[Federal Register: August 19, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 160)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: State Child Access Program Survey--Grants to States for
Access and Visitation.
OMB No.: 0970-0204 (current).
Description: The Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)
requests an extension of the current survey--without change--for three
additional fiscal years (FY 2006-2008).
States are required, on an annual basis, to provide OCSE with
program data on projects that have been funded through the Grants to
States for Access and Visitation Program. This program reporting
requirement includes, but is not limited to, the collection of data on
the number of participants served, referral sources, kinds of services
delivered, identification of local service providers, and the number of
non-custodial parents whose parenting time increased as a result of
participating in such services.
The purpose of collecting this information is twofold: (1) To help
OCSE monitor state utilization of grant funds; and (2) to compile data,
on an annual basis, into a report that provides states--in addition to
the general public--with information on individual state Access and
Visitation Program in an effort to promote cross-fertilization of
innovative services at the local level.
Respondents: State Child Access and Visitation Program Coordinators
and administrators of state, court and/or local service providers.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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State Child Access Program Survey............... 324 1 15 4,860
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,860. (FY 2006-2008)
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; and (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: August 15, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-16423 Filed 8-18-05; 8:45 am]
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