[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 4912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01876]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Form OCSE-396-A, Child Support Enforcement Program
Expenditure Report.
Form OCSE-34-A, Child Support Enforcement Program Collection
Report.
OMB No.: 0970-0181.
Note: This comment request republishes a similar request dated
Dec 5, 2012.
Description: Form OCSE-396-A and Form OCSE-34-A are financial
reports submitted following the end of each fiscal quarter by grantees
with an approved plan under title IV-D of the Social Security Act to
administer the Child Support Enforcement Program. The purpose of these
forms is to enable grantees to meet their statutory and regulatory
requirement to report program expenditures and child support
collections, respectively, from the previous fiscal quarter.
States use Form OCSE-396-A to report quarterly expenditures made in
the previous quarter and to estimate program expenditures to be made
and the incentive payments to be earned in the upcoming quarter. The
Administration for Children and Families provides Federal funding to
States for the Child Support Enforcement Program at the rate of 66
percent for all allowable and legitimate administrative costs of this
program.
Tribes use OMB Form SF-425 to report quarterly expenditures made in
the previous quarter. Form SF-425 is not included as part of this
comment request.
States and Tribes use Form OCSE-34-A to report child support
collection activity during the previous quarter, including collections
received, the distribution and disbursement of collections and any
collections remaining undistributed.
States and Tribes have used different and separate versions of Form
OCSE-34-A to report child support collection activity. As part of this
comment request, we are proposing that these separate reports be
combined into a single document to be submitted quarterly by both
States and Tribes.
The information collected in these reports is used by this agency
to calculate quarterly Federal grant awards and incentive payments to
States, to enable oversight of the financial management of the program
for both States and Tribes and may be included in statistical and
financial reports available to the public.
Respondents: States (including Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin
Islands and the District of Columbia) and Tribes with approved title
IV-D plans.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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OCSE-396A....................................... 54 4 6 1,296
OCSE-34A........................................ 112 4 14 6,272
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,568.
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. 2014-01876 Filed 1-29-14; 8:45 am]
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