[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37910-37911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15389]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: State Court Improvement Program.
    OMB No.: 0970-0307.
    Description: From the funds appropriated for the Promoting Safe and 
Stable Families Program (PSSF), $10 million is reserved annually for 
each of three grants to facilitate the State Court Improvement Program 
(CIP) to facilitate court improvement in the handling of child abuse 
and neglect cases.
    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 package and program assessment report 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 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: State Courts.

                                             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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Application.....................................              52               1              92           4,784
Annual Reports..................................              52               1              86           4,472
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,256.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection. Email 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, email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the 
Administration for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-15389 Filed 6-22-12; 8:45 am]
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