[Federal Register: May 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 92)]
[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: Title IV-E Programs Quarterly Financial Report.
OMB No.: 0970-0205.
Description: Historically, State agencies have administered
programs under title IV-E of the Social Security Act for the Foster
Care and Adoption Assistance Programs. The Administration for Children
and Families provides Federal funding at the rate of 50 percent for
most of the administrative costs of these programs and at other rates
for other specific categories of costs as detailed in Federal statute
and regulations.
The enactment of Public Law 110-351, the ``Fostering Connections to
Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008'' introduced two major
changes to the title IV-E programs: (1) The inception of the
Guardianship Assistance Program for all grantees, effective October 1,
2008 and, (2) the availability of these programs to Tribes and Tribal
Organizations, effective October 1, 2009.
We anticipate that this form will be revised and redesigned to be
applicable to both State and Tribal grantees.
This form is submitted quarterly by each State or Tribe to estimate
its funding needs for the upcoming fiscal quarter and to report
expenditures for the fiscal quarter just ended. The information
collected in this report is used by this agency to calculate quarterly
Federal grant awards and to enable oversight of the financial
management of the programs.
Respondents: State agencies (including the District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico) and Tribal agencies (starting in FY 2010) administering
the Foster Care, Adoption Assistance and Guardianship Assistance
programs under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act.
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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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Title IV-E Programs Quarterly Financial 70 4 20 5,600
Report.....................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,600.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(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: grjohnson@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: May 6, 2009.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-11149 Filed 5-13-09; 8:45 am]
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