[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 73407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25775]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: DRA TANF Final Rule.
OMB No.: 0970-0338.
Description: When the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA)
reauthorized the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
program, it imposed a new data requirement that States prepare and
submit data verification procedures and replaced other data
requirements with new versions including: The TANF Data Report, the
SSP-MOE Data Report, the Caseload Reduction Documentation Process, and
the Reasonable Cause/Corrective Compliance Documentation Process. The
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 (Pub. L. 113-46) provides federal
funds to operate Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
programs in the states, DC, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
and for approved federally recognized tribes and Alaskan Native
Villages through January 15, 2014. We are proposing to continue these
information collections without change.
Respondents: The 50 States of the United States, the District of
Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Preparation and Submission of Data Verification 54 1 640 34,560
Procedures Sec. Sec. 261.60-261.63..........
Caseload Reduction Documentation Process, ACF- 54 1 120 6,480
202 Sec. Sec. 261.41 & 261.44...............
Reasonable Cause/Corrective Compliance 54 2 240 25,920
Documentation Process Sec. Sec. 262.4,
262.6, & 262.7; Sec. 261.51..................
TANF Data Report Part 265....................... 54 4 2,201 475,416
SSP-MOE Data Report Part 265.................... 29 4 714 82,824
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 625,200.
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 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. 2016-25775 Filed 10-24-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-01-P