[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52222-52228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19428]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Regional Office 
Administered Program Forms for the Child and Adult Care Food Program

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice invites the public to comment on the proposed Food and Nutrition 
Service (FNS) forms which are used in the administration of the Child 
and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) for sponsoring organizations whose 
participation in this program is administered directly by the FNS Mid-
Atlantic Regional Office (FNS-MARO). This type of program is known as a 
Regional Office Administered Program (ROAP). FNS-MARO directly 
administers participation in the CACFP in Virginia.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before October 25, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Send comments and requests for copies of this information 
collection to Terry A. Hallberg, Chief, Program Analysis and Monitoring 
Branch, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, 
3101 Park

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Center Drive, Room 640, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
    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 will 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 or other 
forms of information technology.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of 
public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Hallberg, (703) 305-2590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: 7 CFR Part 226, Child and Adult Care Food Program 
Regulations.
    OMB Number: To be assigned.
    Expiration Date of Approval: To be assigned.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Abstract: This request is being made because the forms in this 
collection are being removed from OMB Collection 0584-0055, which 
implements data collection for the CACFP. These forms will be used only 
for the administration of the CACFP in the CACFP ROAP directly 
administered in Virginia by the FNS-MARO. OMB Collection 0584-0055 will 
continue to maintain the burden for the activities associated with the 
collection of information in the administration of the CACFP in all 
State agencies other than the CACFP ROAP in Virginia. However, there 
will not be forms associated with these burdens, since each State 
agency develops its own forms to implement the administrative 
requirements. This request also makes changes to two of the forms which 
are being removed from OMB Collection to conform these forms to the 
requirements of the management information and payment system of the 
Child Nutrition Payment Center.
    The following describes the uses and justification for each form 
being transferred to this collection, along with the changes requested 
for two of the forms.
    1. Form FNS 341, Application for Participation for Day Care Homes, 
Child Care, and Adult Care Centers. For family day care homes and 
child/adult care centers participating under a sponsoring organization, 
the sponsoring organization must certify the applications of all 
facilities under its jurisdiction. The information on this form enables 
FNS-MARO to determine that a family day care home or child/adult care 
center meets the qualifications for receiving benefits under the 
program.
    2. Form FNS 342, Application for Participation and Management Plan 
for Sponsoring Organizations in the CACFP. Each sponsoring organization 
and independent center applying for participation in the CACFP must 
provide information to show that it is capable of exercising complete 
administrative and financial responsibility for the operation of its 
food service under the program and complying with all applicable 
statutes and regulations. Form FNS 342 is being divided into FNS 342-A 
for child/adult care independent centers and sponsors of child/adult 
care centers, and FNS 342-B, for sponsors of family day care homes. In 
the Child Nutrition Payment Center management information system, 
application information is collected and recorded separately for child/
adult care independent centers and sponsoring organizations and for 
family day care home sponsoring organizations. The data elements for 
each type of entity are the same as the current form FNS 342, but each 
of the new forms only has the specific data elements which are relevant 
to the type of entity to which the form applies. Internet versions of 
Forms FNS 342-A and FNS 342-B will be available via a secure Internet 
application for independent centers and sponsoring organizations who 
wish to submit changes to the application information and the annual 
application renewal electronically. Sponsors who do not wish to submit 
electronically will submit paper copies of the forms to the FNS-MARO, 
where the data will be entered into the Child Nutrition Payment Center 
management information system.
    3. Form FNS 82, Child and Adult Food Care Program Claim for 
Reimbursement. Each sponsoring organization which has entered into an 
agreement with the FNS-MARO to operate the CACFP must provide 
information each month on the number and types of facilities operated, 
the number, type, and eligibility category of meals served, and, for 
family day care home sponsors, the costs of administering the Program. 
This information is used by the Child Nutrition Payment Center to 
compute the reimbursement due to each institution. Form FNS 82 is being 
divided into FNS 82-A, Claim for Reimbursement-Child/Adult Care 
Centers, and FNS 82-B, Claim for Reimbursement, Family Day Care Home 
Sponsoring Organizations. In the Child Nutrition Payment Center system, 
claims for reimbursement are collected and recorded separately for 
child/adult care independent centers and sponsoring organizations and 
for family day care home sponsoring organizations. The data elements 
for each type of entity are the same as the current form FNS 82, but 
each of the new forms only has the specific data elements which are 
relevant to the type of entity to which the form applies. Internet 
versions of Forms FNS 82-A and FNS 82-B will be available via a secure 
Internet application for independent centers and sponsoring 
organizations who wish to monthly claims electronically; sponsors who 
do not wish to submit electronically will submit paper copies of the 
forms to the FNS-MARO, where the claim for reimbursement will be 
entered into the Child Nutrition Payment Center system. All sponsors 
receive reimbursement payments via electronic funds transfer, whether 
the claim is submitted electronically or on paper.
    4. Form FNS 344, Agreement (CACFP). This form is the contractual 
agreement that FNS executes with a sponsoring organization for 
participation in the Program. The agreement stipulates the 
institution's obligations in assuming administrative and financial 
obligations for Program operations.
    5. Form FNS 430, Application for Start-Up Payments for Family Day 
Care Home Sponsoring Organizations. Sponsoring organizations of family 
day care homes may be eligible to receive administrative funds for 
initiating or expanding food service operations in family day care 
homes. The information a sponsor provides on this form enables FNS-MARO 
to determine the approval or denial of a request for start-up 
administrative payments.

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    6. Form FNS 431, Agreement Between Sponsoring Organization and USDA 
for Start-Up Payments. This form authorizes the use of administrative 
funds to initiate or expand a food service program at family day care 
homes. An eligible sponsoring organization may enter into an agreement 
with USDA to use these funds for start up or expansion activities.
    7. Form FNS 433, Agreement Between Sponsoring Organizations and 
Family Day Care Homes. The respective rights and responsibilities of 
sponsoring organizations and family day care home providers are 
specified on this form. Each sponsoring organization of family day care 
homes is required to execute an agreement with each provider 
participating in the program under its sponsorship.
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    Dated: August 10, 2004.
Roberto Salazar,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 04-19428 Filed 8-24-04; 8:45 am]
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