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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Court Improvement Program--New Grants.
OMB No.: 0970-0307.
Description: The President signed the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
(DRA), Public Law 109-171, into law on February 8, 2006. The law
authorizes and appropriates funds for two new grants under the Court
Improvement Program in title IV-B, section 438, of the Social Security
Act. The highest State court in a State with an approved title IV-E
plan is eligible to apply for either or both of the new grants. The new
grants are for the purposes of (1) Ensuring that the needs of children
are met in a timely and complete manner through improved case tracking
and analysis of child welfare cases, and (2) training judges,
attorneys, and other legal personnel in child welfare cases and
conducting cross-training with child welfare agency staff and
contractors.
The DRA requires separate applications for these two new grants.
The annual burden estimates below describe the estimated annual burden
for the two new grants. The Administration for Children and Families
(ACF) proposes to collect information from the States about their work
under these grants (applications, program reports) by way of a Program
Instruction that was issued on June 15, 2006. This Program Instruction
described the programmatic and fiscal provisions and reporting
requirements for each of the grants, specified the application
submittal and approval procedures for the grants for fiscal years 2006
through 2010, and identified technical resources for use by State
courts during the course of the grants. ACF will use the information
received to ensure compliance with the DRA and provide training and
technical assistance to the grantees.
Respondents: State courts.
Annual Burden Estimates:
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden huors Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Application..................................... 52 2 40 4,160
Annual Program Report........................... 52 2 36 3,744
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,904.
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. All requests should be identified by the title of the
information collection. E-mail address: infocollection@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, Attn: Desk
Officer for ACF, E-mail address: Karen_Y._Matsuoka@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: November 21, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-9440 Filed 11-28-06; 8:45 am]
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