[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 6540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3349]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency 
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

    Title: Application and Reporting Requirements to support projects 
under the Adoption Opportunities Program.
    OMB No.: New Request.
    Description: The major efforts mandated by the authorizing Adoption 
Opportunities program legislation, section 205 of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, (Pub. L. 95-
266), as amended are:
    (a) The development and implementation of a national adoption and 
foster care data gathering and analysis system;
    (b) The development and implementation of a national adoption 
information exchange system;
    (c) The development and implementation of an adoption training and 
technical assistance program;
    (d) Increasing services in support of the placement in adoptive 
families of minority children who are in foster care and have the goal 
of adoption, with a special emphasis on the recruitment of minority 
families;
    (e) Increasing post-legal adoption services for families who have 
adopted children with special needs;
    (f) Studying the nature, scope, and effects of the placement of 
children in kinship care arrangements, pre-adoptive, or adoptive homes;
    (g) Studying the efficacy of States contracting with public or 
private nonprofit agencies (including community-based and other 
organizations);
    (h) Consult with other appropriate Federal departments and agencies 
in order to promote maximum coordination of the services and benefits 
provided under programs carried out by such departments and agencies 
with those carried out by the Secretary, and provide for the 
coordination of such aspects of all programs within the DHHS relating 
to adoption;
    (i) Maintain a National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption; 
and
    (j) Provide for the provision of programs aimed at increasing the 
number of minority children (who are in foster care and have the goal 
of adoption) placed in adoptive families, with a special emphasis on 
recruitment of minority families.
    In these areas, research and demonstration grants are awarded 
through a competitive process to States, local government entities, 
federally recognized Indian Tribes and tribal organizations, colleges 
and universities, public or private nonprofit licensed child welfare or 
adoption agencies, adoption exchanges and community-based organizations 
with experience in working with minority populations.
    Each of these areas is addressed each year, as new awards or as 
continuations of awards from previous years' competitions. Over time, 
the projects have demonstrated that improvements in placing children 
with adoptive families are achieved when permanent plans are made and 
carried out very early in the placement; when there are sufficiently 
trained and experienced staff; and when there are resources available 
and administrative commitments to adoption and to coordinated 
community-based efforts.
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions.

                                             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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EZ Form.........................................              80               1              20            1600
                                                                                                          ACF is
hs.gov.Comments and questions about the
 information collection described above should
 be directed to the following address by
 February 28, 2002: Office of Information and
 Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for
 ACF, Office of Management and Budget, Paper
 Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, NW.,
 Washington, DC 20503.
 

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            Dated: February 5, 2002.
          Bob Sargis,...........................
      Reports Clearance Officer.................      S), as set
                                                  forth in Title
                                                    II of Public
                                                    Law 104-235,
                                                     Child Abuse
                                                  Prevention and
                                                   Treatment Act
                                                   Amendments of
                                                    1996, and in
                                                  the process of
                                                  reauthorizatio
                                                     n, provides
                                                    direction to
                                                  the States and
                                                  Territories to
                                                  accomplish the
                                                     purposes of
                                                  (1) supporting
                                                   State efforts
                                                     to develop,
                                                        operate,
                                                      expand and
                                                       enhance a
                                                      network of
                                                      community-
                                                          based,
                                                      prevention
                                                        focused,
                                                          family
                                                    resource and
                                                         support
                                                   programs that
                                                      coordinate
                                                       resources
                                                  among existing
                                                   human service
                                                   organizations
                                                      within the
                                                  State; and (2)
                                                    fostering an
                                                  understanding,
                                                   appreciation,
                                                   and knowledge
                                                      of diverse
                                                  populations in
                                                     order to be
                                                    effective in
                                                  preventing and
                                                  treating child
                                                       abuse and
                                                   neglect. This
                                                         Program
                                                     Instruction
                                                        contains
                                                     information
                                                      collection
                                                    requirements
                                                  that are found
                                                   in Public Law
                                                      104-235 at
                                                        sections
                                                      202(1)(A);
                                                      202(q)(B);
                                                   203(b)(1)(B);
                                                   205; 207; and
                                                     pursuant to
                                                     receiving a
                                                    grant award.
                                                             The
                                                     information
                                                  submitted will
                                                  be used by the
                                                       agency to
                                                          ensure
                                                      compliance
                                                        with the
                                                        statute,
                                                    complete the
                                                  calculation of
                                                       the grant
                                                           award
                                                    entitlement,
                                                     and provide
                                                    training and
                                                       technical
                                                   assistance to
                                                    the grantee.
Respondents: State
 Government.5,L2,i1,s50,12,12,12,12
Application.....................................              52               1              40            2080
Annual Report...................................              52               1              24            1248
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.........  ..............  ..............  ..............            3328
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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: February 6, 2002.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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