[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 162 (Monday, August 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 52331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21317]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Annual Report/ACF 204 (State MOE)--1 collection.
OMB No.: 0970-0248.
Description
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a
three-year extension of the ACF-204 (Annual MOE Report). The report is
used to collect descriptive program characteristics information on the
programs operated by States and Territories in association with their
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (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 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 ACFs 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 the Territory MOE expenditures, and in assessing the
need for legislative changes.
Respondents
The 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam,
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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ACF-204............................. 54 1 128 6,912
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,912.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
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 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.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-21317 Filed 8-19-11; 8:45 am]
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