Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Federal Register Volume 76, Number 162 (Monday, August 22, 2011)

Notices

Page 52331

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

FR Doc No: 2011-21317

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

Title: Annual Report/ACF 204 (State MOE)--1 collection.

OMB No.: 0970-0248.

Description

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a three-year extension of the ACF-204 (Annual MOE Report). The report is used to collect descriptive program characteristics information on the programs operated by States and Territories in association with their

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs. All State and

Territory expenditures claimed toward States and Territories MOE requirements must be appropriate, i.e., meet all applicable MOE requirements. The Annual MOE Report provides the ability to learn about and to monitor the nature of State and Territory expenditures used to meet States and Territories MOE requirements, and it is an important source of information about the different ways that States and

Territories are using their resources to help families attain and maintain self-sufficiency. In addition, the report is used to obtain

State and Territory program characteristics for ACFs annual report to

Congress, and the report serves as a useful resource to use in

Congressional hearings about how TANF programs are evolving, in assessing State the Territory MOE expenditures, and in assessing the need for legislative changes.

Respondents

The 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam,

Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

Annual Burden Estimates

Number of

Average burden

Instrument

Number of

responses per

hours per

Total burden respondents

respondent

response

hours

ACF-204.............................

54

1

128

6,912

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,912.

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

Planning, Research and Evaluation, 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 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. 2011-21317 Filed 8-19-11; 8:45 am

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