[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54153-54154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22072]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Plan for Foster Care and Adoption 
Assistance--Title IV-E (OMB #0970-0433)

AGENCY: Children's Bureau; Administration for Children and Families; 
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: Public Law 115-123 added two new programs to title IV-E of the 
Social Security Act: The Prevention Services Program and the Kinship 
Navigator Program. Title IV-E agencies will be required to report 
information regarding these programs in title IV-E plans. Therefore, 
the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting to 
revise the existing information collection Plan for Foster Care and 
Adoption Assistance (OMB #0970-0433) to include two new information 
collections specific to these two new programs.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. Office of Management 
and Budget (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: Title IV-E of the Social Security Act (the 
Act) was amended by Public Law 115-123, which included the Family First 
Prevention Services Act (FFPSA). The FFPSA

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authorized new optional title IV-E funding for time-limited (one year) 
prevention services for mental health/substance abuse and in-home 
parent skill-based programs for: (1) A child who is a candidate for 
foster care (as defined in section 475(13) of the Act), (2) pregnant/
parenting foster youth, and (3) the parents/kin caregivers of those 
children and youth (sections 471(e), 474(a)(6), and 475(13) of the 
Act). Title IV-E prevention services must be rated as promising, 
supported, or well-supported in accordance with HHS criteria and be 
approved by HHS (section 471(e)(4)(C) of the Act) as part of the title 
IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse (section 476(d)(2) of the Act). 
A state or tribal title IV-E agency electing to participate in the 
program must submit a 5-year title IV-E prevention program plan that 
meets the statutory requirements. (See Program Instructions ACYF-CB-PI-
18-09 and ACYF-CB-PI-18-10 for more information.)
    The FFPSA also amended Section 474(a)(7) of the Act to reimburse 
state and tribal IV-E agencies for a portion of the costs of operating 
kinship navigator programs that meet certain criteria. To qualify for 
funding under the title IV-E Kinship Navigator Program, the program 
must meet the requirements of a kinship navigator program described in 
section 427(a)(1) of the Act. The Kinship Navigator Program must also 
meet practice criteria of promising, supported, or well-supported in 
accordance with HHS criteria and be approved by HHS (section 
471(e)(4)(C) of the Act). To begin participation in the title IV-E 
Kinship Navigator Program, a title IV-E agency must submit an 
attachment to its title IV-E plan that specifies the kinship navigator 
model it has chosen to implement and, the date on which the provision 
of program services began or will begin, and that provides an assurance 
that the model meets the requirements of section 427(a)(1) of the Act, 
as well as a brief narrative describing how the program will be 
operated. (Please see Program Instruction ACYF-CB-PI-18-11 for 
additional information.)
    Respondents: State and tribal title IV-E agencies.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                   Total Number      Number of        Average
                   Instrument                           of         Responses Per   Burden Hours   Annual  Burden
                                                    Respondents     Respondent     Per Response        Hours
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Title IV-E Prevention Services Plan.............              30               1               5             150
Attachment to Title IV-E plan for Kinship                     45               1               1              45
 Navigator Program..............................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 195.

    Authority:  Title IV-E of the Social Security Act as amended by 
Public Law 115-123 enacted February 9, 2018.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-22072 Filed 10-8-19; 8:45 am]
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