Submission for OMB Review; Plan for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance-Title IV-E (OMB #0970-0433)

Published date09 October 2019
Citation84 FR 54153
Record Number2019-22072
SectionNotices
CourtChildren And Families Administration
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 54153-54154]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-22072]
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                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
                Administration for Children and Families
                Submission for OMB Review; Plan for Foster Care and Adoption
                Assistance--Title IV-E (OMB #0970-0433)
                AGENCY: Children's Bureau; Administration for Children and Families;
                the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
                ACTION: Request for public comment.
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                SUMMARY: Public Law 115-123 added two new programs to title IV-E of the
                Social Security Act: The Prevention Services Program and the Kinship
                Navigator Program. Title IV-E agencies will be required to report
                information regarding these programs in title IV-E plans. Therefore,
                the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting to
                revise the existing information collection Plan for Foster Care and
                Adoption Assistance (OMB #0970-0433) to include two new information
                collections specific to these two new programs.
                DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. Office of Management
                and Budget (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.
                ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
                information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
                of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email:
                [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration
                for Children and Families.
                 Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by emailing
                [email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also be obtained
                by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
                Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC
                20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All requests, emailed or
                written, should be identified by the title of the information
                collection.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title IV-E of the Social Security Act (the
                Act) was amended by Public Law 115-123, which included the Family First
                Prevention Services Act (FFPSA). The FFPSA
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                authorized new optional title IV-E funding for time-limited (one year)
                prevention services for mental health/substance abuse and in-home
                parent skill-based programs for: (1) A child who is a candidate for
                foster care (as defined in section 475(13) of the Act), (2) pregnant/
                parenting foster youth, and (3) the parents/kin caregivers of those
                children and youth (sections 471(e), 474(a)(6), and 475(13) of the
                Act). Title IV-E prevention services must be rated as promising,
                supported, or well-supported in accordance with HHS criteria and be
                approved by HHS (section 471(e)(4)(C) of the Act) as part of the title
                IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse (section 476(d)(2) of the Act).
                A state or tribal title IV-E agency electing to participate in the
                program must submit a 5-year title IV-E prevention program plan that
                meets the statutory requirements. (See Program Instructions ACYF-CB-PI-
                18-09 and ACYF-CB-PI-18-10 for more information.)
                 The FFPSA also amended Section 474(a)(7) of the Act to reimburse
                state and tribal IV-E agencies for a portion of the costs of operating
                kinship navigator programs that meet certain criteria. To qualify for
                funding under the title IV-E Kinship Navigator Program, the program
                must meet the requirements of a kinship navigator program described in
                section 427(a)(1) of the Act. The Kinship Navigator Program must also
                meet practice criteria of promising, supported, or well-supported in
                accordance with HHS criteria and be approved by HHS (section
                471(e)(4)(C) of the Act). To begin participation in the title IV-E
                Kinship Navigator Program, a title IV-E agency must submit an
                attachment to its title IV-E plan that specifies the kinship navigator
                model it has chosen to implement and, the date on which the provision
                of program services began or will begin, and that provides an assurance
                that the model meets the requirements of section 427(a)(1) of the Act,
                as well as a brief narrative describing how the program will be
                operated. (Please see Program Instruction ACYF-CB-PI-18-11 for
                additional information.)
                 Respondents: State and tribal title IV-E agencies.
                 Annual Burden Estimates
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                 Total Number Number of Average
                 Instrument of Responses Per Burden Hours Annual Burden
                 Respondents Respondent Per Response Hours
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                Title IV-E Prevention Services Plan............. 30 1 5 150
                Attachment to Title IV-E plan for Kinship 45 1 1 45
                 Navigator Program..............................
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                 Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 195.
                 Authority: Title IV-E of the Social Security Act as amended by
                Public Law 115-123 enacted February 9, 2018.
                Mary B. Jones,
                ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
                [FR Doc. 2019-22072 Filed 10-8-19; 8:45 am]
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