[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39296-39297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15674]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: State Abstinence Education Program.
OMB No.: 0970-0381.
Description: The State Abstinence Program was extended through
Fiscal Year 2014 under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of
2010 (Affordable Care Act, hereafter), Public Law 111-148.
The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is accepting
applications from States and Territories for the development and
implementation of the State Abstinence Program. The purpose of this
program is to support decisions to abstain from sexual activity by
providing abstinence programming as
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defined by Section 510(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710(b))
with a focus on those groups that are most likely to bear children out-
of-wedlock, such as youth in or aging out of foster care and other
vulnerable populations. States are encouraged to develop flexible,
medically accurate and effective abstinence-based plans responsive to
their specific needs and inclusive of vulnerable populations. These
plans must provide abstinence education, and at the option of the
State, where appropriate, mentoring, counseling, and adult supervision
to promote abstinence from sexual activity, with a focus on those
groups which are most likely to bear children out-of-wedlock. An
expected outcome for all programs is to promote abstinence from sexual
activity.
OMB approval is requested to solicit comments from the public on
paperwork reduction as it relates to ACYF's receipt of the following
documents from applicants and awardees:
Application for Mandatory Formula Grant
State Plan
Performance Progress Report
Respondents: 50 States and 9 Territories, to include, District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Northern
Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall
Islands and Palau
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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Application, to include program narrative....... 59 1 24 1,416
State Plan...................................... 59 1 40 2,360
Performance Progress Reports.................... 59 2 30 3,540
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,316
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. 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.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-15674 Filed 6-28-13; 8:45 am]
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