[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00155]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Grants to States for 
Access and Visitation (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0204)

AGENCY: Division of Program Innovation, Office of Child Support 
Services, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Division of Program Innovation (DPI), Office of Child 
Support Services (OCSS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) 
is requesting a 3-year extension of the Access and Visitation Survey: 
Annual Report (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0204, expiration 
6/30/2024). There are no requested changes to the form.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is 
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information 
collection described above.

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of 
information and submit comments by emailing [email protected]. 
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The grantee and sub-grantee submit the spreadsheet and 
survey yearly. Information collected includes the number of applicants/
referrals for each program, the total number of participating 
individuals, and the number of persons who have completed program 
requirements by authorized activities (mediation--voluntary and 
mandatory; counseling; education; development of parenting plans; 
visitation enforcement, including monitoring, supervision and neutral 
drop-off and pickup; and development of guidelines for visitation and 
alternative custody arrangements. OCSS uses the information to ensure 
recipient's adherence statutory (Sec. 469B. [42 U.S.C. 669b] and 
regulatory (45 CFR part 303)) requirements of ``Grants to States for 
Access and Visitation.''
    Respondents: State child access and visitation programs and state 
or local service providers.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Annual number  Average burden
                   Instrument                      Total number    of responses      hours per     Annual burden
                                                  of respondents  per respondent     response          hours
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Online Portal Survey by States and Jurisdictions              53               1              16             848
Survey of local service grantees................             264               1              16           4,224
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,072.
    Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a) 
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.
    Authority: Sec.469B [42 U.S.C.669b]; 45 CFR part 303.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-00155 Filed 1-5-24; 8:45 am]
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