[Federal Register: December 12, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 239)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Administration for Children and Families


 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request


    Title: Court Improvement Program.
    OMB No.: New.
    Description: The Court Improvement Program provides grants to State 
court systems to conduct assessments of their foster care and adoption 
laws and judicial processes, and to develop and implement a plan for 
system improvement. This Program Instruction (1) describes the 
requirements for states under the reauthorization of the Court 
Improvement Program; (2) outlines the programmatic and fiscal 
provisions and reporting requirements of the program; (3) specifies the 
application submittal and approval procedures for the program for 
Fiscal Years 2003 through 2006; and (4) identifies technical resources 
for use by State courts during the course of the program. This Program 
Instruction contains information collection requirements that are found 
in Public Law 103-66, as amended by Public Law 105-89 and Public Law 
107-133, and pursuant to receiving a grant award. The information 
received will be used by the agency to ensure compliance with the 
statute and provide training and technical assistance to the grantees.
    Respondents: State Courts.
    Annual Burden Estimates:


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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Application.....................................              52               1              40           2,080
Annual Program Report...........................              52               1              36           1,872
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      Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.......  ..............  ..............  ..............           3,952
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Additional Information


    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the 
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Administration, 
Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer.


OMB Comment


    OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of 
information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document 
in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having 
its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503. Attn: Desk Officer for ACF.




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    Dated: December 4, 2002.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-31259 Filed 12-11-02; 8:45 am]

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