[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 53 (Monday, March 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 13508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5475]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects: Grants to States for Family Violence Prevention 
and Services, Grants to Native American Tribes and Alaskan Native 
Villages, Grants to State Domestic Violence Coalitions.
    Title: Grants for Battered Women's Shelters.
    OMB No.: 0970-0274.
    Description: This information collection is authorized under Title 
III of the Child Abuse Amendments of 1984, Public Law 98-457, as 
amended. In response to the program announcements, the respondents 
submit information about their service programs and their eligibility. 
Information that is collected is used to award grants under the Family 
Violence Prevention and Services/Grants for Battered Women's Shelters 
Program.
    Respondents: State agencies administering the Family Violence 
Prevention and Services program; Native American Tribes and Tribal 
Organizations administering the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
program; and state domestic violence coalitions administering the 
Family Violence Prevention and Services program.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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State FV Agencies...............................              53               1               6             318
Tribes and Alaskan Villages.....................             180               1               6           1,080
Domestic Violence Coalitions....................              53               1               6             318
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,716.
    In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families in soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of informationcan 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: March 14, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-5475 Filed 3-18-05; 8:45 am]
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