📝Public Comments on Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children
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 allows the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Program to continue providing statutorily mandated services to unaccompanied alien children in ORR care.
Learn More🏢Request for Certification of Adult Victims of Human Trafficking
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) is requesting a 3-year extension of the form: Request for Certification of Adult Victims of Human Trafficking (RFC) form (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0454, expiration April 30, 2025).
Learn More📄Proposed Information Collection for ACF Program Support
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to submit a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend approval of the existing overarching generic clearance for the Formative Data Collections for ACF Program Support. ACF proposes minor updates to supporting statement justification for the overarching generic for clarity.
Learn More📊Proposed Regulatory Changes for Tribal TANF Data Collection
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Data Report, Tribal TANF Annual Report, and Tribal TANF Reasonable Cause/Corrective Action Documentation Process (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0215, expiration June 30, 2025). There are minor changes requested to the form.
Learn More💉Overview of National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Impact
HRSA is publishing this notice of petitions received under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (the Program), as required by the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. While the Secretary of HHS is named as the respondent in all proceedings brought by the filing of petitions for compensation under the Program, the United States Court of Federal Claims is charged by statute with responsibility for considering and acting upon the petitions.
Learn More🏥FY 2025 Supplemental Funding for National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
This notice is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is supporting a supplement (in scope of the parent award) for the Cooperative Agreement for National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Disaster Distress Helpline recipient, Mental Health Association of New York City, Inc. (DBA Vibrant Emotional Health), funded in FY 2021 under Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) SM 21-005. The recipient may receive up to $100,000,000 and has a project end date of September 2026. The supplemental funding will be used to maintain 988 operations and services, both at local levels and across all subnetwork services. This funding will ensure continuation of all 988 services and supports.
Learn More🧪NIH Notice of Closed Meetings for Biomedical Research Evaluations
The Department of Health and Human Services announces closed meetings of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences to review cooperative agreement applications. The meetings aim to evaluate grant proposals that may involve confidential information, underscoring the importance of safeguarding proprietary interests in the biomedical research sector.
Learn More📄DOL's Uniform Billing Form Notice and Compliance Requirements
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Learn More🍷Notice of Closed Meeting - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
The Department of Health and Human Services announces a closed meeting of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to review grant applications. Discussions will cover potentially sensitive information, including commercial property and personal privacy matters, emphasizing confidentiality in the grant evaluation process. Participants will include various NIH officials, and the meeting is set to be held virtually.
Learn More📉Change in Refugee Cash & Medical Assistance Eligibility Period
In accordance with ORR regulations, the Director of ORR is announcing the shortening of the Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) and Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA) eligibility period from 12 months to four months of assistance for participants who become eligible for ORR benefits 45 days after publication of this notice. For 30 years, ORR had not increased the RCA and RMA eligibility period. In 2022, during a surge in refugee admissions, ORR increased the eligibility period from eight months to 12 months. ORR has determined that it must shorten the RCA and RMA eligibility period to four months to avoid a significant budget shortfall.
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