[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33643-33644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13574]


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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 Annual Report (ACF-700).
    OMB No.: 0980-0241.

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    Description: The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) report 
requests annual tribal aggregate information on services provided 
through the CCDF, which is required by the Child Care and Development 
Fund Block Grant (CCDBG) Final Rule (45 CFR parts 98 and 99). Tribes 
are required to submit annual aggregate data appropriate to tribal 
programs on children and families receiving CCDF funds or CCDBG-funded 
child care services. The CCDBG statute and regulations also require 
Tribal Lead Agencies to submit a supplemental narrative as part of the 
ACF-700 report. This narrative describes general child care activities 
and actions in the Tribal Lead Agency's service area and is not 
restricted to CCDF-funded child care activities. Instead, this 
description is intended to address all child care available in the 
Tribal Lead Agency's service area. The ACF-700 and supplemental 
narrative report will be included in the Secretary's report to 
Congress, as appropriate, and will be shared with all Tribal Lead 
Agencies to inform them of CCDF or CCDBG-funded activities in other 
tribal programs.
    Respondents: Tribal CCDF Programs (263 in total).

                                             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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ACF-700 form (CCDF Annual Tribal Report)....             263                1               35            9,205
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:....  ...............  ...............  ...............           9,205
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    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: June 9, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-13574 Filed 6-15-04; 8:45 am]
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