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1. First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.,
Mattoon, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent
of the voting shares of Mansfield
Bancorp, Inc., Mansfield, Illinois, and
thereby indirectly acquire Peoples State
Bank of Mansfield, Mansfield, Illinois.
2. Minier Financial, Inc., Employee
Stock Ownership Plan w/401(k)
Provisions, Minier, Illinois; to become a
bank holding company by acquiring 51
percent of the voting shares of Minier
Financial Inc., Minier, Illinois, and
thereby indirectly acquire First State
Bank, Minier, Illinois.
each session (at 4:30 PM and 6:30 PM)
GSA will make brief identical
presentations, each followed by a period
for public comment. The Public Hearing
will provide information on the
proposed alternatives and their impacts,
as well as an opportunity for the public
to submit oral and written comments.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, February 23, 2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
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Comments may be
submitted in writing to: Morris Angell,
Regional Environmental Quality
Advisor, GSA, Portfolio Management
Division (9PTC), 450 Golden Gate Ave.,
3rd Floor E, San Francisco, CA 94102,
or via e-mail to Morris.Angell@gsa.gov.
Oral and written comments may also be
submitted at the public hearing
described in the DATES section.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
ADDRESSES:
Morris Angell at (415) 522–3473 or via
email at Morris.Angell@gsa.gov.
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for a
New Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) Field Office Headquarters Facility
in Los Angeles, CA
Public Buildings Service, GSA.
Notice of Availability and
Public Hearing.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The General Services
Administration (GSA) announces the
availability of the draft Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for construction
of a new facility to house the Los
Angeles Field Office Headquarters of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for
public review and comment. The EIS
provides GSA and the public with an
analysis of the environmental impacts
that may result from two alternative
construction proposals and a No Action
alternative.
DATES: Written comments on the draft
EIS are invited from the public and may
be submitted through the end of the
comment period on April 24, 2006 (see
ADDRESS section for more details).
Comments must be postmarked by April
24, 2006, to ensure consideration; late
comments will be considered to the
extent practicable. The GSA will use the
comments received to help prepare the
final version of the EIS. The public is
cordially invited to participate in a
Public Hearing scheduled on Tuesday,
March 14, 2006 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. at the Doubletree Los Angeles—
Westwood, 10740 Wilshire Boulevard,
Los Angeles, California, 90024. The
Public Hearing will be divided into two
sessions from 4:00—6:00 p.m. and
6:30—8:30 p.m.; at the beginning of
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A notice
of availability will be mailed to all
agencies, organizations, and individuals
who participated in the scoping process
or were identified during the EIS
process. GSA has distributed copies of
the draft EIS to appropriate
Congressional members and
committees, the State of California,
other federal agencies, and all interested
parties who have requested copies.
The Draft EIS was prepared pursuant
to the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.] and the Council on Environmental
Quality NEPA regulations [40 CFR part
1500]. The draft EIS presents
comparisons of these impacts among
two action and one no action
alternatives. For each alternative,
impact discussions are presented by
resource area (e.g. land use, geology and
soils) or topic area (e.g., traffic,
environmental justice).
After the public comment period,
which ends April 24, 2006, GSA will
consider the comments received, revise
the draft EIS, select a preferred
alternative, and issue a Final EIS. GSA
will consider the Final EIS, along with
other economic and technical
considerations, to make a decision on
the appropriate course of action.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Peter G. Stamison,
Regional Administrator, Public Buildings
Service, Pacific Rim Region.
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Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Project:
Title: Relationship Quality Instrument
for Mentoring Children of Prisoners
Program.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Promoting Safe and
Stable Families Amendments of 2001
(Pub. L. 107–133) amended Title IV–B
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
629–629e) to provide funding for
nonprofit agencies that recruit, screen,
train, and support mentors for children
with an incarcerated parent or parents.
The Family and Youth Services Bureau
(FYSB) of the Administration for
Children and Families, United States
Department of Health and Human
Services, administers the Mentoring
Children of Prisoners (MCP) program.
The MCP program creates lasting, highquality one-to-one mentoring
relationships that provide young people
with caring adult role models. The
quality of these relationships is an
important indicator of success in
mentoring programs.
Previous research has shown an
association between high-quality
mentoring relationships and positive
changes in youth behavior associated
with positive youth benefits, such as
improved school attendance, reductions
in risk behavior, and other benefits.
The Relationship Quality Instrument
consists of 15 rigorously field-tested
questions 1 about the relationship, plus
several questions that establish context
(age, gender, duration of relationship
and frequency of contacts, etc.). The
answer to the questions help assess how
satisfied the youth (mentee) is with the
relationship; whether the mentee is
happy in the relationship; whether the
mentee trusts the mentor; and whether
the mentor has helped the mentee to
cope with problems. Researchers in the
field of mentoring have tested and
validated the questions.
FYSB requires grantees receiving
funding to provide information that can
be used to evaluate outcomes for
participating children. FYSB will use
the information provided by the
instrument to assure effective service
delivery and program management and
1 Rhodes J., Reddy, R., Roffman, J., and Grossman
J.B. (March, 2005). Promoting Successful Youth
Mentoring Relationships: A Preliminary Screening
Questionnaire. The Journal of Primary Prevention,
26:2, 147–167.
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to guide the development of national
monitoring and technical assistance
systems. Finally, FYSB will use data
from this collection for reporting
program outcomes to Congress in the FY
2006 Performance Report during the
budget process and as the basis for
outcome evaluation of the program over
the long term.
