[Federal Register: November 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 227)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Title: Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations or Tribal Consortia
Letter of Intent to Operate a Title IV-E Program.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing
Adoptions Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-351) added section 479B to the
Social Security Act (the Act), which allows Indian Tribes the option to
apply to the Secretary to receive Federal funding to support the
administration of their own foster care, adoption assistance and
relative guardianship programs under title IV-E of the Act. The law
also amended the Act at section 476(c)(2)(ii) to allow Indian Tribes to
receive one-time development grants of up to $300,000 to be used to
offset the cost of developing a title IV-E plan to carry out the
requirements of section 479B of the Act, and required ACF to provide
technical assistance and
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implementation services to Indian Tribes regarding the title IV-E
program.
In order to plan for the review of Tribal title IV-E plans and
technical assistance needs, the Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) is requesting that all Federally recognized Indian
Tribes, Tribal organizations or Tribal consortia (hereafter,
``Tribes'') that plan to operate a title IV-E program send a letter of
intent to their ACF Regional Program Manager by December 31, 2008.
ACF will ask Tribes to include in the letter of intent the
following information:
1. The Federal fiscal year (FY) in which the Tribe expects to begin
operation of a title IV-E program. (According to the law, the earliest
possible implementation period is FY 2010.)
2. Information on the intended Tribal service area for the Tribal
title IV-E program.
Respondents: Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations and Tribal
consortia.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Information collection Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Letter of Intent................................ 562 1 1 562
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 562.
Additional Information: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 90-day
approval for this information collection under procedures for emergency
processing by November 28, 2008. A copy of this information collection,
with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling
the Administration for Children and Families, Reports Clearance
Officer, Robert Sargis at (202) 690-7275 or e-mailing to
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Comments and questions about the information collection described
above should be directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACF, Office of Management and
Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20503, (202) 395-7316.
Dated: November 13, 2008.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-27668 Filed 11-21-08; 8:45 am]
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