[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36551-36552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14371]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Form CB-496. ``Title IV-E Programs Quarterly Financial 
Report''.
    OMB No.: 0970-0205.
    Description: This report is required to be submitted at the end of 
each fiscal quarter by each State or Tribe with an approved plan under 
title IV-E of the Social Security Act to administer the Foster Care, 
Adoption Assistance and Guardianship Assistance programs. In submitting 
this form, each State or Tribal grantee meets its statutory and 
regulatory requirement to report actual program expenditures made in 
the preceding fiscal quarter and to provide an estimate of program 
expenditures anticipated in the upcoming fiscal quarter. This reporting 
form also provides for the quarterly reporting of the average number of 
children assisted through each of the three programs.
    The Administration for Children and Families provides Federal 
funding at the rate of 50 percent for all allowable administrative 
expenditures, with funding at higher rates for some training costs and 
maintenance assistance payments. The information collected on this 
report is used to calculate quarterly Federal grant awards issued to 
States and Tribes and to assist in the oversight of the financial 
management of these programs.
    With the enactment of Public Law 110-351, the ``Fostering 
Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008'' (October 
7, 2008), the Guardianship Assistance program started operation in FY 
2009 and Tribes, tribal organizations and consortia became eligible to 
submit individual title IV-E plans in FY 2010. At the time of this 
request for OMB review, 33 States have had their State plan amendments 
submitted and approved to include the Guardianship program; additional 
States are anticipated in the future. To date, although only a single 
Tribal title IV-E plan has been approved, several additional Tribal 
plans are in the final stages of the review process, with approval 
anticipated shortly.
    Under Public Law 112-34, the ``Child and Family Services 
Improvement and Innovation Act'' (September 30, 2011), Section 1130 of 
the Social Security Act was amended to allow ACF to approve up to ten 
child welfare waiver demonstration projects in each of FYs 2012-2014. 
These projects are to continue no longer than five years and be 
completed no later than September 30, 2019, the end of FY 2019.
    The anticipated inclusion of thirty additional State demonstration 
projects requires several additional data entry requirements for the 
reporting of demonstration project expenditures on Part 3 of Form CB-
496.
    The final draft version of this form was the result of comments in 
response to several teleconference calls with Federal and grantee 
staffs and a `webinar'' presentation that provided detailed discussions 
concerning the reporting of demonstration project expenditures on Part 
3. Comments were also received in response to the first Federal 
Register Notice (77 FR 70165 et. seq., November 23, 2012).
    Respondents: State (including the District of Columbia and Puerto 
Rico) and Tribal title IV-E agencies administering the Foster Care, 
Adoption Assistance and Guardianship Assistance Programs.

                                             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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Form CB-496, ``Title IV-E Programs Quarterly                  30               4              23           2,760
 Financial Report'' (with Part 3:
 ``Demonstration Projects'')....................
Form CB-496, ``Title IV-E Programs Quarterly                  32               4              17           2,176
 Financial Report'' (without Part 3:
 ``Demonstration Projects'')....................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.........  ..............  ..............  ..............           4,936
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    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. 2013-14371 Filed 6-17-13; 8:45 am]
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