    [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 2026)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 14702-14703]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 2026-05855]

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    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

    Administration for Children and Families

    [Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0248]

    Submission for OMB Review; Annual Report on Temporary Assistance
    for Needy Families Programs and State Maintenance-of-Effort Programs--
    ACF-204 (Annual TANF and MOE Report)

    AGENCY: Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and
    Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

    ACTION: Request for public comments.

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    SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
    requesting a 3-year extension of the ACF-204: Annual Temporary
    Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and State Maintenance-of-Effort
    (MOE) Report (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0248, expiration
    March 31, 2026). There are no substantive changes requested to the
    form, but instructions have been updated, and burden estimates
    adjusted.

    DATES: Comments due April 27, 2026.

    ADDRESSES: The public may view and comment on this information
    collection request at: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202603-0970-007. You can also obtain copies of the
    proposed collection of information by emailing
    infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. Identify all emailed requests by the title
    of the information collection.

    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
        Description: The Annual TANF and MOE Report is used to collect
    descriptive program characteristics information on the programs
    operated by states and territories in association with their TANF
    programs. All state and territory expenditures claimed toward states
    and territories MOE requirements must be appropriate, i.e., meet all
    applicable MOE requirements. The Annual TANF and MOE Report provides
    the ability to learn about and to monitor the nature of state and
    territory expenditures used to meet states and territories MOE
    requirements, and it is an important source of information about the
    different ways that states and territories are using their resources to
    help families attain and maintain self-sufficiency. In addition, the
    report is used to obtain state and territory program characteristics
    for ACF's annual report to Congress, and the report serves as a useful
    resource to use in Congressional hearings about how TANF programs are
    evolving, in assessing state and territory MOE expenditures, and in
    assessing the need for legislative changes. This information collection
    will support administration and agency priorities to enhance oversight
    mechanisms and reinforce accountability across programs. Further, this
    information collection addresses a recommendation issued by the U.S.
    Government Accountability Office (GAO) in its final report, GAO-25-
    107235, that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human
    Services should ensure ACF conducts a review of all TANF reporting
    requirements and forms and make appropriate changes within its
    statutory authority to enhance reporting for oversight of TANF funds.
    The Annual TANF and MOE Report requires states to relate each TANF and
    MOE benefit or service program to the third and fourth statutory
    purposes of TANF, which is responsive to GAO's recommendation and
    aligns with the agency's values of program integrity and fiscal
    stewardship. This request includes clarifications within instructions,
    a reduction in burden hours, and a change in collection title to better
    reflect the content of the collection.
        Respondents: The 50 states of the U.S., the District of Columbia,
    Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

    Annual Burden Estimates

        ACF proposes a 32 percent reduction in estimated average time per
    response to reflect the intent of existing regulations. 45 CFR 265.9(d)
    indicates that states that have already incorporated the information
    required in their TANF State Plan may meet the annual reporting
    requirements by reference in lieu of completing a re-submission of a
    particular data element. If the information in the annual report has
    not changed since the previous annual report, the state may reference
    this information in lieu of re-submission of a particular data element.
    Instructions have been updated to make clear both opportunities to
    reference in lieu of re-submission.

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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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    ACF-204; Annual TANF and MOE Report..........             54                1               80            4,320
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        Authority: 42 U.S.C. 602 and 611; the Personal Responsibility and
    Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-193, 110
    Stat. 2105.

    Mary C. Jones,
    ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
    [FR Doc. 2026-05855 Filed 3-25-26; 8:45 am]
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