[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 51 (Thursday, March 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 14754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05632]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Generic Clearance for Financial 
Reports Used for ACF Mandatory Grant Programs (OMB #0970-0510)

AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) proposes to 
extend data collection under the existing overarching generic clearance 
for Financial Reports used for ACF Mandatory Grant Programs (OMB #0970-
0510). There are no changes to the proposed types of information 
collection or uses of data.

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 programs need detailed financial information from 
recipients that receive federal funds, such as grantees, to monitor 
various specialized cost categories within each program, to closely 
manage program activities, and to have sufficient financial information 
to enable periodic thorough and detailed audits. Information collected 
through the Federal Financial Report (Standard Form (SF)-425) provides 
general information, but does not provide program-specific information 
that is necessary for ACF program office decision making. This generic 
clearance allows ACF to collect program-specific financial information 
from mandatory grant programs.
    Program offices use the information collected under this generic 
information collection to:
     Monitor program operations and prepare technical 
assistance and guidance, as needed.
     Assist in the computation of the grant awards issued to 
each program's grantees or annual incentive payments (Child Support 
Enforcement Program only).
     Determine that child support collections are being 
properly distributed (Child Support Enforcement Program only).
     Produce annual financial and statistical reports as may be 
required by Congress and respond to periodic detailed inquiries from 
Congress.
    ACF may require an information collection approved under this 
generic clearance from funding recipients in order to obtain or retain 
benefits.
    Following standard OMB requirements for a generic information 
collection, ACF will submit a generic information collection request 
for each individual data collection activity under this generic 
clearance. Each request will include the individual form(s) and 
instructions, and a short overview of the proposed purpose and use of 
the data collected. OMB should review requests within 10 days of 
submission.
    Respondents: ACF-funded mandatory grant programs.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of     Average  burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours  per     Annual burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Mandatory Grant Financial Reports...........            1000                4               10           40,000
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 40,000.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-05632 Filed 3-17-21; 8:45 am]
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