[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 225 (Friday, November 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74344-74345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25639]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) 
Post-Expenditure Report (OMB #0970-0234)

AGENCY: Office of Community Services, 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 3-year extension of the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) 
Post-Expenditure Report (OMB #0970-0234, expiration 1/31/2021). 
Although ACF initially proposed changes (see 85 FR 57863), after 
reconsideration during the initial comment period, this request is for 
an extension with no changes.

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: On an annual basis, states and territories are 
required to submit a Post-Expenditure Report that details their use of 
SSBG funds in each of the 29 service categories. Grantees are required 
to submit their Post-Expenditure Report within 6 months of the end of 
the period covered by the report.
    OCS also allows states to use the Post-Expenditure Reporting form 
to provide pre-expenditure data for their annual Intended Use Plans, 
which provides estimates of the expenditures and number of recipients 
by service category.
    Respondents: Agencies that administer the SSBG at the state or 
territory level, including the 50 States; District of Columbia; Puerto 
Rico; and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, 
and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Annual number  Average burden
                   Instrument                      Annual number   of responses      hours per     Total/ annual
                                                  of respondents  per respondent     response      burden hours
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Post-Expenditure Reporting Form.................              56               1             110           6,160
Post-Expenditure Reporting Form for Pre-                      56               1               2             112
 Expenditure Data (funding estimates for the
 Intended Use Plan).............................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,272.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1397 through 1397e.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-25639 Filed 11-19-20; 8:45 am]
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