[Federal Register: May 20, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 97)]
[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
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Child and Family Services Plan, Annual Progresss and
Services Report, and the CFS-101, Parts I and II.
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) or an Annual Progresss and Services
Report (APSR), and an annual budget request and estimated expenditure
report (CFS-101). The CFS-101 is 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 the Educational and Training Vouchers program (ETV) under
section 477(a)(6) and 477(i) of the Act. 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 and
has a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number of 93.599.
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 reallocatd to other
States on the basis of their relative need for funds as requested.
The CFSP and the APSR are being renewed and the CFS-101 is being
updated to include the request for ETV funds and to either request or
release funds for reallocation.
Respondents: 275 (50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
and approximately 223 possible Tribal entities).
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................................ 275 1 240 66,000/5 = 13,200
APSR................................ 275 1 180 49,500
CFS-101............................. 275 1 5 1,375
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 64,075.
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: May 16, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-10124 Filed 5-19-05; 8:45 am]
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