[Federal Register: January 23, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 15)]
[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 and Family Services Plan, Annual Progress and Services 
Report, and Budget Request.
    OMB No.: 0980-0047.
    Description: Under title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, of the Social 
Security Act, States and Indian Tribes are to submit a five year Child 
and Family Services Plan, an Annual Progress and Services Report 
(APSR), and an annual budget request and estimated expenditure report 
(CFS-101). The plan is used by States and Indian Tribes to develop and 
implement services, and describe coordination efforts with other 
Federal, state and local programs. The APSR is used to provide updates 
and changes in the goals and services under the five year plan. The 
CFS-101 will be submitted annually with the APSR to apply for 
appropriated funds for the next fiscal year. The CFSP also includes the 
required State plans under seciton 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention 
Treatment Act and section 477 of title IV-E, the Chafee Foster Care 
Independence Program.
    Respondents: 300.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of    responses  per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents      respondent    per response        hours
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CFSP............................................             300               1             500          30,000
APSR............................................             300               1             270          81,000
CFS-101.........................................             300               1               5           1,500
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    Estimated total annual burden hours.........                                                         112,500
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    In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(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 
Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. 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: January 16, 2002.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-1634 Filed 1-22-02; 8:45 am]
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