Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Federal Register: April 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 77)

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects:

Title: Tribal TANF Data Report, TANF Annual Report, and Reasonable

Cause/Corrective Action Documentation Process- Final.

OMB No.: 0970-0215.

Description: 42 U.S.C. 612 (Section 412 of the Social Security Act as amended by Public Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA)), mandates that

Federally-recognized Indian Tribes with approved Tribal TANF program collect and submit to the Secretary of the Department of Health and

Human Services data on the recipients served by the Tribe's programs.

This information includes both aggregated and disaggregated data on case characteristics and individual characteristics. In addition,

Tribes that are subject to a penalty are allowed to provide reasonable cause justifications as to why a penalty should not be imposed or may develop and implement corrective compliance procedures to eliminate the source of the penalty. Finally, there is an annual report, which requires the Tribes to describe program characteristics. All of the above requirements are currently approved by OMB and the Administration for Children and Families is simply proposing to extend them without any changes.

Respondents: Indian Tribes.

Annual Burden Estimates

Number of

Average

Instrument

Number of

responses per burden hours Total burden respondents

respondent

per response

hours

Final Tribal TANF Data Report...................

62

4

451

111,848

Tribal TANF Annual Report.......................

62

1

40

2,480

Tribal TANF Reasonable Cause/Corrective.........

62

1

60

3,720

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 118,048.

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 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: April 20, 2009.

Janean Chambers,

Reports Clearance Officer.

FR Doc. E9-9340 Filed 4-22-09; 8:45 am

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