[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 23568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10652]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
for States and Territories for FFY 2019-2021 (ACF-118)
AGENCY: Office of Child Care; Administration for Children and Families;
HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting a reinstatment of the form ACF-118: Child Care and
Development Fund for States and Territories for FFY 2019-2021 (OMB
#0970-0114; expired 11/30/2018). There are no changes to the form
requested.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. 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.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following:
Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project,
Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration for Children and Families.
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by emailing
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also be obtained
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC
20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All requests, emailed or
written, should be identified by the title of the information
collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan (the
Plan) for States and Territories is required from each CCDF Lead agency
in accordance with Section 658E of the Child Care and Development Block
Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBG Act), as amended, CCDBG Act of 2014 (Pub. L.
113-186), and 42 U.S.C 9858. The Plan, submitted on the ACF-118, is
required triennially, and remains in effect for three years. The Plan
provides ACF and the public with a description of, and assurance about
the States' and Territories' child care programs. These Plans are the
applications for CCDF funds.
This Notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The
PRA requires Federal agencies to request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (OIRA) for any information collection that will ask the same
question of ten or more persons. The process includes publication of an
initial Federal Register Notice (FRN) allowing 60 days for public
comments on the initial plan for information collection, the
publication of a second FRN allowing 30 days for public comment on the
final proposed information collection, and review and approval by the
OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
The Office of Child Care (OCC) requested and was granted clearance
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the FY 2019-2021
CCDF Plan Preprint under emergency clearance procedure for six months
with an expiration date of November 30, 2018. This Federal Register
publication is to reinstate this data collection for states' and
territories' Lead Agencies to submit their CCDF Plans. Any comments
received will be addressed when OCC revises the Plan Preprint document
for the FY 2022-2024 Plan effective period.
This 30-day second Public Comment Period provides an opportunity
for the public to submit comments to the OMB.
Respondents: State and Territory Lead Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses per hours per Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours
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ACF-118..................................... 56 0.33 200 3,696
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,696.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9858.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-10652 Filed 5-21-19; 8:45 am]
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