[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4872-4873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-324]
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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, 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
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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 statute requires separate applications for these two new
grants. The annual burden estimates below describe the estimated burden
for the two new grants. ACF collects information from the States about
their work under these grants (applications, program reports) by way of
a Program Instruction issued on June 15, 2006.
This Program Instruction describes the programmatic and fiscal
provisions and reporting requirements for each of the grants, specifies
the application submittal and approval procedures for the grants for
fiscal years 2006 through 2010, and identifies technical resources for
use by State courts during the course of the grants. The agency uses
the information received to ensure compliance with the statute and
provide training and technical assistance to the grantees.
Respondents: State Courts.
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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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: [email protected].
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, Fax:
202-395-6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children
and Families.
Dated: January 18, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 08-324 Filed 1-25-08; 8:45 am]
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