[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 67 (Thursday, April 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 16213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8008]


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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 (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: April 2, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-8008 Filed 4-8-09; 8:45 am]
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