[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 140 (Monday, July 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42355-42356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16616]


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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 Care Quarterly Case Record Report--ACF-801.
    OMB No.: 0970-0167.
    Description: Section 658K of the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-508, 42 U.S.C. 9858) requires that 
States and Territories submit monthly case-level data on the children 
and families receiving direct services under the Child Care and 
Development Fund. The implementing regulations for the statutorily 
required reporting are at 45 CFR 98.70. Case-level reports, submitted 
quarterly or monthly (at grantee option), include monthly sample or 
full population case-level data. The data elements to be included in 
these reports are represented in the ACF-801. ACF uses disaggregate 
data to determine program and participant characteristics as well as 
costs and levels of child care services provided. This provides ACF 
with the information necessary to make reports to Congress, address 
national child care needs, offer technical assistance to grantees, meet 
performance measures, and conduct research. Consistent with the statute 
and regulations, ACF requests extension of the ACF-801. With this 
extension, ACF is proposing several changes and clarifications to the 
reporting requirements and instructions.
    Respondents: States, the District of Columbia, and Territories 
including Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and 
the Northern Marianna Islands.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                               Average burden
               Instrument                      No. of       No. of responses      hours per       Total burden
                                             respondents     per respondent       response            hours
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ACF-801.................................                56                 4                20             4,480
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,480.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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

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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 16, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-16616 Filed 7-18-08; 8:45 am]
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