[Federal Register: April 29, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 82)]
[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: OCSE-396A: Financial Report; and OCSE-34A: Quarterly Report
of Collections.
OMB No.: 0970-0181.
Description: Each State agency administering the Child support
Enforcement Program under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act is
required to provide information to the Office of Child Support
Enforcement concerning its administrative expenditures and its receipt
and disposition of child support payments from non-custodial parents.
These quarterly reporting forms enable each State to provide that
information, which is used to compute both the quarterly grants awarded
to each State and the annual incentive payments earned by each State.
This information is also included in a published annual statistical and
financial report, available to the general public.
Comments sent to the Office of Child Support Enforcement, both
directly and in response to the Federal Register Notice published June
10, 2002 (67 FR 39727), et seq.), provided many useful recommendations
to update and correct these financial reporting forms.
Based on these comments, these forms have been revised to conform
with recent changes in Federal law and to enable State agencies to more
accurately report financial data. In particular, State agencies will
now be able to report amounts expended on computer systems in greater
detail, and will be able to better differentiate the distribution of
child support payments received on behalf of children in foster care
facilities or who are current or former recipients of Medicaid
payments. State agencies will now be able to identify those child
support collections which, although undistributed, will be disbursed
shortly to families and those collections that require further review
before disbursement.
Respondents: State agencies administering the Child Support
Enforcement Program.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Number of responses burden Total
Instrument respondents per hours per burden
respondent response hours
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OCSE-396A...................................................... 54 4 8 1,728
OCSE-34A....................................................... 54 4 8 1,728
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,456.
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.
Dated: April 22, 2003.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-10456 Filed 4-28-03; 8:45 am]
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