[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27788-27789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11814]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Form CB-496. Title IV-E Programs Quarterly Financial Report.
    OMB No.: 0970-0205.
    Description: Through FY 2008, only State agencies were responsible 
for administering the Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Programs 
under title IV-E of the Social Security Act. With the enactment of 
Public Law 110-351, the ``Fostering Connections to Success and 
Increasing Adoptions Act

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of 2008,'' title IV-E was expanded, effective with FY 2009, to include 
a third program, Guardianship Assistance, and was further expanded, 
effective with FY 2010, to include Tribes, tribal organizations and 
consortia as additional grantees.
    Ultimately, the combined effect of these changes will be to 
significantly increase the number of grantees, the number of grant 
awards and the required amount of financial reporting. In recognition 
of these substantial program revisions and to accommodate these 
changes, the quarterly financial report has been revised, redesigned 
and re-designated as Form CB-496, the ``Title IV-E Programs Quarterly 
Financial Report.''
    The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) provides Federal 
funding at the rate of 50 percent for most administrative and other 
related costs and at enhanced rates ranging from 55 to 75 percent for 
training costs as detailed in Federal statute and regulations. This 
form is submitted quarterly by each State and Tribe to estimate the 
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.
    Comments concerning these revisions were received from both Federal 
and grantee staffs by the ACF Office of Grants Management, both 
directly and in response to an earlier Federal Register Notice (74 FR 
22749, May 14, 2009) that provided many useful recommendations and 
suggestions, many of which were incorporated into the final draft 
product.
    Respondents: State and Tribal title IV-E agencies administering the 
Foster Care, Adoption Assistance and Guardianship Assistance Programs.

                                             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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Form CB-496.................................              62                4               17            4,216
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,216
    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.
    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, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Desk Officer for ACF.

    Dated: May 12, 2010.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-11814 Filed 5-17-10; 8:45 am]
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