[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 59 (Monday, March 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15438-15439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6866]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Strengthening Communities Fund Program Evaluation.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: This proposed information collection activity is to
obtain evaluation information from Strengthening Communities Fund (SCF)
grantees. Grantees include participants in two SCF grant programs
contributing to the economic recovery as authorized in the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The SCF evaluation is an
important opportunity to examine the outcomes achieved by the
Strengthening Communities Fund in meeting its objective of improving
the capacity of
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grantees that include Nonprofit organizations and State, Local and
Tribal Governments. The evaluation for each program will be designed to
assess progress and measure increased organizational capacity of
grantees in each of the two SCF programs. The purpose of this request
will be to establish the approved baseline instruments for follow-up
data collection.
Respondents: SCF Grantees (both the Nonprofit Capacity Building
Program and the Government Capacity Building Program) made up of State,
local, and Tribal governments, as well as nonprofit organizations.
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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Nonprofit Capacity Building Program Performance 35 4 1 140
Progress Report (PPR)..........................
Government Capacity Building Program PPR........ 49 4 1 196
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 336.
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: [email protected]. 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: March 24, 2010.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-6866 Filed 3-26-10; 8:45 am]
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