[Federal Register: May 4, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 84)]
[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: ORR Financial Status Report for the Cash and Medical
Assistance Program.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) reimburses,
to the extent of available appropriations, certain non-Federal costs
for the provision of cash and medical assistance to refugees, along
with allowable expenses for the administration the refugee resettlement
program at the State level. States (and Wilson/Fish projects; i.e.,
alternative projects for the administration of the refugee resettlement
program) currently submit SF-269 Financial Status data in accordance
with 45 CFR part 92 and 45 CFR part 74. This proposed new data
collection would replace the current requirement for the SF-269 with a
financial status report form that would collect similar financial
status data (i.e., amounts of outlays and obligations) by the four
program components: refugee cash assistance, refugee medical
assistance, cash and medical assistance administration, and services
for unaccompanied refugee minors. This breakdown of financial status
data would allow ORR to track program expenditures in greater detail to
anticipate any funding issues and to meet the requirements of ORR
regulations at CFR 400.211 to collect these data for use in estimating
future costs of the refugee resettlement program. ORR must implement
the methodology at CFR 400.211 each year after receipt of its annual
appropriation to ensure that appropriated funds will be adequate for
assistance to entering refugees. The estimating methodology prescribed
in the regulations requires the use of actual past costs by program
component. In the event that the methodology indicates that
appropriated funds are inadequate, ORR must take steps to reduce
federal expenses, such as by limiting the number of months of
eligibility for Refugee Cash Assistance and Refugee Medical Assistance.
This proposed single-page financial status report will allow ORR to
collect the necessary data to ensure that funds are adequate for the
projected need and thereby meet the requirements of both the Refugee
Act and ORR regulations.
Respondents: State governments.
Wilson/Fish Alternative Projects
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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ORR Financial Status Report................. 58 4 0.50 116
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 116.
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
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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: April 29, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-10133 Filed 5-1-09; 8:45 am]
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