[Federal Register: November 24, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 226)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

 
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Child Care Report for High Performance Bonus.
    OMB No.: 0970-0255.
    Description: The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-193, established the Temporary 
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program under title IV-A of the 
Social Security Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C. 401 et seq. Section 403(a)(4) 
of the Act requires the Secretary to award bonuses to ``high performing 
States.'' (Indian tribes are not eligible for these bonuses.) The term 
``high performing States'' is defined in section 403(a)(4) of the Act 
to mean a State that is most successful in achieving the purposes of 
the TANF program as specified in section 401(a) of the Act.
    The final rule covering the TANF high performance bonuses to States 
in FY 2002 and beyond was published August 30, 2000 (65 FR 52814) 
followed by an interim final rule published May 10, 2001 (66 FR 23854). 
The final and interim final rules set forth how the Child Care Bureau 
(CCB) will compute scores and rank States won the three components, 
i.e., Accessibility, Affordability, and Quality, that comprise the 
child care measure.
    In FY 2002, CCB measured State performance on a composite ranking 
of two components, i.e., Accessibility and Affordability (based on FY 
2001 performance data). No additional reporting burden was required 
since the data/information for the Accessibility and Affordability 
components are reported under the Child Care Development Fund program 
(ACF Reports 800 and 801). However, there was a reporting burden 
(related to the Quality component) for the information States submitted 
if they wished to compete on the child care measure beginning in FY 
2003 and again in FY 2004 (based on FY 2002 and FY 2003 performance 
data, respectively). The same requirements must be met for States 
wishing to compete on the child care measure for FY 2005 (based on FY 
2004 performance data). The information includes:
    (1) All age-specific rates for children 0-13 years of age reported 
by the child day care centers and family day care homes responding to 
the State's market rate survey; and
    (2) The provider's county or, if the State uses multi-county 
regions to measure market rates or set maximum payment rates, the 
administrative region.
    Respondents: States, the District of Columbia, and Territories 
including Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and 
the Northern Marianna Islands.

                                             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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ACF-801.........................................             56             0.5              40           1,120
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours. 1,120.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
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. E-mail 
address: grjohnson@acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be identified by 
the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: November 17, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-25994 Filed 11-23-04; 8:45 am]

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