[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 226 (Monday, November 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 74732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25771]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; TANF Expenditure Report, ACF-196R (OMB 
#0970-0446)

AGENCY: Office of Family Assistance, 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 Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families (TANF) Expenditure Report, Form ACF-196R (OMB #0970-0446, 
expiration 2/28/2021). ACF is reporting a change to remove certain 
guidance that was associated with an earlier ACF-196 report in order to 
devote the instructions to the singular ACF-196R report. In addition, 
ACF has clarified instructions where states have previously expressed 
confusion and has reorganized the format and chronology of section 
headers to better reflect the flow of the TANF reporting process.

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: Grantees of the TANF program are required by statute 
to report financial data on a quarterly basis. Form ACF-196R is used by 
states administering the TANF program to report these quarterly 
expenditure data and to request quarterly grant funds. Failure to 
collect the data would seriously compromise the Office of Family 
Assistance and ACF's ability to monitor TANF expenditures and 
compliance with statutory requirements. These data are also needed to 
estimate outlays and to prepare reports and budget submissions for 
Congress.
    Respondents: State agencies administering the TANF program (50 
States and the District of Columbia).

Annual Burden Estimates

    Note: The related Federal Register Notice that provided 60 days for 
initial public comment (85 FR 59529) included an error in the burden 
table. The error has been fixed in the following burden table. The 
number of respondents and time per response has not changed, but we 
have clarified that grantees respond 4 times per year, or 12 responses 
over a three year period.

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                                                                                      Total number of   Average burden
                             Instrument                              Total number of   responses per      hours per       Total burden    Annual burden
                                                                       respondents       respondent        response          hours            hours
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TANF Expenditure Report, Form ACF-196R.............................              51               12               14            8,568            2,856
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,856.

    Authority: Social Security Act, Section 409; 45 CFR 265.3-265.9.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-25771 Filed 11-20-20; 8:45 am]
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