[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3609-3610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-953]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: ACF-IV-E-1 Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Financial 
Reporting Form.
    OMB No.: 0970-0205.
    Description: State agencies administer the Foster Care and Adoption 
Assistance Programs under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act. The 
Administration for Children and Families provides Federal funding at 
the rate of 50 percent for most of the administrative costs and at 
other rates for other specific categories of costs as detailed in 
Federal statutes and regulations. This form is submitted quarterly by 
each State to estimate the funding needs for the upcoming fiscal 
quarter and to report expenditures for the fiscal quarter just ended. 
The information collected in this report is used by this agency to 
calculate quarterly Federal grant awards and to enable oversight of the 
financial management of the programs.
    Part 3 of this form had also been used to collect semiannual budget 
projections. In response to the publication of the Federal Register 
Notice on October 10, 2008, comments from the ACF budget office 
indicated that this information is now available from other sources and 
the information previously collected on Part 3 is no longer needed. We 
are, therefore, deleting Part 3 of this form.
    Respondents: State agencies (including the District of Columbia and 
Puerto Rico) administering the Foster Care and Adoption Assistance 
programs under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act.

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                                             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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Form ACF-IV-E-1.............................              52               41                6            3,328
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,328.

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 13, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E9-953 Filed 1-16-09; 8:45 am]
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