[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1213-1214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31714]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Descriptive Study of County versus State Administered 
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Programs.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is 
proposing an information collection activity as part of the Descriptive 
Study of County and State Administered TANF Programs. The proposed 
information collection consists of semi-structured interviews with key 
County and State staff on questions of county TANF administration, 
policies, service delivery, and program context. Through this 
information collection, ACF seeks to gain an in-depth, systematic 
understanding of the differences in program implementation, operations, 
outputs and outcomes between state and county administered TANF 
programs, and identify special technical assistance needs of state 
supervised, county administered programs.
    Respondents: Semi-structured interviews will be held with state and 
county TANF administrators and staff.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                           of         responses per   burden hours    Annual burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Discussion Guide for use with county TANF                     12               1             1.5              18
 Administrators.................................
Discussion Guide for use with state TANF                       6               1               1               6
 Administrators or program managers.............
Discussion Guide for use with state human                      6               1               1               6
 service department director or cabinet-level
 official.......................................
Discussion Guide for use with county executives               12               1               1              12
 or county board members........................
Discussion Guide for use with County TANF                      6               1             1.5               9
 directors' associations, or similar
 organizations..................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........  ..............  ..............  ..............              51
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    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(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: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.

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Email 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 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.

Steven M. Hammer,
Reports Clearance Officer; Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
[FR Doc. 2012-31714 Filed 1-7-13; 8:45 am]
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