[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4518-4519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1948]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited 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) ways to enhance 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

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or other forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Section 510 Abstinence Education Grant Program--
Guidance and Forms for the Title V Section 510 Abstinence Education 
Grant Program Application/Annual Report--NEW

    The Application Guidance for Section 510 of Title V of the Social 
Security Act is used annually by all States and jurisdictions in 
applying for Abstinence Education Block Grants under Section 510 of 
Title V of the Social Security Act, and in preparing the required 
annual report. This guidance provides guidelines to the State Maternal 
and Child Health Agencies (MCH) agencies on how to apply for the 
appropriated Section 510 Abstinence Education funds.
    The Section 510 Abstinence Education Grant program enables States 
to provide abstinence education, and at the option of States, where 
appropriate, mentoring, counseling, and adult supervision to promote 
abstinence from sexual activity, with a focus on those groups most 
likely to bear children out-of-wedlock. Projects must meet the 
legislative priorities as described in Section 510 of Title V of the 
Social Security Act. States agencies funded under the program are 
required to report annually on four national performance measures and a 
minimum of two State-developed performance measures.
    The guidance used annually by the 47 States and 4 jurisdictions 
that have applied for and received Section 510 Abstinence Education 
Grant funding have an estimated average burden of 170 hours. The burden 
estimate for this activity is based upon information provided by the 
pilot States as well as previous experience by States in completing the 
application. The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                              Number of       Responses per   Burden Hours per    Total Burden
      Application and Annual Report          Respondents       Respondent         Response            Hours
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States and Jurisdictions................                51                 1               170             8,670
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-45, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of notice.

    Dated: January 23, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-1948 Filed 1-29-04; 8:45 am]
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