[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55832-55833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28503]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Extension Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506 (c)(2))A)]. This program helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden will be approximately 10 hours per annual response and 
we anticipate 56 responses with no capital/start-up costs, collection 
instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection 
requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the 
Employment and Training Administration is soliciting comments 
concerning the proposed extension collection of the Planning Guidance 
and Instructions for Submission of Annual State Plans for the Welfare-
to-Work Formula Grants.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training 
Administration, ATTENTION: Janice Davis, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Room S-5513, Washington, D.C. 20210, 202-219-0181 extension 155 (this 
is not a toll free number) and/or via e-mail [email protected]; fax 
number is 202-219-0376.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, signed by the President on August 
5, 1997, authorized the U.S. Department of

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Labor to provide Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Grants to States and local 
communities to provide transitional employment assistance to move 
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients with 
significant employment barriers into unsubsidized jobs providing long-
term employment opportunities. In order to receive formula grant funds, 
the statute provides that the State must submit a plan for the 
administration of the WtW grant. This Planning Guidance and 
Instructions for Submission of Annual State Plans addresses the 
information required from States which will enable them to qualify for 
the formula grant funds. Separate guidance will be issued for both the 
grants to the Indian tribes and the competitive grants.

II. Current Actions

    This request has currently been approved under an emergency 
clearance not to exceed March 31, 1998, this extension is needed in 
order to complete the collection of this information.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Planning Guidance and Instructions for Submission of Annual 
State Plans for Welfare-to-Work Formula Grants.
    OMB Number: 1205-0382.
    Affected Public: State and local governments.
    Total Respondents: 56.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Responses: 56.
    Average Time per Response: 10 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 560.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for the Office of Management 
and Budget approval of the information collection request; they will 
also become a matter of public record.

    Date: October 21, 1997.
Peter E. Rell,
Director, Welfare-to-Work Grant Program Implementation Team.
[FR Doc. 97-28503 Filed 10-27-97; 8:45 am]
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