[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 84 (Monday, May 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20486-20487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10133]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: ORR Financial Status Report for the Cash and Medical 
Assistance Program.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) reimburses, 
to the extent of available appropriations, certain non-Federal costs 
for the provision of cash and medical assistance to refugees, along 
with allowable expenses for the administration the refugee resettlement 
program at the State level. States (and Wilson/Fish projects; i.e., 
alternative projects for the administration of the refugee resettlement 
program) currently submit SF-269 Financial Status data in accordance 
with 45 CFR part 92 and 45 CFR part 74. This proposed new data 
collection would replace the current requirement for the SF-269 with a 
financial status report form that would collect similar financial 
status data (i.e., amounts of outlays and obligations) by the four 
program components: refugee cash assistance, refugee medical 
assistance, cash and medical assistance administration, and services 
for unaccompanied refugee minors. This breakdown of financial status 
data would allow ORR to track program expenditures in greater detail to 
anticipate any funding issues and to meet the requirements of ORR 
regulations at CFR 400.211 to collect these data for use in estimating 
future costs of the refugee resettlement program. ORR must implement 
the methodology at CFR 400.211 each year after receipt of its annual 
appropriation to ensure that appropriated funds will be adequate for 
assistance to entering refugees. The estimating methodology prescribed 
in the regulations requires the use of actual past costs by program 
component. In the event that the methodology indicates that 
appropriated funds are inadequate, ORR must take steps to reduce 
federal expenses, such as by limiting the number of months of 
eligibility for Refugee Cash Assistance and Refugee Medical Assistance. 
This proposed single-page financial status report will allow ORR to 
collect the necessary data to ensure that funds are adequate for the 
projected need and thereby meet the requirements of both the Refugee 
Act and ORR regulations.
    Respondents: State governments.

Wilson/Fish Alternative Projects

                                             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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ORR Financial Status Report.................              58                4             0.50              116
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 116.
    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

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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 29, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-10133 Filed 5-1-09; 8:45 am]
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