[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30252-30253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12694]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Child Care and Development Fund Plan for States/Territories
for FFY 2016-2018 (ACF-118).
OMB No.: 0970-0114.
Description: The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan (the
Plan) for States and Territories is required from each CCDF Lead agency
in accordance with Section 658E of the Child Care and Development Block
Grant (CCDBG) Act, as amended, by Public Law 113-186 and U.S.C 9858.
The Plan provides ACF and the public with a description of, and
assurances about, the States' and Territories' child care programs.
On November 19, 2014, the President signed the CCDBG Act of 2014
into law. The law (Pub. L. 113-186) made significant changes to the
CCDF Program to protect the health and safety of children in child
care, promote continuity of access to subsidy for low-income families,
better inform parents and the general public about the child care
choices available to them, and improve the overall quality of early
learning and afterschool programs. The CCDBG Act also changed the Plan
cycle from a biennial to a triennial Plan period; thus, the FY 2016-
2018 Plan will cover a 3-year period.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) granted OCC an emergency
clearance of the FY 2016-2018 CCDF State/Territory Plan Preprint which
provided a single 30-day comment period from January 30, 2015-March 2,
2015, to enable States and Territories time to submit their Plans by
July 1, 2015 on the OMB approved form. Upon careful consideration of
the concerns raised by States and Territories regarding the July
submission date, OCC extended the submission deadline for the FY 2016--
2018 CCDF Plan from July 1, 2015 to March 1, 2016. This will give State
and Territory grantees more time to engage partner agencies and
stakeholders, brief legislators on needed statutory changes, and
develop meaningful implementation plans. The extension does not extend
the FY 2016-2018 3-year plan period; Plans will be effective through
September 30, 2018.
The change in the Plan submission deadline enables the OCC to
complete the regular Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance process
which requires two Federal Register notices and comment periods--with
this notice being the first under that regular process. OCC is now
requesting comment on a revised version of the Plan Pre-print that
takes into consideration the public comments received during the
earlier 30-day emergency comment period. We recognize that some States
and Territories had asked for additional interpretation of the new
provisions in the law. OCC has included guidance and clarification in
the revised Preprint where appropriate and through Program Instructions
and Frequently Asked Questions, which are available at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/occ/ccdf-reauthorization. Pending the issuance
of implementing regulations, States are to comply with the law based on
their reasonable interpretation of the requirements in the revised
CCDBG statute.
Respondents: State and Territory Agencies (56).
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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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CCDF Preprint....................... 56 0.50 162.5 4,550
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:
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. 2015-12694 Filed 5-26-15; 8:45 am]
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