[Federal Register: November 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 222)]
[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: Court Improvement Program.
OMB No.: 0970-0245.
Description: The Court Improvement Program provides grants to State
court systems to conduct assessments of their foster care and adoption
laws and judicial processes and to develop and implement a plan for
system improvement. ACF proposes to collect information from the States
about this program (applications, program reports) by way of a Program
Instruction, which (1) describes the requirements for States under the
reauthorization of the Court Improvement Program; (2) outlines the
programmatic and fiscal provisions and reporting requirements of the
program; (3) specifies the application submittal and approval
procedures for the program for Fiscal Years 2007 through
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2011; and (4) identifies technical resources for use by State courts
during the course of the program. This Program Instruction contains
information collection requirements pursuant to receiving a grant award
that are found in Public Law 103-66, as amended by Public Law 105-89,
Public Law 107-133, Public Law 109-239, and Public Law 109-288. The
agency will use 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
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Application..................................... 52 1 40 2,080
Annual program report........................... 52 1 36 1,872
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,952.
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: November 12, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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