[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66177-66178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5831]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 issued 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deposited in the IDAs; amounts withdrawn from the IDAs; the withdrawal 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 from available on the OCS asset-building Web site. 
Grantees provided training and technical assistance in completing the 
form.
    Respondents: Organizations receiving funding to implement an AFI 
program.

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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:
    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained 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. All requests 
should be identified by the title of the information collection. E-mail 
address: [email protected].

OMB Comment

    OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of 
information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document 
in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having 
its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed

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information collection should be sent directly to the following:
    Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 
202-395-6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children 
and Families.

    Dated: November 19, 2007.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-5831 Filed 11-26-07; 8:45 am]
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