[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 100 (Thursday, May 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30846-30847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12275]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request: Information Collection for the Child and Adult Care
Food Program
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on the Agency's proposed information collection for the Child and Adult
Care Food Program (CACFP). This collection is a revision of a currently
approved information collection.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 22, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's
functions, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the proposed
information collection burden, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Jon Garcia, Program Analysis and Monitoring
Branch, Child Nutrition Division, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria,
VA 22302. Comments will also be accepted through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Go to http://www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for submitting comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. All
comments will also become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Jon Garcia,
Program Analysis and Monitoring Branch, Child Nutrition Division, 3101
Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Information Collection for the Child and Adult Care Food
Program.
OMB Number: 0584-0055.
Expiration Date: August 31, 2013.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (NSLA), as amended, (42 U.S.C. 1766), authorizes the CACFP to
provide cash reimbursement and commodity assistance, on a per meal
basis, for food service to children in nonresidential child care
centers and family day care homes, and to eligible adults in
nonresidential adult day care centers. The U.S. Department of
Agriculture, through the Food and Nutrition Service, has established
application, monitoring and reporting requirements to manage the CACFP
effectively. The purpose of this submission to OMB is to obtain
approval to continue the discussed information collection. States and
service institutions participating in the CACFP will submit to FNS
account and record information reflecting their efforts to comply with
statutory and regulatory Program requirements. In accordance with 7 CFR
226.7(d), State agencies must submit a monthly Report of the Child and
Adult Care Food Program (FNS-44) in order to receive federal
reimbursement for meals served to eligible participants. However FNS-44
is no longer included in this revision as the information is being
collected under separate collection (0584-0078). Examples of data
collected and reported with this collection include, but are not
limited to: applications and supporting documents; records of
enrollment; records supporting the free and reduced price eligibility
determinations; daily records indicating numbers of program
participants in attendance and the number of meals served by type and
category; and receipts, invoices and other records of CACFP costs and
documentation of non-profit operation of food service.
This is a revision of a currently approved collection. This
revision made many program adjustments to reporting and record keeping
burden hours. These adjustments included: Recalculation of time
required to complete existing program tasks in light of advanced
technology and process simplification (e.g., application and renewal
processes now computerized and completed on line; claims processing now
electronic; memos and regulatory updates posted on State agency Web
sites; etc.); transfer of certain burden tasks to different collection
(e.g., burden associated with Federal/State agreement now collected
under State Administrative Expense Funds); reclassification as
administrative of tasks previously deemed reporting; and corrections to
certain burden tasks (previous burden included administrative burden by
error) since last renewal. These changes translated to reduction of
number of respondents and reduction in the amount of time it takes to
complete a particular task (estimated number of hours per response) and
resulted in overall burden change since last renewal. Current OMB
inventory for this collection consists of 7,032,960 hours. As a result
of program adjustments and reevaluation of existing program tasks,
program burden was significantly reduced by 4,799,115 hours since last
renewal. The average burden per response and the annual burden hours
for reporting and recordkeeping are explained below and summarized in
the charts which follow.
Affected Public: 56 State agencies, 20,398 Institutions, 166,585
facilities (includes 127,977, family day care homes and 38,608
sponsored center facilities) and 2,178,065 individuals and households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,552,143.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.138.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 5,456,645.
Estimate Time per Response: 0.409355 hrs.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,233,706 hrs.
Current OMB Inventory for Part 226: 7,032,960 hrs.
Difference (change in burden with this renewal): (4,799,115) hrs.
Refer to the table below for estimated total annual burden.
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Estimate Number of Estimate total
Affected public number of responses per Total annual hours per Estimate total
respondents respondent responses response burden
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Reporting
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State Agencies.................. 56 583.160714 32,657 0.196 6,405
Sponsor/Institution............. 20,398 26.740661 545,698 1.096 597,080
Facility........................ 166,585 12 1,999,020 0.442 883,686
Individual/Household............ 2,178,065 1 2,178,065 0.083 180,779
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Total Estimated Reporting 2,365,104 .............. 4,755,440 .............. 1,668,951
Burden.....................
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Recordkeeping
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State Agencies.................. 56 6 336 0.916667 308
Sponsor/Institution............. 20,398 9.8595 201,114 0.321668 64,692
Facility........................ 166,585 3 499,755 1 499,755
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Total Estimated 187,039 .............. 701,205 .............. 564,755
Recordkeeping Burden.......
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Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping CACFP
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Estimate Number of Estimate total
number of responses per Total annual hours per Estimate total
respondents respondent responses response burden
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Reporting....................... 2,365,104 2.01 4,755,440 0.351 1,668,951
Recordkeeping................... 187,039 3.749 701,205 0.805 564,755
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Total....................... 2,552,143 2.138064 5,456,645 .409 2,233,706
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Dated: May 15, 2013.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-12275 Filed 5-22-13; 8:45 am]
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