[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 35120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12319]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Project

    Title: State Plan for FC, ILP and AA under Title IV-E of the Social 
Security Act.
    OMB No.: 0980-0141.
    Description: A State plan is required by sections 471 and 
477(b)(2), part IV-E of the Social Security Act (the Act) for each 
public child welfare agency requesting Federal funding for foster care 
(FC), independent living services (ILP) and adoption assistance (AA) 
under the Act. The State plan is a comprehensive description of the 
nature and scope of the State's program and provides assurance the 
program will be administered in conformity with the specific 
requirements stipulated in title IV-E. The plan must include all 
applicable State statutory, regulatory, or policy references and 
citations for each requirement as well as documentation to support the 
references. States may use the pre-print format prepared by the 
Children's Bureau or a different format, on the condition that the 
format used includes all of the title IV-E state plan requirements of 
the law.
    Respondents: State and Territorial Agencies (State Agencies) 
administering or supervising the administration of the title IV-E 
program.
    Annual Burden Estimates: An initial plan is submitted by the State 
Agency for approval to participate in the title IV-E program. Plan 
amendments are submitted whenever necessary to reflect changes in 
Federal statute or regulation, or, material changes in State law, 
policy or program operation. Our experience is that a State Agency will 
amend a plan once every four years and that 12 will amend their plans 
annually.

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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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State Plan for FC, ILP and AA...................              12               1              15             180
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 180.
    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, 30 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. 02-12319 Filed 5-16-02; 8:45 am]
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