[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 14431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05413]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Annual Statistical Report on Children 
in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving Payment in Excess of 
the Poverty Income Level From a State Program Funded Under Part A of 
Title IV of the Social Security Act (OMB #0970-0004)

AGENCY: Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and 
Families, HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Family Assistance (OFA), Administration for 
Children and Families, is requesting a 3-year extension of the form 
ACF-4125: Annual Report on Children in Foster Homes and Children in 
Families Receiving Payment in Excess of the Poverty Income Level from a 
State Program Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security 
Act (OMB #0970-0004, expiration 3/21/2021). There are no changes 
requested to the form.

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: The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(ESEA), section 1124 of Title I, as amended by Public Law 114-95, 
requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine the 
number of children aged 5 to 17, inclusive, that (1) are being 
supported in foster homes with public funds; or (2) are from families 
receiving assistance payments in excess of the current poverty income 
level for a family of four. The information gathered is to be passed on 
to the Secretary of Education for purposes of allocating grants 
authorized under this law. The statute requires that the formula to 
allocate these grants and distribute funds be based, in part, on 
October caseload data on the number of children in foster care or in 
families receiving payments from state programs funded under Title IV-A 
of the Social Security Act [Temporary Assistance for Needy Families]. 
The purpose of this annual survey is to provide annually updated data 
so that funds may be allocated in accordance with the ESEA.
    Respondents: State agencies (including the District of Columbia and 
Puerto Rico) administering child welfare and public assistance 
programs.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                              Annual number of  Average  burden
                 Instrument                  Total number of    responses per      hours  per      Total annual
                                               respondents       respondent         response       burden hours
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Annual Report on Children in Foster Homes                52                 1           264.35        13,746.20
 and Children Receiving Payments...........
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,746.20.

    Authority: Pub. L. 107-110 Sec: 1124(c)(4) and Pub. L. 104-193 
Sec: 110(j).

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-05413 Filed 3-15-21; 8:45 am]
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