[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 10775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02979]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title:
Form OCSE-396, ``Child Support Enforcement Program Quarterly Financial
Report''
Form OCSE-34, ``Child Support Enforcement Program Quarterly Collection
Report''
OMB No.: 0970-0181.
Description: Form OCSE-396 and Form OCSE-34 are financial reports
submitted following the end of each fiscal quarter by grantees
administering the Child Support Enforcement Program in accordance with
plans approved under title IV-D of the Social Security Act. Submission
of these forms enables grantees to meet their statutory and regulatory
requirement to report program expenditures and child support
collections, respectively, from the previous fiscal quarter.
States use Form OCSE-396 to report quarterly expenditures made in
the previous quarter and to estimate program expenditures to be made
and the incentive payments to be earned in the upcoming quarter. The
Administration for Children and Families provides Federal funding to
States for the Child Support Enforcement Program at the rate of 66
percent for all allowable and legitimate administrative costs of this
program.
Tribes use OMB Form SF-425 to report quarterly expenditures made in
the previous quarter. Form SF-425 is not included as part of this
comment request.
States and Tribes use Form OCSE-34 to report child support
collection activity during the previous quarter, including collections
received, the distribution and disbursement of collections and any
collections remaining undistributed.
The information collected in these reports is used by this agency
to calculate quarterly Federal grant awards and incentive payments to
States, to enable oversight of the financial management of the program
for both States and Tribes and may be included in statistical and
financial reports available to the public.
Respondents: 54 States (including Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin
Islands and the District of Columbia) for Forms OCSE-396 and OCSE-34
plus approximately 60 Tribes for Form OCSE-34.
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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OCSE-396........................................ 54 4 4 864
OCSE-34......................................... 114 4 9 4,104
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,968.
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chap 35), 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, 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. 2017-02979 Filed 2-14-17; 8:45 am]
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