[Federal Register: February 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 34)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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
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(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 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 burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent 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
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained 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. All requests should be identified by the title of the
information collection. E-mail address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202-395-
6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and
Families.
Dated: February 18, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-3760 Filed 2-20-09; 8:45 am]
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