[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40304-40305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3575]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Assets for Independence Program Performance Management and 
Report to Congress Data Collection Form.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Assets for Independence (AFI) program is a program 
authorized by Section 403 of the Community Opportunities, 
Accountability, and Training and Educational Services Act of 1998 (the 
Act). The Office of Community Services (OCS) within the U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS) administers the AFI program to 
support innovative asset-building projects that feature Individual 
Development Accounts (IDAs), financial education, and related services. 
The Act requires AFI program grantees to submit annual reports to OCS 
with detailed information about project operations and participant 
activities. The information collected is used by OCS for performance 
management and to prepare mandated Reports to Congress.
    The AFI Program Performance Management and Report to Congress Data 
Collection Form is used to collect eight categories of information, as 
required by the Act. Examples of the types of information collected 
include: Project features; the number and characteristics of project 
participants; amounts of participant savings and matching funds 
deposited in the IDAs; amounts withdrawn from the IDAs; the withdrawal 
purposes; and current balances in participant IDAs. The data collection 
form is an online form available on the OCS asset-building Web site. 
Grantees are provided training and technical assistance in completing 
the form.

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    Respondents: Organizations receiving funding to implement an AFI 
program.

                                             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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Assets for Independence Program Performance              400                1               10            4,000
 Management and Report to Congress Data
 Collection Form............................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,000
    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: July 18, 2007.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-3575 Filed 7-23-07; 8:45 am]
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