[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58089-58090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24718]


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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 Case-Level Report.
    OMB No.: 0970-0167.
    Description: Section 658K of the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (P.L. 105-108, 42 U.S.C 9858) requires that States 
and Territories submit monthly case-level data on the children and 
families receiving direct services under the Child Care and Development 
Fund. The implementing regulations for the statutorily required 
reporting are at 45 CFR 98.70. Case-level reports, submitted quarterly 
or monthly (at grantee option) include monthly sample or full 
population case-level data. The data elements to be included in these 
reports are represented in the ACF-801. Disaggregate data is used to 
determine program and participant characteristics as well as costs and 
levels of child care services provided. This provides ACF with the 
information necessary to make reports to Congress, address national 
child care needs, offer technical assistance to grantees, meet 
performance measures, and conduct research. Consistent with the statute 
and regulations, ACF requests extensions of the ACF-801.
    Respondents: States, the District of Columbia, and Territories 
including Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and 
the Northern Marianna Islands.

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                                             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.....................................              56                4               20            4320
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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, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20047, 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 
be 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: September 21, 2000.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-24718 Filed 9-26-00; 8:45 am]
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