[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 61642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24339]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: Tribal TANF Data Report, TANF Annual Report, and Reasonable
Cause/Corrective Action Documentation Process--Final.
OMB No.: 0970-0215.
Description: 42 U.S.C. 612 (Section 412 of the Social Security Act
as amended by Public Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), mandates that
federally recognized Indian Tribes with an approved Tribal TANF program
collect and submit to the Secretary of the Department of Health and
Human Services data on the recipients served by the Tribes' programs.
This information includes both aggregated and disaggregated data on
case characteristics and individual characteristics. In addition,
Tribes that are subject to a penalty are allowed to provide reasonable
cause justifications as to why a penalty should not be imposed or may
develop and implement corrective compliance procedures to eliminate the
source of the penalty. Finally, there is an annual report, which
requires the Tribes to describe program characteristics. All of the
above requirements are currently approved by OMB and the Administration
for Children and Families is simply proposing to extend them without
any changes.
Respondents: Indian Tribes.
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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Final Tribal TANF Data Report................... 69 4 451 124,476
Tribal TANF Annual Report....................... 69 1 40 2,760
Tribal TANF Reasonable Cause/Corrective......... 69 1 60 4,140
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 131,376.
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. 2014-24339 Filed 10-10-14; 8:45 am]
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