[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 117 (Friday, June 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35447-35448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-15076]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP), Annual Progress and 
Servicers Review (ASPR), and Annual Budget Expenses Request and 
Estimated Expenditures (CFS-101).
    OMB No.: 0980-0047.

Description

    Under title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, of the Social Security Act (the 
Act), States, Territories, and Tribes are required to submit a Child 
and Family Services Plan (CFSP). The CFSP lays the groundwork for a 
system of coordinated, integrated, and culturally relevant family 
services for the subsequent five years (45 CFR 1357.15(a)(1)). The CFSP 
outlines initiatives and activities the State, Tribe or territory will 
carry out in administering programs and services to promote the safety, 
permanency, and well-being of children and families. By June 30 of each 
year, States, Territories, and Tribes are also required to submit an 
Annual Progress and Services Report (APSR) and a financial report 
called the CFS-101. The APSR is a Yearly report that discusses progress 
made by a State, Territory or Tribe in accomplishing the goals and 
objectives cited in its CFSP (45 CFR 1357.16(a)). The APSR contains new 
and updated information about service needs and organizational 
capacities throughout the five-year plan period. The CFS-101 has three 
parts. Part I is an annual budget request for the upcoming fiscal year. 
Part II includes a summary of planned expenditures by

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program area for the upcoming fiscal year, the estimated number of 
individuals or families to be served, and the geographical service 
area. Part III includes actual expenditures by program area, numbers of 
families and individuals served by program area, and the geographic 
areas served for the last complete fiscal year.
    The Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006 amended Title 
IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, adding a number of requirements that affect 
reporting through the APSR and the CFS-101. Of particular note, the law 
added a provision requiring States (including Puerto Rico and the 
District of Columbia) to report data on caseworker visits (section 
424(e) of the Act). States must provide annual data on (1) the 
percentage of children in foster care under the responsibility of the 
State who were visited on a monthly basis by the caseworker handling 
the case of the child; and (2) the percentage of the visits that 
occurred in the residence of the child. In addition, by June 30, 2008, 
States must set target percentages and establish strategies to meet the 
goal that; by October 1, 2011; at least 90 percent of the children in 
foster care are visited by their caseworkers on a monthly basis and 
that the majority of these visits occur in the residence of the child 
(section 424(e)(2)(A) of the Act).

Respondents

    States, Territories, and Tribes must complete the CFSP, APSR, and 
CFS-101. Tribes and territories are exempted from the monthly 
caseworker visits reporting requirement of the APSR. There are 
approximately 180 Tribal entities that are eligible for IV-B funding. 
There are 52 States (including Puerto Rico and the District of 
Columbia) that must complete the CFSP, APSR, and CFS-101. There are a 
total of 232 possible respondents.

                                             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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ASPR............................................             232               1           76.58       17,766.56
CFSP............................................             232               1          120.25       27,898
CFS-101, Parts I, II, and III...................             232               1            4.38        1,016.16
Caseworker Visits...............................              52               1           99.33        5,165.16
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 51,845.88.

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.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-15076 Filed 6-16-11; 8:45 am]
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