[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 135 (Friday, July 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17763]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: ACF Uniform Discretionary Grant Application Form.
    OMB No.: 0970-0139.
    Description: ACF has more than forty discretionary grant programs. 
The proposed information collection form would be a uniform 
discretionary application form usable for all of these grant programs 
to collect the information from grant applicants needed to evaluate and 
rank applicants and protect the integrity of the grantee selection 
process. All ACF discretionary grant programs would be eligible but not 
required to use this application form. The application consists of 
general information and instructions; the Standard Form 424 series that 
requests basic information, budget information and assurances; the 
Program Narrative requesting the applicant to describe how these 
objectives will be reached; and certifications. Guidance for the 
content of information requested in the Program Narrative if found in 
OMB Circulars A-102 and A-110.
    Respondents: State governments.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates                                            
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                                                                            Number of     Average               
                                                               Number of    responses      burden       Total   
                         Instrument                           respondents      per       hours per      burden  
                                                                            respondent    response      hours   
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Application Form............................................        4,127            1            4       16,688
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 16,688.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained by writing to The Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Information Services, Division of Information Resource 
Management Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
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, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503, Attn: Ms. Wendy Taylor.

    Dated: July 9, 1996.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Director, Office of Information, Management Services.
[FR Doc. 96-17763 Filed 7-11-96; 8:45 am]
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