[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4872-4873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-324]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Court Improvement Program New Grants.
    OMB No.: 0970-0307.
    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 in 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

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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 the two new grants. ACF collects information from the States about 
their work under these grants (applications, program reports) by way of 
a Program Instruction issued on June 15, 2006.
    This Program Instruction describes the programmatic and fiscal 
provisions and reporting requirements for each of the grants, specifies 
the application submittal and approval procedures for the grants for 
fiscal years 2006 through 2010, and identifies technical resources for 
use by State courts during the course of the grants. The agency uses 
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               2              40           4,160
Annual Program Report...........................              52               2              36           3,744
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,904.

Additional Information

    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 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: January 18, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 08-324 Filed 1-25-08; 8:45 am]
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