[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 33765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5291]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERICES

Administration for Children and Families


Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency 
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

    Title: Court Improvement Program New Grants.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The President signed the Deficit Reduction Act of 
2005, Public Law 109-171, into law on February 8, 2006. The law 
authorizes and appropriates funds for two new grants under the Court 
Improvement Program under title IV-B, section 438 of the Social 
Security Act. The highest State court in a State with an approved title 
IV-E plan is eligible to apply for either or both of the new grants. 
The new grants are for the purposes of: (1) Ensuring that the needs of 
children are met in a timely and complete manner through improved case 
tracking and analysis of child welfare cases, and (2) training judges, 
attorneys and other legal personnel in child welfare cases and 
conducting cross-training with child welfare agency staff and 
contractors.
    The statute requires separate applications for these two new 
grants. The annual burden estimates below describe the estimated burden 
for each of the new grants. ACF proposes to collect information from 
the State about their work under these grants (applications, program 
reports) by way of a Program Instruction, which will be issued by June 
14, 2006. This Program Instruction will describe the programmatic and 
fiscal provisions and reporting requirements for each of the grants, 
specify the application submittal and approval procedures for the 
grants for fiscal years 2006 through 2010 and identify technical 
resources for use by State courts during the course of the grants. The 
agency will use the information received to ensure compliance with the 
statute and provide training and technical assistance to the grantees.
    Respondents: State Courts.

                                             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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Application.....................................              52               1              40           2,080
Annual Program Report...........................              52               1              36           1,872
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,952 hours.
    Additional Information: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 90-day 
approval for this information collection under procedures for emergency 
processing by June 14, 2006. A copy of this information collection, 
with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling 
the Administration for Children and Families, Reports Clearance 
Officer, Robert Sargis, at (202) 690-7275. E-mail address: 
[email protected].
    Comments and questions about the information collection described 
above should be directed to the following address by June 14, 2006: 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Paper Reduction Project, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACF, E-mail 
address: [email protected].

    Dated: June 6, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-5291 Filed 6-9-06; 8:45 am]
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