[Federal Register: February 13, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 30)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: CFS-101, Part I Annual Budget Request for Title IV-B,
Subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA, CFCIP.
OMB No.: 0980-0047.
Description: Under title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, of the Social
Security Act, States and Indian Tribes are to submit a five-year Child
and Family Services Plan (CFSP), an Annual Progress and Services Report
(APSR), and an annual budget request and estimated expenditure report
(CFS-101). The CFS-101 will be submitted annually with the CFSP or the
APSR to apply for appropriated funds for the next fiscal year. The CFSP
also includes the required State plans under section 106 of the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) and section 477 of title IV-
E, the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP), of the Social
Security Act (the Act).
Congress has now appropriated funds for payments to States to
implement educational and training vouchers (ETV) under section
477(a)(6) and 477(i) of the Act. The ETV program has been assigned a
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number of 93.599. The ETV
program is integrated into the overall purpose and framework of the
Chafee program; however, the program has a separate budget
authorization and appropriation from the general CFCIP. This program
addition will have an impact on how States report expenditures. Also,
if a State does not apply for funds for the ETV program for a fiscal
year by July 31 of that year, the funds will be reallocated to one or
more other States on the basis of their relative need for funds as
requested in Part II of the application. The CFS-101 is being updated
to include the request for ETV funds and to either request or release
funds for reallocation.
Respondents: States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
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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CFSP......................................... 300 1 525 157,500
APSR......................................... 300 1 295 88,500
CFS-101...................................... 300 1 6 1,800
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 247,800.
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: rsargis@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: February 9, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-3212 Filed 2-12-04; 8:45 am]
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