[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3212]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: CFS-101, Part I Annual Budget Request for Title IV-B, 
Subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA, CFCIP.
    OMB No.: 0980-0047.
    Description: Under title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, of the Social 
Security Act, States and Indian Tribes are to submit a five-year Child 
and Family Services Plan (CFSP), an Annual Progress and Services Report 
(APSR), and an annual budget request and estimated expenditure report 
(CFS-101). The CFS-101 will be submitted annually with the CFSP or the 
APSR to apply for appropriated funds for the next fiscal year. The CFSP 
also includes the required State plans under section 106 of the Child 
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) and section 477 of title IV-
E, the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP), of the Social 
Security Act (the Act).
    Congress has now appropriated funds for payments to States to 
implement educational and training vouchers (ETV) under section 
477(a)(6) and 477(i) of the Act. The ETV program has been assigned a 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number of 93.599. The ETV 
program is integrated into the overall purpose and framework of the 
Chafee program; however, the program has a separate budget 
authorization and appropriation from the general CFCIP. This program 
addition will have an impact on how States report expenditures. Also, 
if a State does not apply for funds for the ETV program for a fiscal 
year by July 31 of that year, the funds will be reallocated to one or 
more other States on the basis of their relative need for funds as 
requested in Part II of the application. The CFS-101 is being updated 
to include the request for ETV funds and to either request or release 
funds for reallocation.
    Respondents: States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

                                             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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CFSP.........................................             300                1              525          157,500
APSR.........................................             300                1              295           88,500
CFS-101......................................             300                1                6            1,800
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 247,800.
    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 
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail 
address: [email protected]. 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: February 9, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-3212 Filed 2-12-04; 8:45 am]
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