[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 243 (Monday, December 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78662-78663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32349]


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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: State Court Improvement Program.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Court Improvement Program (CIP) is composed of 
three grants, the basic, data, and training grants, governed by two 
separate Program Instructions (PIs). The training and data grants are 
governed by the ``new grant'' PI and the basic grant is governed by the 
``basic grant'' PI. Current PIs require separate applications and 
program assessment reports for each grant. Every State applies for at 
least two of the grants annually and most States apply for all three. 
As many of the application requirements are the same for all three 
grants, this results in duplicative work and high degrees of repetition 
for State courts applying for more than one CIP grant.
    The purpose of this Program Instruction is to streamline and 
simplify the application and reporting processes by consolidating the 
PIs into one single PI and requiring one single, consolidated 
application (App) package and program assessment report (PAR) per State 
court annually. These revisions will satisfy statutory programmatic 
requirements and reduce both the number of required responses and 
associated total burden hours for State courts.
    This new PI also describes programmatic and fiscal provisions and

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reporting requirements for the grants, specifies the application 
submittal and approval procedures for the grants for fiscal years 2012 
through 2015, and identifies technical resources for use by State 
courts during the course of the grants. The agency uses the information 
received to ensure compliance with the statute and provide training and 
technical assistance to the grantees.
    Respondents: Highest State Courts of Appeal.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Application.....................................              52               1              92            4784
Program Assessment Report.......................              52               1              86            4472
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9256.
    Additional Information: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 180 day 
approval for this information collection under procedures for emergency 
processing by December 20, 2011. 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) 395-7285; email: [email protected].

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-32349 Filed 12-16-11; 8:45 am]
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