[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 48097-48098] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-24205] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators Meeting AGENCY: Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators, HHS. ACTION: Notice of meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda for the fourth 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: September 25, 1997, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ADDRESSES: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 405A, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 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., SW., Washington, DC 20201. Telephone: (202) 690-5880; FAX: (202) 690-6562. [[Page 48098]] 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 September 25 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 September 19, 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: September 8, 1997. Patricia Ruggles, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy, ASPE. [FR Doc. 97-24205 Filed 9-11-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150-04-P