[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-940]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: Child Care Quarterly Unit Report
OMB No.: New collection
Description: This legislatively-mandated report collects program
and participants data on children and families receiving direct CCDF
services. Disaggregate data will be collected and will be used to
determine the participants and program characteristics as well as cost
and level of child care services. The data will be used to provide a
report to Congress. Form ACF 801 represents the data elements to be
collected and reported to ACF.
Respondents (States and Territories) will be asked to sample the
population of families receiving benefits on a monthly basis and submit
the three most current monthly samples to ACF quarterly. Each monthly
sample is drawn independent of the other samples and retained for
submission within a quarterly report. ACF is not issuing specifications
on how respondents compile overall database(s) from which samples are
drawn. ACF will provide to the respondents a sampling plan which will
specify minimum sample size. It is expected to be a monthly sample of
approximately 150 cases for large States with smaller samples based on
population size adjustments for smaller respondents.
Respondents: States, D.C., Guam, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
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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ACF-801......................................... 54 4 20 4,320
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,320.
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
Information Services, Division of Information Resource Management
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.
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: January 9, 1997.
Douglas J. Godesky,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-940 Filed 1-14-97; 8:45 am]
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