[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39267-39268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14229]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects: New Automated Community Services Block Grant
(CSBG) Annual Report Form.
Title: Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Annual Report.
OMB No.:
Description: Section 678E of the Community Services Block Grant
(CSBG) Act requires States, including the District of Columbia and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories, to annually prepare
and submit a report on the measured performance of the State and the
eligible entities in the State. Prior to the participation of the State
in the performance measurement system, the State shall include in the
report any information collected by the State relating to such
performance. Each State shall also include in the report an accounting
of the expenditure of funds received by the State through the CSBG
program, including an accounting of funds spent on administrative costs
by the State and the eligible entities, and funds spent by the eligible
entities on the direct delivery of local services, and shall include
information on the number of and characteristics of clients served
under the subtitle in the State, based on data collected from the
eligible entities. The State shall also include in the report a summary
describing the training and technical assistance offered by the State.
This request will support new automated Annual Report forms,
streamlining the administrative information, and incorporating Results
Oriented Management and Accountability (required in Section 676(b)(12)
of the CSBG Act). The revised and automated forms may impose an added
first-use burden; however, this burden will diminish substantially in
subsequent years. Copies of the proposed collection of information can
be obtained by visiting http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/programs/csbg.
Respondents: State Governments, including the District of Columbia
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories and CSBG
Eligible Entities (Community Action Agencies).
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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CSBG Annual Report (States)..................... 52 1 164 8,528
CSBG Annual Report (Eligible Entities).......... 1,035 1 242 250,470
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 258,998.
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chap. 35) 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
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and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201, 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. 2016-14229 Filed 6-15-16; 8:45 am]
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