[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10178-10179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03253]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Tribal TANF Financial Report (ACF-196T).
OMB No.: 0970-0345.
Description: Tribes use Form ACF-196T to report expenditures for
the Tribal TANF grant. Authority to collect and report this information
is found in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Public Law 104-193. Tribal
entities with approved Tribal plans for implementation of the TANF
program are required by Section 412(h) of the Social Security Act to
report financial data. Form ACF-196T provides for the collection of
data regarding Federal expenditures. Failure to collect this data would
seriously compromise the Administration for Children and Families'
(ACF) ability to monitor expenditures. This information is also used to
estimate outlays and may be used to prepare ACF budget submissions to
Congress. Financial management of the program would be seriously
compromised if the expenditure data were not collected. 45 CFR part 286
subpart E requires the strictest controls on funding requirements,
which necessities review of documentation in support of Tribal
expenditures for reimbursement. Comments received from previous efforts
to implement a similar Tribal TANF report Form ACF-196T were used to
guide ACF in the development of the product presented with this
submittal.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, Public
Law 111-5 has authorized emergency TANF funds to be awarded to States,
Tribes, and Territories who meet certain eligibility requirements
written in the legislation. TANF Policy Announcement TANF-ACF-PA-2009-
01 provides additional guidance on eligibility requirements. Recipients
of ARRA funds are to report spending and performance data to Federal
agencies quarterly for posting on the public Web site,
``Recovery.gov''. Federal agencies are required to collect ARRA
expenditures data and the data must be clearly distinguishable from the
regular TANF (non-ARRA) funds. Therefore, in order to meet this data
collection requirement, the ACF-196T has been modified with the
addition two line items and a column to report ARRA expenditures. The
collection and posting of this data is to allow the public to see where
their tax dollars are spent.
Respondents: All Tribal TANF Agencies.
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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-196T........................................ 72 4 1.5 432
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 432.
Additional Information
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained 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. All requests should be identified by the
title of the information collection. Email address:
[email protected].
OMB Comment
OMB is required to make a decision concerning 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.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202-395-7285,
Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration for Children and Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-03253 Filed 2-12-13; 8:45 am]
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