[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 77 (Thursday, April 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 18577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9340]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Tribal TANF Data Report, TANF Annual Report, and Reasonable 
Cause/Corrective Action Documentation Process- Final.
    OMB No.: 0970-0215.
    Description: 42 U.S.C. 612 (Section 412 of the Social Security Act 
as amended by Public Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA)), mandates that 
Federally-recognized Indian Tribes with approved Tribal TANF program 
collect and submit to the Secretary of the Department of Health and 
Human Services data on the recipients served by the Tribe's programs. 
This information includes both aggregated and disaggregated data on 
case characteristics and individual characteristics. In addition, 
Tribes that are subject to a penalty are allowed to provide reasonable 
cause justifications as to why a penalty should not be imposed or may 
develop and implement corrective compliance procedures to eliminate the 
source of the penalty. Finally, there is an annual report, which 
requires the Tribes to describe program characteristics. All of the 
above requirements are currently approved by OMB and the Administration 
for Children and Families is simply proposing to extend them without 
any changes.
    Respondents: Indian Tribes.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden  hours   Total  burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per  response       hours
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Final Tribal TANF Data Report...................              62               4             451         111,848
Tribal TANF Annual Report.......................              62               1              40           2,480
Tribal TANF Reasonable Cause/Corrective.........              62               1              60           3,720
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 118,048.
    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: April 20, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-9340 Filed 4-22-09; 8:45 am]
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