Comments on extension of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the LIHEAP Leveraging Report
THIS CONTAINS INFORMATION ISSUED BY THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION FOR
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN LIHEAP INFORMATION MEMORANDUM TRANSMITTAL
NO. LIHEAP-IM-2009-4, DATED 2/27/09
TO: LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP)
GRANTEES AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
SUBJECT: Comments on extension of Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for the LIHEAP Leveraging
Report
RELATED Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act, as amended
REFERENCES: (Title XXVI of Public Law 97-35, the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, as amended).
PURPOSE: To request comments on the proposed renewal of the
LIHEAP Leveraging Report.
BACKGROUND: The LIHEAP leveraging incentive program rewards
LIHEAP grantees that have leveraged nonfederal
home energy resources for low income households.
The LIHEAP Leveraging Report is the application
for leveraging incentive funds that these LIHEAP
grantees submit to the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) for each fiscal year in which
they leverage countable resources. Participation
in the leveraging incentive program is voluntary.
CONTENT: The Leveraging Report obtains information on
the resources leveraged by LIHEAP grantees each
fiscal year, the benefits provided to low-income
households by these resources, and the fair market
value of these resources/benefits. HHS needs this
information in order to carry out statutory
requirements for administering the leveraging
incentive program, to determine countability and
valuation of grantees' leveraged resources, and to
determine grantees' shares of leveraging incentive
funds.
HHS proposes to request a 3-year extension of OMB
approval for the currently approved LIHEAP
Leveraging Report. As part of the process for
requesting this extension, HHS published the
attached comment request in the Federal Register
on February 24, 2009, requesting comments on the
specific aspects of this information collection.
LIHEAP Action Transmittal 2007-8 includes a copy
of the LIHEAP Leveraging Report forms and the
instructions for completing them.
Submission of comments on this information
collection is voluntary. Any grantees or
interested parties that wish to comment on this
information collection should send their comments
to:
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Administration
Office of Information Services
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington, DC 20447
Attention: ACF Reports Clearance Officer
Reports Clearance Officer
E-mail address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov
INQUIRIES: Nick St.Angelo, Director
Division of Energy Assistance
Office of Community Services, ACF, HHS
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20447
Telephone: (202) 401-5306
Fax: (202) 401-5661
E-mail: nstangelo@acf.hhs.gov
ATTACHMENT: Federal Register Notice, Vol. 74, No. 35, Pages
8261-8262, published on Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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Yolanda J. Butler, Ph.D.
Acting Director
Office of Community Services
