[Federal Register: July 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 141)]
[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: title IV-E State Plan for the Foster Care, Independent 
Living and Adoption Assistance Programs.POMB No.: 0980-0141.
    Description: A State plan is required by sections 471 and 
477(b)(2), part IV-E of the Social Security Act (the Act) for each 
public child welfare agency requesting Federal funding for foster care, 
independent living services and adoption assistance under the Act. The 
State plan is a comprehensive narrative description of the nature and 
scope of a State's programs and provides assurances that the programs 
will be administered in conformity with the specific requirements 
stipulated in title IV-E. The plan must include all applicable State 
statutory, regulatory, or policy references and citations for each 
requirement as well as supporting documentation. A State may use the 
pre-print format prepared by the Children's Bureau of the 
Administration for Children and Families or a different format, on the 
condition that the format used includes all of the title IV-E State 
plan requirements of the law.
    Respondents: State and Territorial Agencies (State Agencies) 
administering or supervising the administration of the title IV-E 
programs.
    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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Title IV-E State Plan...........................              12               1              15             180
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    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, DE 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: July 19, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance, Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-14616 Filed 7-22-05; 8:45 am]

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