[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 56830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28385]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Information collection from applicants who will respond to 
Request for Applications for funding of seven OCS competitive grants.
    OMB No.: 0970-0062.
    Description: The Office of Community Services (OCS) is requesting 
approval to continue the use of its program announcements to collect 
information which will enable the agency to determine which projects to 
fund and the amount of the grant awards. The programs covered include: 
Community Food and Nutrition; Community Economic Development 
Discretionary Grants Program; Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
Residential Energy Assistance Challenge Option Program (REACH); LIHEAP 
Clearinghouse T&TA Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals; CSBG 
Training and Technical Assistance and Capacity Building; and Family 
Violence Prevention and Services Program.
    Information collected from the requirements contained in these 
program announcements will be the sole source of information available 
to OCS in reviewing applications leading to awards of discretionary 
grants to eligible applicants.
    The application forms that will be used contain information for 
competitive review in accordance with the program announcements' 
guidelines. The data provided is necessary to compute the amount of the 
grant in relation to proposed project activities by the ACF Grant 
Officers.
    OMB recommended that ACF submit one information collection package 
covering all OCS discretionary program announcements, since the same 
application form is used in each announcement. This information 
collection was last approved in 1998; it is due to expire October 31, 
2001. Since the last approval, we have added the Residential Energy 
Assistance Challenge Option Program (REACH) as an additional Low Income 
Home Energy Assistance Program.
    Respondents: State and local governments, Indian tribes, not-for-
profit organizations.
    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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Community Economic Development Announcement.....             250               1              28           7,000
Community Food and Nutrition Announcement.......             250               1              10           2,500
LIHEAP Clearinghouse (RFP) T&TA.................               5               1              10              50
LIHEAP Reach Announcement.......................              45               1              10             450
JOLI Announcement...............................             170               1              30           5,100
T&TA (CSBG) Announcement........................              70               1              10             700
Family Violence Announcement....................             150               1              30           4,500
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........  ..............  ..............  ..............          20,300
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    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained by writing to The Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW, Washington, 
DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Desk Officer for ACF.

    Dated: November 1, 2001.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-28385 Filed 11-9-01; 8:45 am]
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