in the program and budget justification narrative. The goal of these changes is to reduce grant recipient burden.

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Notice 16 Jul 2025 public comments, health and human services, human trafficking, data collection

🗣️Proposed Data Collection on Human Trafficking Hotline Engagement

The Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is proposing a data collection activity as part of the Evaluation of the National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH): Understanding Engagement with the Community, Law Enforcement, and other Hotlines. This data collection activity will examine how the NHTH processes contacts, interacts with law enforcement and other hotline providers, and advertises its services to potential contactors.

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Notice 16 Jul 2025 health and human services, data collection, american indian, head start, facility survey, alaska natives

🏢Proposed Data Collection for AIAN Facility Condition Survey

The Office of Head Start (OHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is proposing to collect data for the American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN) Facility Condition, Location, and Ownership Survey. This survey fulfills a statutory requirement and is conducted every 5 years. The previous survey used for this purpose was approved under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0534; this request will be submitted under the same OMB number.

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Notice 10 Jul 2025 paperwork reduction act, health and human services, federal grants, assistance programs

💰Agency Information Collection Request for Business Assistance

In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed collection for public comment.

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Notice 5 Jun 2025 small business, meeting notice, nih, grant applications, health and human services

🧬NIH Notice of Closed Meetings for Grant Applications

The Department of Health and Human Services announced closed meetings for the Center for Scientific Review to evaluate grant applications in various scientific fields. The meetings aim to maintain confidentiality concerning sensitive information related to grant discussions and are crucial for businesses seeking financial support in health-related research and technology development.

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Notice 3 Jun 2025 health and human services, regulatory notice, meeting cancellation, national health service corps

📅Notice of Cancellation

This is to notify the public that the June 24-25, 2025, meeting of the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps is cancelled.

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Notice 27 May 2025 compliance, information collection, regulation, health and human services, unaccompanied alien children

📄Notice of Information Collection for Home Study & Post-Release Services

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, requests approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and invites public comments on the proposed information collection, including proposed changes. The request consists of several forms that will allow the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Bureau to continue providing statutorily mandated and discretionary services to promote safe reunifications between sponsors and unaccompanied alien children (children/child) released from ORR care and custody.

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Notice 27 May 2025 health and human services, government regulation, state agencies, child support, electronic document exchange

📄Comments Invited for Electronic Document Exchange by HHS

The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Electronic Document Exchange (EDE), with minor revisions, for an additional three years. State child support agencies (CSAs) use the EDE to improve case processing. The current OMB approval expires on June 30, 2025.

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