Final Rule: Employment and Training Opportunities in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (RIN 0584- AE68)
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
01/07/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
15,500,709
0
2,071,908
0
0
0
This information will be used to better administer the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment and Training Program, and provide improved customer service to SNAP E&T participants and Able-bodied Adults without Dependents (ABAWDs). First, section 4005 of the Act requires State agencies to provide case management to E&T participants, so if the Department does not require State agencies to conduct case management services, the Department will be out of compliance with Federal regulations. Second, the Act requires State agencies to respond to an ill-suited determination made by an E&T provider. If the Department does not require State agencies to send a NETPC to individuals with an ill-suited determination, the E&T participant with an ill-suited determination may not be informed that an E&T provider has made this determination. Third, the Department is adding two additional data elements related to mandatory E&T participants to the FNS-583. Existing regulations at 7 CFR 273.7(c)(9) through 7 CFR 273.7(c)(11) require State agencies to submit E&T Program Activity Reports no later than 45 days after the end of each Federal fiscal quarter. The current data elements collected as part of the FNS-583, enable the Department to gauge the number of work registrants in each State and the number of SNAP participants enrolled in E&T components. The two new data elements related to mandatory E&T participants will be required to be reported by the State agency to the Department on the fourth quarter report. This information will enable the Department to provide improved oversight and technical assistance to State agencies to strengthen the administration of mandatory E&T programs. Fourth, the Department is adding a requirement for State agencies to develop a written statement for ABAWDs explaining their ABAWD work requirement and time limit and to inform them of their work requirement and time limit. This requirement will improve communication between the State agency and the ABAWD regarding the work requirements the ABAWD is subject to as a SNAP participant. Fifth, the Department proposes to add a State agency requirement to advise SNAP households not otherwise exempt from the general work requirements in writing of available employment and training services at the time of recertification if these individuals are members of households that contain at least one adult, with no elderly or disabled individuals, and with no earned income at their last certification or required report. This requirement will assist the targeted individuals in finding opportunities to move toward self-sufficiency.
Although we are revising the FNS 583, FNS is requesting a new OMB control number for this is information collection, for 0584-AE68 (Employment and Training Opportunities in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)). FNS is requesting 2,071,908 burden hours and 15,500,709 total annual responses for this information collection to OMB burden inventory. In addition to new requirements, we are only adding the time it will take for the new additional reporting requirements for the FNS 583 and not the already approved time it currently takes to complete the FNS 583. The requirements associated with the FNS 583 will be merged back into the primary OMB Control Number: 0584-0594; Expiration Date: 07/31/2023.This information is delineated in the Appendix 3 AE68 Burden Estimates.
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.
Form FNS 583 State Agency E&T Case Managers, Eligibility Workers and Admin Staff
AE68 Final Rule- SSPart A for ETO FinalRule ks edits LAG edits 1 5 21 OCIO comments 1-7-2021.docx
Appendix 3 AE68 Final Rule Burden Estimates 9 29 20.xlsx
Individuals/Households