Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Federal Register: November 17, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 220)
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Tribal TANF Financial Report (ACF-196T).
OMB No.: 0970-0345.
Description: Tribes use Form ACF-196T to report expenditures for the Tribal TANF grant. Authority to collect and report this information is found in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Public Law 104-193. Tribal entities with approved Tribal plans for implementation of the TANF program are required by Section 412(h) of the Social Security Act to report financial data. Form ACF-196T provides for the collection of data regarding Federal expenditures. Failure to collect this data would seriously compromise the Administration for Children and Families'
(ACF) ability to monitor expenditures. This information is also used to estimate outlays and may be used to prepare ACF budget submissions to
Congress. Financial management of the program would be seriously compromised if the expenditure data were not collected. 45 CFR Part 286 Subpart E requires the strictest controls on funding requirements, which necessities review of documentation in support of Tribal expenditures for reimbursement. Comments received from previous efforts to implement a similar Tribal TANF report Form
ACF-196T were used to guide ACF in the development of the product presented with this submittal.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, Public
Law 111-5 has authorized emergency TANF funds to be awarded to States,
Tribes, and Territories who meet certain eligibility requirements written in the legislation. TANF Policy Announcement TANF-ACF-PA-2009- 01 provides additional guidance on eligibility requirements. Recipients of ARRA funds are to report spending and performance data to Federal agencies quarterly for posting on the public website, ``Recovery.gov''.
Federal agencies are required to collect ARRA expenditures data and the data must be clearly distinguishable from the regular TANF (non-ARRA) funds. Therefore, in order to meet this data collection requirement, the ACF-196T has been modified with the addition two line items and a column to report ARRA expenditures. The collection and posting of this data is to allow the public to see where their tax dollars are spent.
Respondents: All Tribal TANF Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
Number of
Average burden
Instrument
Number of
responses per
hours per
Total burden respondents
respondent
response
hours
ACF-196T........................................
56
4
1.50
336
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 336
Additional Information:
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained 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. All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection. E-mail address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment:
OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent directly to the following:
Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202-395-7245, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.
Dated: November 10, 2009.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
FR Doc. E9-27444 Filed 11-16-09; 8:45 am
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