Other-Appendix B_SFA Survey II on School Food Supply Chain Disru
New
ICR Details
202209-0584-005
Received in OIRA
USDA/FNS
SFA Survey II on School Food Supply Chain Disruption and Student Participation (Emergency Request)
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Emergency
10/15/2022
10/06/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
6 Months From Approved
95,315
0
8,840
0
0
0
The School Food Authority (SFA) Survey II on Supply Chain Disruption solicits information from SFAs about school food vendor, cost, and labor issues disrupting school food service operations at the start of the 2022-2023 school year. The results will be used to enhance the toolbox for school nutrition professionals working to make sure students have reliable access to healthy meals.
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is requesting emergency approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to conduct a survey of School Food Authorities to collect information on the continued impacts of COVID-19-related supply chain disruptions on the Child Nutrition (CN) Programs, as well as emerging challenges related to the transition back to standard school nutrition program operations. The proposed survey is provided in Appendix B.
Throughout the pandemic, school nutrition professionals have met extraordinary challenges to ensure every child can get the food they need to learn, grow, and thrive. But circumstances in local communities remain unpredictable, and supply chains for food and labor have been stressed and at times disrupted. USDA is committed to working together with state agencies, school food authorities (SFAs), the food industry, and other stakeholders to communicate these challenges and to identify solutions.
This is the second survey issued to SFAs that will assist FNS and its partners to enhance the toolbox for school nutrition professionals working hard to make sure students have reliable access to healthy meals. Whereas the first SFA survey focused on challenges and mitigation strategies related to procuring specific food or non-food items during the 2021-2022 school year, this survey focuses on food costs, labor costs, and vendor issues that continue to disrupt school food service in the 2022-2023 school year, as well as changes in student participation related to the return to standard operations.
This submission is a new information collection request as a result of program changes and will add 8,840 hours of burden to OMBâs inventory attributable to 95,315 total annual responses.
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.
Emergency Memo SFA Survey II.pdf
Appendix G_Burden Table.xlsx
Appendix F_Pretest.docx
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