[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39296-39297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15674]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: State Abstinence Education Program.
    OMB No.: 0970-0381.
    Description: The State Abstinence Program was extended through 
Fiscal Year 2014 under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 
2010 (Affordable Care Act, hereafter), Public Law 111-148.
    The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is accepting 
applications from States and Territories for the development and 
implementation of the State Abstinence Program. The purpose of this 
program is to support decisions to abstain from sexual activity by 
providing abstinence programming as

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defined by Section 510(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710(b)) 
with a focus on those groups that are most likely to bear children out-
of-wedlock, such as youth in or aging out of foster care and other 
vulnerable populations. States are encouraged to develop flexible, 
medically accurate and effective abstinence-based plans responsive to 
their specific needs and inclusive of vulnerable populations. These 
plans must provide abstinence education, and at the option of the 
State, where appropriate, mentoring, counseling, and adult supervision 
to promote abstinence from sexual activity, with a focus on those 
groups which are most likely to bear children out-of-wedlock. An 
expected outcome for all programs is to promote abstinence from sexual 
activity.
    OMB approval is requested to solicit comments from the public on 
paperwork reduction as it relates to ACYF's receipt of the following 
documents from applicants and awardees:

Application for Mandatory Formula Grant

State Plan

Performance Progress Report

    Respondents: 50 States and 9 Territories, to include, District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Northern 
Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall 
Islands and Palau

                                             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, to include program narrative.......              59               1              24           1,416
State Plan......................................              59               1              40           2,360
Performance Progress Reports....................              59               2              30           3,540
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,316
    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. 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.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-15674 Filed 6-28-13; 8:45 am]
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