[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7444-7445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3240]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Grant Application Data Summary (GADS) Form.
    OMB No.: 0970-0328.
    Description: The purpose of this request is to obtain emergency OMB 
clearance of the Grant Application Data Summary (GADS) form so 
information collected from all FY09 ANA grant applicants (in March 
2009) is accurate.
    The GADS collects information from applicants seeking grants from 
the Administration for Native Americans (ANA). ANA awards annual grants 
in nine competitive areas. Previously, ANA collected information using 
the GADS form for 4 competitive areas, not 9. The GADS form, which is 
part of the ANA discretionary grant application package, has been 
revised to comply with required changes made to the ANA FY09 Program 
Announcements (PAs). The PAs were changed to comply with a new policy 
established by ACF requiring that subcategories within a PA be broken 
down into a stand-alone PA. On 12/5/08, ANA published nine PAs to 
support this new requirement for separate PAs, it was necessary for ANA 
to change the GADS form to reflect the new PAs. Below are the changes 
to the GADS form: (please select relevant topic under one heading)
(1) Special Initiative: Family Preservation: Improving the Well-Being 
of Children Planning
Curriculum Development; Community Assessment; Develop a Family 
Preservation Strategic Plan

    Please choose all relevant topics from the selection below:

Relationship and Marriage Education for Adults; Relationship and 
Marriage Education for Youth; Marriage Enrichment activities and 
services; Pre-marital education and marriage skills; Relationships 
Skills; Responsible Fatherhood or Parenting; Family preservation 
activities offered in a culturally appropriate and traditional manner; 
Absentee parent services, education and activities; Reduce child/infant 
abuse and neglect and family domestic violence; Needs of grandparents 
raising grandchildren; Foster Parent Training Family strengthening 
services to individuals with substance abuse issues; Public Advertising 
Campaigns; Research
(2) Special Initiative: Family Preservation: Improving the Well-Being 
of Children Implementation
Relationship & Marriage Education for Adults; Relationship & Marriage 
Education for Youth; Marriage Enrichment activities & services; Pre-
marital education & marriage skills; Relationships Skills; Responsible 
Fatherhood; Parenting; Family preservation activities in a culturally 
appropriate & traditional manner; Absentee parent services, education & 
activities; Family Domestic Violence;

[[Page 7445]]

Grandparents raising grandchildren; Foster Parent Training; Family 
strengthening services to individuals with substance abuse issues; 
Public Advertising Campaigns; Research
(3) Native Language Preservation & Maintenance Assessment
Data Collection; Formal Language Assessment; Informal Language 
Assessment
(4) Native Language Preservation & Maintenance Planning
Plan & design Master/Apprentice programs; Plan & design comprehensive 
Native language immersion programs for a language nest or survival 
school; Plan, design & test curriculum for students, parents & language 
instructors; Plan & design teaching materials; Record, transcribe & 
archive oral testimony; Plan & design language resource materials using 
recorded oral testimony; Plan & design multi-media language learning 
tools; Plan & design teacher certification programs; Train teachers, 
interpreters or translators of Native languages
(5) Native Language Preservation & Maintenance Implementation
Produce/disseminate culturally relevant printed stories for children 
using the Native language of the community; Facilitate/encourage 
intergenerational teaching of Native American language skills; 
Disseminate culturally relevant materials to teach & enhance the use of 
Native American languages; Implement an immersion, mentor or distance 
learning model; Produce, distribute or participate in various media 
forms to broadcast Native languages; Implement an educational site-
based immersion project
(6) Native Language Preservation & Maintenance ImmersionLanguage Nest; 
Language Survival School
     Respondents: Federally Recognized Indian Tribes, Tribal 
Governments, Native American Non-profits, Tribal Colleges and 
Universities

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Number of      Average burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours per       Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grant Application Data Summary (GADS).......             500                1             0.50              250
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 250.
    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 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: February 11, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-3240 Filed 2-13-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-01-P