[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39267-39268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14229]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects: New Automated Community Services Block Grant 
(CSBG) Annual Report Form.
    Title: Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Annual Report.
    OMB No.:
    Description: Section 678E 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, to annually prepare 
and submit a report on the measured performance of the State and the 
eligible entities in the State. Prior to the participation of the State 
in the performance measurement system, the State shall include in the 
report any information collected by the State relating to such 
performance. Each State shall also include in the report an accounting 
of the expenditure of funds received by the State through the CSBG 
program, including an accounting of funds spent on administrative costs 
by the State and the eligible entities, and funds spent by the eligible 
entities on the direct delivery of local services, and shall include 
information on the number of and characteristics of clients served 
under the subtitle in the State, based on data collected from the 
eligible entities. The State shall also include in the report a summary 
describing the training and technical assistance offered by the State.
    This request will support new automated Annual Report forms, 
streamlining the administrative information, and incorporating Results 
Oriented Management and Accountability (required in Section 676(b)(12) 
of the CSBG Act). The revised and automated forms 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 and CSBG 
Eligible Entities (Community Action Agencies).

                                             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 Annual Report (States).....................              52               1             164           8,528
CSBG Annual Report (Eligible Entities)..........           1,035               1             242         250,470
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 258,998.
    In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chap. 35) 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

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and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201, 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. 2016-14229 Filed 6-15-16; 8:45 am]
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