[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 9405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4355]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency 
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

    Title: Grant Application Data Summary (GADS).
    OMB No.: 0970-0328.
    Description: The purpose of this request is to obtain an emergency 
OMB clearance of the Grant Application Data Summary (GADS) form to 
ensure 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 ADA FY09 Program 
Announcements (PAs). The PA5 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 PA5; it was necessary for ANA 
to change the GADS form to reflect the new PA5. 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; 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 Immersion Language 
Net; Language Survival School.
    Respondents: Federally Recognized Indian Tribes, Tribal 
Governments, Native American Non-profits, Tribal Colleges and 
Universities.

                                             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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Grant Application Data Summary..............             500                1             0.50              250
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 250.
    Additional Information:
    ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 90 day approval for this 
information collection under procedures for emergency processing by 
March 12, 2009. A copy of this information collection, with applicable 
supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling The Administration 
for Children and Families, Reports Clearance Officer, Robert Sargis at 
(202) 690-7275.
    Comments and questions about the information collection described 
above should be directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACF, Office of Management and 
Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20503, (202) 395-4718.

    Dated: February 23, 2009.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E9-4355 Filed 3-3-09; 8:45 am]
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