[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34352-34353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16477]


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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: Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Financial Report, 
Form ACF-696 (States and Territories).
    OMB No.: 0970-0163.
    Description: States and Territories use the Financial Report Form 
ACF-696 for reporting Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) 
expenditures. Authority to collect and report this information is found 
in Section 658G of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990, as revised. In addition to the Program Reporting Requirements set 
forth in 45 CFR Part 98, Subpart H, the regulations at 45 CFR 98.65(g) 
and 98.67(c)(1) authorize the Secretary to require financial reports as 
necessary.
    The form provides specific data regarding claims and provides a 
mechanism for States to request Child Care grant awards and to certify 
the availability of State matching funds. Failure to collect this data 
would seriously compromise ACF's ability to monitor Child Care and 
Development Fund expenditures. This information is also used to 
estimate outlays and may

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be used to prepare ACF budget submissions to Congress.
    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, (Pub. L. 
111-5) provides an additional $2 billion for the Child Care and 
Development Fund to help States, Territories, and Tribes provide child 
care assistance to low income working families. CCDF Program 
Instruction (CCDF-ACF-PI-2009-03) provided guidance on ARRA spending 
requirements.
    Section 1512 of the ARRA legislation requires recipients to report 
quarterly spending and performance data on the public Web site, 
``Recovery.gov''. Federal agencies are required to collect ARRA 
expenditure data and performance data and these data must be clearly 
distinguishable from the regular CCDF (non-ARRA) funds. To ensure 
transparency and accountability, the ARRA authorizes Federal agencies 
and grantees to track and report separately on expenditures from funds 
made available by the stimulus bill. Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) guidance implementing the ARRA legislation indicates that 
agencies requiring additional information for oversight should rely on 
existing authorities and reflect these requirements in their award 
terms and conditions as necessary, following existing procedures. 
Therefore, to capture ARRA expenditures, the ACF-696 has been modified 
(by the addition of a column) for reporting ARRA expenditure data. In 
addition, a new data element will ask States and Territories to 
estimate the number of child service months funded with ARRA dollars. 
The collection will not duplicate other information.
    Respondents: States and Territories.

                                             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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CCDF State and Territory Plan...............              56                4                5            1,120
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,120.
    Additional Information:
    ACF is requesting that 0MB grant a 90 day approval for this 
information collection under procedures for emergency processing by 
July 15, 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 17 Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20503, FAX (202) 395-6974.

    Dated: June 6, 2009.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E9-16477 Filed 7-14-09; 8:45 am]
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