[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 169 (Monday, August 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53819-53820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19304]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families (TANF) Data Reporting for Work Participation (OMB #0970-0338)

AGENCY: Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and 
Families, Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is 
requesting a 3-year extension of the Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families (TANF) Data Reporting for Work Participation (formerly titled 
the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 TANF Final Rule; OMB #0970-0338). 
Information collections include the TANF data verification procedures, 
the TANF Data Report, the Separate State Program (SSP)--Maintenance of 
Effort (MOE) Data Report, the Caseload Reduction Documentation Process, 
and the Reasonable Cause/Corrective Compliance Documentation Process. 
We are proposing to continue these information collections without 
change.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a 
decision about 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: ACF is requesting a 3-year extension of the following 
information collections: TANF data verification procedures, the TANF 
Data Report, the SSP-MOE Data Report, the Caseload Reduction 
Documentation Process, and the Reasonable Cause/Corrective Compliance 
Documentation Process (OMB #0970-0338). The data and information from 
these reports and processes are used for program analysis and 
oversight, including the calculation and administration of the work 
participation rate and associated penalties. Congress provides Federal 
funds to operate TANF programs in the states, the District of Columbia, 
Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and for approved federally 
recognized tribes and Alaskan Native Villages. We are proposing to 
continue these information collections without change.
    Respondents: The 50 states of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Annual number  Average burden
                   Instrument                      Total number    of responses      hours per     Total annual
                                                  of respondents  per respondent     response      burden hours
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Preparation and Submission of Data Verification               54               1             640          34,560
 Procedures Sec.  Sec.   261.60--261.63.........
Caseload Reduction Documentation Process, ACF-                54               1             120           6,480
 202 Sec.  Sec.   261.41 & 261.44...............
Reasonable Cause/Corrective Compliance                        54               2             240          25,920
 Documentation Process Sec.  Sec.   262.4,
 262.6, & 262.7; Sec.   261.51..................
TANF Data Report Part 265.......................              54               4           2,201         475,416
SSP-MOE Data Report--Part 265...................              29               4             714          82,824
TANF Sampling and Statistical Methods Manual                  30               4              48           5,760
 Sec.   265.5...................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 630,960.

    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 601, 607, 609, 611, 613, and 1302.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-19304 Filed 8-28-20; 8:45 am]
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