[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 59 (Monday, March 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15438-15439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6866]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Strengthening Communities Fund Program Evaluation.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: This proposed information collection activity is to 
obtain evaluation information from Strengthening Communities Fund (SCF) 
grantees. Grantees include participants in two SCF grant programs 
contributing to the economic recovery as authorized in the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The SCF evaluation is an 
important opportunity to examine the outcomes achieved by the 
Strengthening Communities Fund in meeting its objective of improving 
the capacity of

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grantees that include Nonprofit organizations and State, Local and 
Tribal Governments. The evaluation for each program will be designed to 
assess progress and measure increased organizational capacity of 
grantees in each of the two SCF programs. The purpose of this request 
will be to establish the approved baseline instruments for follow-up 
data collection.
    Respondents: SCF Grantees (both the Nonprofit Capacity Building 
Program and the Government Capacity Building Program) made up of State, 
local, and Tribal governments, as well as nonprofit organizations.

                                             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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Nonprofit Capacity Building Program Performance               35               4               1             140
 Progress Report (PPR)..........................
Government Capacity Building Program PPR........              49               4               1             196
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 336.
    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: March 24, 2010.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-6866 Filed 3-26-10; 8:45 am]
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