[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 34 (Monday, February 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8092-8093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3760]


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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.
    OMB No.: 0970-0245.
    Description: The Court Improvement Program provides grants to State 
court systems to conduct assessments of their foster care and adoption 
laws and judicial processes and to develop and implement a plan for 
system improvement. ACF proposes to collect information from the States 
about this program (applications, program reports) by way of a Program 
Instruction, which

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(1) describes the requirements for States under the reauthorization of 
the Court Improvement Program; (2) outlines the programmatic and fiscal 
provisions and reporting requirements of the program; (3) specifies the 
application submittal and approval procedures for the program for 
Fiscal Years 2007 through 2011; and (4) identifies technical resources 
for use by State courts during the course of the program. This Program 
Instruction contains information collection requirements pursuant to 
receiving a grant award that are found in Public Law 103-66, as amended 
by Public Law 105-89, Public Law 107-133, Public Law 109-239, and 
Public Law 109-288. The agency will use 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                 1                40             2,080
Annual program report...................                52                 1                36             1,872
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,952
    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: February 18, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-3760 Filed 2-20-09; 8:45 am]
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