[Federal Register: April 19, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 74)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Child Care Report for High Performance Bonus.
OMB No.: 0970-0255.
Description: The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-193, established the Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program under title IV-A of the
Social Security Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C. 401 et seq. Section 403(a)(4)
of the Act requires the Secretary to award bonuses to ``high performing
States.'' (Indian tribes are not eligible for these bonuses.) The term
``high performing State'' is defined in section 403(a)(4) of the Act to
mean a State that is most successful in achieving the purposes of the
TANF program as specified in section 401(a) of the Act.
The final rule covering the TANF high performance bonuses to States
in FY 2002 and beyond was published August 30, 2000 (65 FR 52814)
followed by an interim final rule published May 10, 2001 (66 FR 23854).
The final and interim final rules set forth how the Child Care Bureau
(CCB) will compute scores and rank States on the three components,
i.e., Accessibility, Affordability, and Quality, that comprise the
child care measure.
In FY 2002, CCB measured State performance on a composite ranking
of two components, i.e., Accessibility and Affordability (based on FY
2001 performance data). No additional reporting burden was required
since the data/information for the Accessibility and Affordability
components are reported under the Child Care Development Fund program
(ACF Reports 800 and 801). However, there was a reporting burden
(related to the Quality component) for the information States submitted
if they wished to compete on the child care measure beginning in FY
2003 and again in FY 2004 (based on FY 2002 and FY 2003 performance
data, respectively). The same requirements must be met for States
wishing to compete on the child care measure for FY 2005 (based on FY
2004 performance data). The information includes:
(1) All age-specified rates for children 0-13 years of age reported
by the child day care centers and family day care homes responding to
the State's market rate survey; and
(2) The provider's county or, if the State uses multi-county
regions to measure market rates or set maximum payment rates, the
administrative region.
Respondents: States, the District of Columbia, and Territories
including Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and
the Northern Marianna 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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ACF-900......................................... 56 0.5 40 1,120
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours......... .............. .............. .............. 1,120
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Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained 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.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20503. Attn: Desk Officer for ACF, e-mail address:
Katherine_T._Astrich@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: April 13, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-7758 Filed 4-18-05; 8:45 am]
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