[Federal Register: July 15, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 135)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request;
Proposed Projects
Title: Methodology for Determining if an Increase in a State's
Child Poverty Rate is the Result of TANF.
OMB No.: 0970-0186.
Description: In accordance with Section 413(i) of the Social
Security Act and 45 CFR part 284, the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) intends to reinstate the following information
collection requirements. For instances when Census Bureau data show
that a State's child poverty rate increased by 5% or more from one year
to the next, a State will be required to submit: (1) An optional
submission of data on child poverty from an independent source; (2) if
the increase in the State's child poverty rate is still determined to
be 5% or more, an assessment of the impact of the TANF program(s) in
the State on the child poverty rate; and (3) if HHS determines from the
assessment and other information that the child poverty rate in the
State increased as a result of the TANF program(s) in the State, a
corrective action plan.
Respondents: The respondents are the 50 States and District of
Columbia; and when reliable Census Bureau data become available for the
Territories, additional respondents will be Guam, Puerto Rico and the
Virgin 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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Optional Submission of Data on Child Poverty 54 1 8 432
from an Independent Source.....................
Assessment of the Impact of TANF on the Increase 54 1 120 6,480
in Child Poverty...............................
Corrective Action Plan.......................... 54 1 160 8,640
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 15,552.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2) 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
Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information collection. E-mail:
grjohnson@acf.hhs.gov.
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: July 11, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-13919 Filed 7-14-05; 8:45 am]
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