[Federal Register: March 21, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 53)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects: Grants to States for Family Violence Prevention
and Services, Grants to Native American Tribes and Alaskan Native
Villages, Grants to State Domestic Violence Coalitions.
Title: Grants for Battered Women's Shelters.
OMB No.: 0970-0274.
Description: This information collection is authorized under Title
III of the Child Abuse Amendments of 1984, Public Law 98-457, as
amended. In response to the program announcements, the respondents
submit information about their service programs and their eligibility.
Information that is collected is used to award grants under the Family
Violence Prevention and Services/Grants for Battered Women's Shelters
Program.
Respondents: State agencies administering the Family Violence
Prevention and Services program; Native American Tribes and Tribal
Organizations administering the Family Violence Prevention and Services
program; and state domestic violence coalitions administering the
Family Violence Prevention and Services program.
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 FV Agencies............................... 53 1 6 318
Tribes and Alaskan Villages..................... 180 1 6 1,080
Domestic Violence Coalitions.................... 53 1 6 318
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,716.
In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families in soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of informationcan 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: March 14, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-5475 Filed 3-18-05; 8:45 am]
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