[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22715-22716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10456]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: OCSE-396A: Financial Report; and OCSE-34A: Quarterly Report 
of Collections.
    OMB No.: 0970-0181.
    Description: Each State agency administering the Child support 
Enforcement Program under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act is 
required to provide information to the Office of Child Support 
Enforcement concerning its administrative expenditures and its receipt 
and disposition of child support payments from non-custodial parents. 
These quarterly reporting forms enable each State to provide that 
information, which is used to compute both the quarterly grants awarded 
to each State and the annual incentive payments earned by each State. 
This information is also included in a published annual statistical and 
financial report, available to the general public.
    Comments sent to the Office of Child Support Enforcement, both 
directly and in response to the Federal Register Notice published June 
10, 2002 (67 FR 39727), et seq.), provided many useful recommendations 
to update and correct these financial reporting forms.
    Based on these comments, these forms have been revised to conform 
with recent changes in Federal law and to enable State agencies to more 
accurately report financial data. In particular, State agencies will 
now be able to report amounts expended on computer systems in greater 
detail, and will be able to better differentiate the distribution of 
child support payments received on behalf of children in foster care 
facilities or who are current or former recipients of Medicaid 
payments. State agencies will now be able to identify those child 
support collections which, although undistributed, will be disbursed 
shortly to families and those collections that require further review 
before disbursement.
    Respondents: State agencies administering the Child Support 
Enforcement Program.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                               Number of    Average
                                                                  Number of    responses    burden       Total
                           Instrument                            respondents      per      hours per    burden
                                                                              respondent   response      hours
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OCSE-396A......................................................           54           4           8       1,728
OCSE-34A.......................................................           54           4           8       1,728
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,456.

Additional Information

    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the 
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Administration, 
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: April 22, 2003.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-10456 Filed 4-28-03; 8:45 am]
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