Office of Community Services
(OCS) Community Economic Development (CED) Standard Reporting
Format
No
material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
No
Regular
Approved
without change
03/23/2026
03/13/2026
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
02/28/2029
02/28/2029
02/28/2029
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0
254
285
0
285
0
0
0
The Office of Community Services (OCS)
Community Economic Development (CED) PPR data collection was
approved on February 28, 2026, with minimal updates to the existing
PPR. The approved PPR continues to require grant recipients to
complete the CED-specific PPR form (OMB #0970-0386) to provide
narrative updates on project activities, accomplishments,
challenges, expenditures, and implementation efforts with question
prompts specific to the use of CED funding for the project. CED
grant recipients awarded prior to FY 2025 complete the full PPR in
the second and fourth quarters of every project year. Grant
Recipients awarded FY 2025 and later also complete the full PPR in
the second and fourth quarters of every project year, in addition
to completing a subset of items from the CED PPR (called the CED
PPR Short Form) in the first and third quarters. The CED PPR Short
Form does not include quantitative measures and focuses on
narrative descriptions of project activities, challenges, and
changes. OCS is not requesting any changes to the PPR forms
themselves, but requests five changes to the two instructions
documents for grant recipients to use when completing both the full
and short form of the PPR. The edits to these documents include: 1)
updating to the latest CED logo, 2) changing the word ‘jobs’ to
‘positions’ wherever feasible to encourage uniformity, 3) adding a
cover page and introductory section to the CED PPR Short Form and
Instructions document, 4) adding language to encourage grant
recipients to reference the applicable Notice of Funding
Opportunity (NOFO) for more specific information about reporting
expectations and cadence, and 5) minor wording changes to improve
readability and ensure congruency with ACF copyediting
standards.
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.
03/13/2026
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