[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19118-19119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10091]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators, Meeting

Agency: Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators.


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Action: Notice of meeting.

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Summary: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda for 
the third meeting of the Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators. This 
notice also describes the functions of the Advisory Board. Notice of 
this meeting is required under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act and is intended to notify the public of their opportunity 
to attend.
Date and Time: April 30, 1997, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Addresses: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Alice Mitchell Rivlin 
Conference Room, 415F, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20201.

For Further Information Contact: Ann McCormick, Department of Health 
and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation--Human Services Policy, 200 Independence Ave., S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20201. Telephone: (202) 690-5880; FAX: (202) 690-6562.

Supplementary Information: The Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators was 
established by Subtitle D, section 232 of the Social Security Act 
Amendments of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-432). The duties of the Advisory Board 
include (A) Providing advice and recommendations to the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services on the development of indicators of the rate 
at which and, to the extent feasible, the degree to which, families 
depend on income from welfare programs and the duration of welfare 
receipt and (B) providing advice on the development and presentation of 
annual welfare indicators reports to the Congress required by the 
Social Security Act Amendments of 1994.
    The meeting of the Advisory Board is open to the public. The agenda 
for the April 30 meeting includes discussion of the first annual 
welfare indicators report to Congress. The report will include analysis 
of families and individuals receiving assistance under means-tested 
benefit programs under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, 
the Food Stamp Act of 1977, and title XVI of the Social Security Act, 
or as general assistance under programs administered by state and local 
governments. At a minimum, the report is required to set forth 
indicators of the rate at which and, to the extent feasible, the degree 
to which, families depend on income from welfare programs and the 
duration of receipt; trends in indicators; predictors of welfare 
receipt; the causes of welfare receipt; and patterns of multiple 
program receipt. A final agenda will be available from the office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation--Human Services 
Policy on April 24, 1997.
    Records will be kept of the Advisory Board proceedings, and will be 
available for public inspection at offices of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation--Human Services Policy, 200 Independence 
Avenue, S.W., room 404-E, Washington, D.C. 20201 between the hours of 
9:00 a.m.--5:00 p.m.

    Dated: April 14, 1997.
Ann Rosewater,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy, ASPE.
[FR Doc. 97-10091 Filed 4-17-97; 8:45 am]
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