[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 162 (Monday, August 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 52331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21317]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Annual Report/ACF 204 (State MOE)--1 collection.
    OMB No.: 0970-0248.

Description

    The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 
three-year extension of the ACF-204 (Annual MOE Report). The report is 
used to collect descriptive program characteristics information on the 
programs operated by States and Territories in association with their 
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs. All State and 
Territory expenditures claimed toward States and Territories MOE 
requirements must be appropriate, i.e., meet all applicable MOE 
requirements. The Annual MOE Report provides the ability to learn about 
and to monitor the nature of State and Territory expenditures used to 
meet States and Territories MOE requirements, and it is an important 
source of information about the different ways that States and 
Territories are using their resources to help families attain and 
maintain self-sufficiency. In addition, the report is used to obtain 
State and Territory program characteristics for ACFs annual report to 
Congress, and the report serves as a useful resource to use in 
Congressional hearings about how TANF programs are evolving, in 
assessing State the Territory MOE expenditures, and in assessing the 
need for legislative changes.

Respondents

    The 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, 
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

                                             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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ACF-204.............................                54                  1                128              6,912
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,912.
    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 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 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 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.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-21317 Filed 8-19-11; 8:45 am]
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