Justification

HEAP Household Report: OMB Control No. 0970-0060 (expires 10/31/2014)

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) currently has clearance of this form which is required of all directly funded grantees of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) that are Tribes, Tribal Organizations, or Territories (except for Puerto Rico). The annual report is due to ACF every September 1st. If only estimated data is provided, then the report must be resubmitted with final data by December 15th. Presently, grantees have submitted the report by email, mail, or fax. Beginning with the report due September 1, 2013, ACF intends to have the report available in the ACF On-Line Data Collection system (OLDC). OLDC is a web-based system that ACF is using for grantees to submit reports electronically. No content changes are being made to the form. ACF will be providing training to grantees this summer on how to submit the report through OLDC. This will include in-person training at a grantee conference, as well as webinars and one-on-one assistance by phone, as needed. Grantees already have access to OLDC to submit other ACF reports.