[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 35119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12317]



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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 and Development Fund Quarterly Financial Report 
(ACF-696).
    OMB No.: 0970-0163.
    Description: States and Territories use this form to facilitate the 
reporting of expenditures for the Child Care and Development Fund on a 
quarterly basis. The form provides specific data regarding financial 
disbursements, obligations, and estimates. It provides States and 
Territories with a mechanism to request grant awards and certify the 
availability of State matching funds. Failure to collect this data 
would seriously compromise the Administration for Children and 
Families' (ACF) ability to monitor expenditures. This form may also be 
used to prepare ACF budget submissions to Congress. This information 
collection is a revised version of the currently used ACF-696 for which 
Office of Management and Budget approval expires on September 30, 2002.
    Respondents: States and Territories that are CCDF grantees.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   Average hours   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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ACF-696.........................................              56               4               8            1792
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1792.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 350(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, SW., Washington, DC 
20447, 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 
to 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: May 9, 2002.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-12317 Filed 5-16-02; 8:45 am]
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