[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1213-1214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31714]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Descriptive Study of County versus State Administered
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Programs.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
proposing an information collection activity as part of the Descriptive
Study of County and State Administered TANF Programs. The proposed
information collection consists of semi-structured interviews with key
County and State staff on questions of county TANF administration,
policies, service delivery, and program context. Through this
information collection, ACF seeks to gain an in-depth, systematic
understanding of the differences in program implementation, operations,
outputs and outcomes between state and county administered TANF
programs, and identify special technical assistance needs of state
supervised, county administered programs.
Respondents: Semi-structured interviews will be held with state and
county TANF administrators and staff.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number Number of Average
Instrument of responses per burden hours Annual burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Discussion Guide for use with county TANF 12 1 1.5 18
Administrators.................................
Discussion Guide for use with state TANF 6 1 1 6
Administrators or program managers.............
Discussion Guide for use with state human 6 1 1 6
service department director or cabinet-level
official.......................................
Discussion Guide for use with county executives 12 1 1 12
or county board members........................
Discussion Guide for use with County TANF 6 1 1.5 9
directors' associations, or similar
organizations..................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........ .............. .............. .............. 51
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In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(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: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
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Email 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 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.
Steven M. Hammer,
Reports Clearance Officer; Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
[FR Doc. 2012-31714 Filed 1-7-13; 8:45 am]
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