[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 3967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01176]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Model Plan 
Application.
    OMB No.: 0970-0382.
    Sections 676 of the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Act 
requires States, including the District of Columbia and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories applying for CSBG 
funds to submit an application and plan (Model Application Plan). The 
application plan must meet statutory requirements prior to being funded 
with CSBG funds. Applicants have the option to submit a detailed 
application annually or biannually. Entities that submit a biannual 
application must provide an abbreviated application the following year 
if substantial changes to the initial application will occur.
    This request is to revise the approved Model Application Plan for 
States by automating the form, streamlining the information, and 
incorporating accountability measures. The revised and automated form 
may impose an added first-use burden; however, this burden will 
diminish substantially in subsequent years. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained by visiting http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/programs/csbg.
    Respondents: State Governments, including the District of Columbia 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories.

                                             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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CSBG State Model Application Plan...........              56                1               10              560
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 560.
    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. 2015-01176 Filed 1-23-15; 8:45 am]
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