[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 133 (Friday, July 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41587-41588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14881]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP), 
Annual Progress and Services Report (APSR), and Annual Budget Expenses 
Request and Estimated Expenditures (CFS-101) (0970-0426)

AGENCY: Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and 
Families, 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 three-year extension of the collection of information 
under the Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP), the Annual Progress 
and Services Report (APSR), and the Annual Budget Expenses Request and 
Estimated Expenditures (CFS-101) collection (OMB #0970-0426, expiration 
1/31/2021). There are minor changes to the APSR, the burden hours for 
the APSR, and CFS-101 form.

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 within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: Under title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, of the Social 
Security Act (the Act), states, territories, and tribes are required to 
submit a CFSP. The CFSP lays the groundwork for a system of 
coordinated, integrated, and culturally relevant family services for 
the subsequent five years (45 CFR 1357.15(a)(1)). The CFSP outlines 
initiatives and activities the state, tribe or territory will carry out 
in administering programs and services to promote the safety, 
permanency, and well-being of children and families, including, as 
applicable, those activities conducted under the John H. Chafee Foster 
Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (Section 477 of the 
Act); and the state grant authorized by the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act. By June 30 of each year,

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states, territories, and tribes are also required to submit an APSR and 
a financial report called the CFS-101. The APSR is a yearly report that 
discusses progress made by a state, territory or tribe in accomplishing 
the goals and objectives cited in its CFSP (45 CFR 1357.16(a)). The 
APSR contains new and updated information about service needs and 
organizational capacities throughout the five-year plan period and, 
beginning with the submission due on June 30, 2021, will also include 
information on the use of the Family First Transition Grants and 
Funding Certainty Grants authorized by the Family First Transition Act 
included in Public Law (P.L.)116-94. The CFS-101 has three parts. Part 
I is an annual budget request for the upcoming fiscal year. Part II 
includes a summary of planned expenditures by program area for the 
upcoming fiscal year, the estimated number of individuals or families 
to be served, and the geographical service area. Part III includes 
actual expenditures by program area, numbers of families and 
individuals served by program area, and the geographic areas served for 
the last complete fiscal year. The revisions to the CFS-101 form are to 
streamline the data entry and to remove from Part III of the CFS-101 
requests for prior year estimates on use of funds that are not required 
by law.
    Respondents: States, territories, and tribes must complete the 
CFSP, APSR, and CFS-101. Tribes and territories are exempted from the 
monthly caseworker visits reporting requirement of the CFSP/APSR. There 
are approximately 180 tribal entities that currently receive IV-B 
funding. There are 53 states (including the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands) that must 
complete the CFSP, APSR, and CFS-101. There are a total of 233 possible 
respondents.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                   Total number       Average
           Instrument              Total number    of responses    burden  hours   Total burden    Annual burden
                                  of respondents  per respondent   per  response       hours           hours
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APSR............................             233               3              82          57,318          19,106
CFSP............................              47               1             123           5,781           1,927
CFS-101, Part I, II, and III....             233               3               5           3,495           1,165
Caseworker Visits...............              53               3           99.33          15,794           5,265
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 27,463.

    Authority: Title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2 of the Social Security 
Act (the Act), and title IV-E, section 477 of the Act; sections 106 
and 108 of CAPTA (42 U.S.C. 5106a. and 5106d.); and P.L. 116-94, the 
Family First Transition Act within Section 602, Subtitle F, Title I, 
Division N of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020.

John M. Sweet Jr,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-14881 Filed 7-9-20; 8:45 am]
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