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Respondents: Public, community- and
faith-based organizations receiving
funding to implement the MCP program.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
responses per
respondent
Instrument
Number of
respondents
Relationship Quality Instrument for
Mentoring Children of Prisoners
Program.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours
215 MCP grantees serving a total
of approximately 25,000 children
in the active annual caseload.
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16 (average caseload per MCP
grantee).
Total burden
hours
24,940
24,940
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 Administration,
Office of Information Services, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. E-mail address:
infocollection@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 buden 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: February 22, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
State Median Income Estimate for a
Four-Person Family (FFY 2007); Notice
of the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2007
State Median Income Estimates for Use
Under the Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Administered by the Administration for
Children and Families, Office of
Community Services, Division of
Energy Assistance
Office of Community Services,
ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of estimated State
median income estimates for FFY 2007.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
estimated median income for fourperson families in each State and the
District of Columbia for FFY 2007
(October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007).
LIHEAP grantees may adopt the State
median income estimates beginning
with the date of this publication of the
estimates in the Federal Register or at
a later date as discussed below. This
means that LIHEAP grantees could
choose to implement this notice during
the period between the heating and
cooling seasons. However, by October 1,
2006, or by the beginning of a grantee’s
fiscal year, whichever is later, LIHEAP
grantees using State median income
estimates must adjust their income
eligibility criteria to be in accord with
the FFY 2007 State median income
estimates.
This listing of estimated State median
incomes provides one of the maximum
income criteria that LIHEAP grantees
may use in determining a household’s
income eligibility for LIHEAP.
DATES: Effective Date: The estimates are
effective at any time between the date of
this publication and October 1, 2006, or
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by the beginning of a LIHEAP grantee’s
fiscal year, whichever is later.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leon Litow, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS, Office of
Community Services, Division of Energy
Assistance, 5th Floor West, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC
20447, Telephone: (202) 401–5304 EMail: llitow@acf.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
provisions of section 2603(11) of Title
XXVI of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Pub. L. 97–
35, as amended), we are announcing the
estimated median income of a fourperson family for each State, the District
of Columbia, and the United States for
FFY 2007 (the period of October 1,
2006, through September 30, 2007).
Section 2605(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the
LIHEAP statute provides that 60 percent
of the median income for each State, as
annually established by the Secretary of
the Department of Health and Human
Services, is one of the income criteria
that LIHEAP grantees may use in
determining a household’s eligibility for
LIHEAP.
LIHEAP is authorized through the end
of FFY 2007 by the Energy Policy Act
of 2005, Pub. L. 109–58, which was
enacted on August 8, 2005.
Estimates of the median income for a
four-person family for each State and
the District of Columbia for FFY 2007
have been developed by the Census
Bureau of the U.S. Department of
Commerce, using the most recently
available income data. In developing the
median income estimates for FFY 2007,
the Census Bureau used the following
three sources of data: (1) The Current
Population Survey’s 2005 Annual Social
and Economic Supplement File; (2) the
2000 Decennial Census of Population;
and (3) 2004 per capita personal income
estimates, by State, from the Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S.
Department of Commerce.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Project:
Title: Relationship Quality Instrument for Mentoring Children of
Prisoners Program.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments of
2001 (Pub. L. 107-133) amended Title IV-B of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 629-629e) to provide funding for nonprofit agencies that
recruit, screen, train, and support mentors for children with an
incarcerated parent or parents. The Family and Youth Services Bureau
(FYSB) of the Administration for Children and Families, United States
Department of Health and Human Services, administers the Mentoring
Children of Prisoners (MCP) program. The MCP program creates lasting,
high-quality one-to-one mentoring relationships that provide young
people with caring adult role models. The quality of these
relationships is an important indicator of success in mentoring
programs.
Previous research has shown an association between high-quality
mentoring relationships and positive changes in youth behavior
associated with positive youth benefits, such as improved school
attendance, reductions in risk behavior, and other benefits.
The Relationship Quality Instrument consists of 15 rigorously
field-tested questions \1\ about the relationship, plus several
questions that establish context (age, gender, duration of relationship
and frequency of contacts, etc.). The answer to the questions help
assess how satisfied the youth (mentee) is with the relationship;
whether the mentee is happy in the relationship; whether the mentee
trusts the mentor; and whether the mentor has helped the mentee to cope
with problems. Researchers in the field of mentoring have tested and
validated the questions.
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\1\ Rhodes J., Reddy, R., Roffman, J., and Grossman J.B. (March,
2005). Promoting Successful Youth Mentoring Relationships: A
Preliminary Screening Questionnaire. The Journal of Primary
Prevention, 26:2, 147-167.
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FYSB requires grantees receiving funding to provide information
that can be used to evaluate outcomes for participating children. FYSB
will use the information provided by the instrument to assure effective
service delivery and program management and
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to guide the development of national monitoring and technical
assistance systems. Finally, FYSB will use data from this collection
for reporting program outcomes to Congress in the FY 2006 Performance
Report during the budget process and as the basis for outcome
evaluation of the program over the long term.
Respondents: Public, community- and faith-based organizations
receiving funding to implement the MCP program.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Instrument Number of responses per Average burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Relationship Quality Instrument 215 MCP grantees 1 16 (average caseload 24,940
for Mentoring Children of serving a total of per MCP grantee).
Prisoners Program. approximately 25,000
children in the
active annual
caseload.
Estimated Total Annual Burden 24,940
Hours
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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
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade,
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: infocollection@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 buden 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: February 22, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-1817 Filed 2-27-06; 8:45 am]
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