[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 31, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16138-16139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6999]


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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: 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 (ARPA). The SCF evaluation is an 
important opportunity to examine the outcomes

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achieved by the Strengthening Communities Fund in meeting its objective 
of improving the capacity of 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 is 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 PPR................              49               4               1             196
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 336.
    Additional Information: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 180 day 
approval for this information collection under procedures for emergency 
processing by April 15, 2010. 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 17th Street NW., Washington, 
DC 20503, FAX (202) 395-6974.

    Dated: March 22, 2010.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-6999 Filed 3-30-10; 8:45 am]
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