[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 1618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-28]


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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 Progress and Services 
Report, the CFS-101, Parts I, II and III, and Caseworker Visits.
    OMB No.: 0980-0047.
    Description: Under title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, of the Social 
Security Act (the Act), States, Territories, and Tribes are required to 
submit a Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP). The CFSP lays the 
groundwork for a system of coordinated, integrated, and culturally 
relevant family services for the subsequent five years (45 CFR 
1357.15(a)(1)). The CFSP outlines initiatives and activities the State, 
Tribe, or Territory will carry out in administering programs and 
services to promote the safety, permanency, and well-being of children 
and families. By June 30 of each year, States, Territories, and Tribes 
are also required to submit an Annual Progress and Services Report 
(APSR) and a financial report called the CFS-101.
    The APSR is a yearly report that discusses progress made by a 
State, Territory, or Tribe in accomplishing the goals and objectives 
cited in its CFSP (45 CFR 1357.16(a)). The APSR contains new and 
updated information about service needs and organizational capacities 
throughout the five-year plan period.
    The CFS-101 has three parts. Part I is an annual budget request for 
the upcoming fiscal year. Part II includes a summary of planned 
expenditures by program area for the upcoming fiscal year, the 
estimated number of individuals or families to be served, and the 
geographical service area. Part III includes actual expenditures by 
program area, numbers of families and individuals served by program 
area, and the geographic areas served for the last complete fiscal 
year.
    The Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006 amended Title 
IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, add a number of requirements that affect 
reporting through the APSR and the CFS-101. Of particular note, the law 
added a provision requiring States (excluding Tribes and Territories) 
to report data on caseworker visits (section 424(e) of the Act). States 
must provide annual data on 1) the percentage of children in foster 
care under the responsibility of the State who were visited on a 
monthly basis by the caseworker handling the case of the child, and 2) 
the percentage of the visits that occurred in the residence of the 
child. In addition, by June 30, 2008, States must set target 
percentages and establish strategies to meet the goal that, by October 
1, 2011, at least 90 percent of the children in foster care are visited 
by their caseworkers on a monthly basis and that the majority of these 
visits occur in the residence of the child (section 424(e)(2)(a) of the 
Act).
    Respondents: States, Territories, and Tribes must complete the 
CFSP, APSR, and CFS-101. Tribes and Territories are exempted from the 
monthly caseworker visits reporting requirement of the APSR. There are 
approximately 223 Tribal entities that are eligible for IV-B funding. 
There are 52 States and Territories that must complete the CFSP, APSR, 
and CFS-101. There are a total of 275 possible respondents.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden   Total burden
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per     hours per      hours (per
                                                    respondents     respondent      respondent         year)
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CFSP............................................             275               1          110.25  30,319/5 years
                                                                                                         = 6,064
APSR............................................             275               1           74.58          20,510
CFS-101, Parts I, II, and III...................             275               1            4.38           1,205
Caseworker Visits...............................              52               1           99.33           5,165
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 32,944.
    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: January 3, 2008.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 08-28 Filed 1-8-08; 8:45 am]
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