[Federal Register: October 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 198)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: ACF-IV-E-1 Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Financial
Reporting Form.
OMB No.: 0970-0205.
Description: State agencies administer the Foster Care and Adoption
Assistance Programs under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act. The
Administration for Children and Families provides Federal funding at
the rate of 50 percent for most of the administrative costs and at
other rates for other specific categories of costs as detailed in
Federal statute and regulations. This form is submitted quarterly by
each State to estimate the funding needs for the upcoming fiscal
quarter and to report expenditures for the fiscal quarter just ended.
This form is also used to provide annual budget projections from each
State. The information collected in this report is used by this agency
to calculate quarterly Federal grant awards and to enable this agency
to submit budget requests to Congress through the Department and to
enable oversight of the financial management of the programs.
Respondents: State agencies (including the District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico) administering the Foster Care and Adoption Assistance
programs under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act.
Annual Burden Estimates
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No. of Average burden
Instrument No. of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Form ACF-IV-E-1............................. 52 4 17 3,536
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,536.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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: infocollection@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: October 7, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-24188 Filed 10-9-08; 8:45 am]
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