[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45445-45446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18468]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Refugee Assistance Program Estimates: CMA--ORR-1.
OMB No.: 0970-0030.
Description: The ORR-1, Cash and Medical Assistance (CMA) Program
Estimates, is the application for grants under the CMA program. The
application is required by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
program regulations at 45 CFR 400.11(b). The regulation specifies that
States must submit, as their application for this program, estimates of
the projected costs they anticipate incurring in providing cash and
medical assistance for eligible recipients and the costs of
administering the program. Under the CMA program, States are reimbursed
for the costs of providing these services and benefits for eight months
after an eligible recipient arrives in this country. The eligible
recipients for these services and benefits are refugees, Amerasians,
Cuban and Haitian Entrants, asylees, Afghans and Iraqi with Special
Immigrant Visas, and victims of a severe form of trafficking. States
that provide services for unaccompanied refugee minors also provide an
estimate for the cost of these services for the year for which they are
applying for a grants.
Respondents: Respondents are the 45 States and the District of
Columbia that
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participate in the Refugee Resettlement program.
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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ORR-1, Cash and Medical Assistance Program 46 1 0.60 27.60
Estimates..................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 27.60.
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. 2014-18468 Filed 8-4-14; 8:45 am]
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