HHS Seeks Extension for Economic Development Reporting Forms
Published Date: 12/22/2025
Notice
Summary
The Office of Community Services is updating how community economic development grant recipients report their progress. New awardees will now submit shorter reports every quarter, while others stick to twice a year. This change helps keep projects on track and improves how the government supports and tracks job creation and spending, with comments due by January 21, 2026.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Quarterly Reporting for New Awardees
If you receive a Community Economic Development (CED) grant under a NOFO that requires quarterly reporting (first included in FFY 2025), new awardees must now submit reports every quarter. In the first and third quarters they will complete a shorter narrative-only short form, while all awardees still submit the full semi-annual CED Performance Progress Report covering activities through the second and fourth quarters.
Updated Annual Burden Estimates
The agency estimates annual reporting burden of 285 total hours across respondents: 79 respondents completing the full CED PPR twice a year at 1.5 hours per response (total 237 hours) and 48 respondents completing the CED PPR Short Form twice a year at 0.5 hours per response (total 48 hours). OCS says quarterly reporting requirements and the short form are reflected in these burden estimates.
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