[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 81614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32509]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Office of Community Services (OCS) Community Economic 
Development (CED) and Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals 
(JOLI) Standard Reporting Format.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Office of Community Services (OCS) is collecting 
key information about projects funded through the Community Economic 
Development (CED) and Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals 
(JOLI) programs. The legislative requirement for these two programs is 
in Title IV of the Community Opportunities, Accountability and Training 
and Educational Services Act (COATS Human Services Reauthorization Act) 
of October 27, 1998, Public Law 105-285, section 680(b) as amended. The 
Performance Progress Report (PPR) is a new proposed reporting format 
that will collect information concerning the outcomes and management of 
CED and JOLI projects. OCS will use the data to critically review the 
overall design and effectiveness of each program.
    The PPR will be administered to all active grantees of the CED and 
JOLI programs. Grantees will be required to use this reporting tool for 
their semiannual reports. The majority of the questions in this tool 
were adapted from a previously approved questionnaire, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number: 0970-0317. Questions were 
also adapted to the OMB-approved reporting format of the PPR, 
specifically forms SF-PPR, SF-PPR-A, SF-PPR-B, and SF-PPR-E. Additional 
changes were made to improve the clarity and quality of the data and to 
eliminate unnecessary questions. The PPR will replace both the annual 
questionnaire and the current semi-annual reporting format, which will 
result in an overall reduction in burden for the grantees while 
significantly improving the quality of the data collected by OCS.
    Respondents: Current CED and JOLI grantees.

                                         Table 1--Annual Burden Estimate
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                     responses      respondent     per  response       hours
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PPR Forms for current OCS JOLI grantees.........              40               2             1.5             120
PPR Forms for current OCS CED grantees..........             170               2             1.5             510
Estimated Annual Burden Hours...................  ..............  ..............  ..............             630
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 630.
    Additional Information:
    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained 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. All requests 
should be identified by the title of the information collection. E-mail 
address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment:
    OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of 
information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document 
in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having 
its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the following:
    Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 
202-395-7285, E-mail: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer 
for the Administration for Children and Families.

    Dated: December 21, 2010.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-32509 Filed 12-27-10; 8:45 am]
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