[Federal Register: July 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 140)]
[Notices]
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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 Quarterly Case Record Report--ACF-801.
OMB No.: 0970-0167.
Description: Section 658K of the Child Care and Development Block
Grant Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-508, 42 U.S.C. 9858) requires that
States and Territories submit monthly case-level data on the children
and families receiving direct services under the Child Care and
Development Fund. The implementing regulations for the statutorily
required reporting are at 45 CFR 98.70. Case-level reports, submitted
quarterly or monthly (at grantee option), include monthly sample or
full population case-level data. The data elements to be included in
these reports are represented in the ACF-801. ACF uses disaggregate
data to determine program and participant characteristics as well as
costs and levels of child care services provided. This provides ACF
with the information necessary to make reports to Congress, address
national child care needs, offer technical assistance to grantees, meet
performance measures, and conduct research. Consistent with the statute
and regulations, ACF requests extension of the ACF-801. With this
extension, ACF is proposing several changes and clarifications to the
reporting requirements and instructions.
Respondents: States, the District of Columbia, and Territories
including Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and
the Northern Marianna Islands.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Average burden
Instrument No. of No. of responses hours per Total burden
respondents per respondent response hours
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ACF-801................................. 56 4 20 4,480
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,480.
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
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370
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L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports
Clearance Officer. E-mail address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 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.
Dated: July 16, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-16616 Filed 7-18-08; 8:45 am]
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