[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 97 (Friday, May 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29316-29317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10124]


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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 and Family Services Plan, Annual Progresss and 
Services Report, and the CFS-101, Parts I and II.
    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) or an Annual Progresss and Services 
Report (APSR), and an annual budget request and estimated expenditure 
report (CFS-101). The CFS-101 is 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 the Educational and Training Vouchers program (ETV) under 
section 477(a)(6) and 477(i) of the Act. 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 and 
has a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number of 93.599. 
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 reallocatd to other 
States on the basis of their relative need for funds as requested.
    The CFSP and the APSR are being renewed and the CFS-101 is being 
updated to include the request for ETV funds and to either request or 
release funds for reallocation.
    Respondents: 275 (50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
and approximately 223 possible Tribal entities).

                                             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................................                275                  1                240  66,000/5 = 13,200
APSR................................                275                  1                180             49,500
CFS-101.............................                275                  1                  5              1,375
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 64,075.
    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: May 16, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-10124 Filed 5-19-05; 8:45 am]
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