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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 109 / Wednesday, June 7, 2006 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Leveraging Report.
OMB No.: 0970–0121.
Description: The LIHEAP leveraging
incentive program rewards LIHEAP
grantees that have leveraged non-federal
home energy resources for low-income
households. The LIHEAP leveraging
report is the application for leveraging
incentive funds that these LIHEAP
grantees submit to the Department of
Health and Human Services for each
fiscal year in which they leverage
countable resources. Participation in the
leveraging incentive program is
voluntary and is described at 45 CFR
96.87.
The LIHEAP leveraging report obtains
information on the resources by LIHEAP
grantees each fiscal year (as cash,
discounts, waivers, and in-kind); the
benefits provided to low-income
households by these resources (for
example, as fuel and payments for fuel,
as home heating and cooling equipment,
and as weatherization materials and
installation); and the fair market value
of these resources/benefits. HHS needs
this information in order to carry out
statutory requirements for administering
the LIHEAP leveraging incentive
program, to determine countability and
valuation of grantees’ leveraged nonfederal home energy resources, and to
determine grantees’ shares of leveraging
incentive funds. HHS proposed to
request a three-year extension of OMB
approval for the currently approved
LIHEAP leveraging report information
collection.
Respondents: State, Local or Tribal
Governments.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
LIHEAP Leveraging Report .............................................................................
70
1
38
2,660
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,660.
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 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: June 1, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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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 Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF) Program Data
Reporting Instructions and
Requirements
OMB No.: 0970—0215.
Description: 42 U.S.C. 612 (Section
412 of the Social Security Act as
amended by Pub. L. 104–193, the
Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(PRWORA)) mandates that Federally
recognized Indian Tribes with an
approved Tribal TANF program collect
and submit o the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human
Services data on the recipients served
by the Tribes’ 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.
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Final Tribal TANF Data Report ........................................................................
Tribal TANF Annual Report .............................................................................
Tribal TANF Reasonable Cause/Corrective Action Documentation Process
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burden hours
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451
40
60
Total burden
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101,024
2,240
3,360
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 106,624.
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@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: June 1, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
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The Data Measures, Data Composites,
and National Standards To Be Used in
the Child and Family Services Reviews
AGENCY: Children’s Bureau,
Administration on Children, Youth and
Families, Administration for Children
and Families, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Final notice of the data
measures, data composites, and national
standards to be used in the Child and
Family Services Reviews.
SUMMARY: On November 7, 2005, the
Administration for Children and
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Families (ACF) published a notice in the
Federal Register soliciting comment
regarding its proposal to replace the six
data measures used as part of the
assessment of State performance on the
Federal Child and Family Services
Review (CFSR) with six data composites
(70 FR 67479). Based on the results of
our data analyses and a review of
comments from the field, ACF made the
following decisions:
• The CFSR will use a State’s
performance on two individual data
measures as part of the assessment of
the State’s substantial conformity with
CFSR Safety Outcome 1—Children are,
first and foremost, protected from abuse
and neglect. A national standard is
established for each of these measures.
• The CFSR will use a State’s
performance on four data composites as
part of the assessment of the State’s
substantial conformity with CFSR
Permanency Outcome 1—Children have
permanency and stability in their living
situations. A national standard is
established for each of these data
composites.
This announcement presents the
following information:
• The decisions made by the
Children’s Bureau regarding use of data
composites for the Federal Child and
Family Services Review (CFSR);
• The composites and additional data
that will be used as part of the
assessment of a State’s substantial
conformity with the CFSR requirements;
and
• Descriptive statistics relevant to
each composite and measure, including
the score that will serve as the national
standard for the second round of the
CFSR.
Where relevant, the announcement
addresses key comments from the field
in response to the Federal Register
notice.
The announcement also includes the
following attachments:
Attachment A: Data to be included in
the CFSR State Data Profile.
Attachment B: Methodology for
Composite Construction.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact: John Hargrove at
John.Hargrove@acf.hhs.gov, (202) 205–
8625.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The CFSR is ACF’s results-oriented
comprehensive monitoring system
designed to promote continuous
improvement in the outcomes
experienced by children and families
who come into contact with public
child welfare agencies. ACF developed
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the CFSR in response to a mandate in
the Social Security Amendments of
1994 (see section 1123A of the Social
Security Act) for the Department of
Health and Human Services to
promulgate regulations for reviews of
State child and family services programs
under titles IV–B and IV–E of the Social
Security Act. ACF’s final regulations on
the CFSR process, issued in 2000, can
be found at 45 CFR 1355.31 through
1355.37. Between fiscal year (FY) 2001
and FY 2004, ACF conducted the first
round of the CFSR. A ‘‘round’’ is
defined as a cycle of the CFSR that
includes every State, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Information for each CFSR came from
the following sources: (1) The Statewide
Assessment, (2) case-level reviews
conducted by a team of Federal and
State reviewers, (3) interviews with key
stakeholders, and (4) State data from the
Foster Care File of the Adoption and
Foster Care Analysis and Reporting
System (AFCARS) and the Child File of
the National Child Abuse and Neglect
Data System (NCANDS), or an
alternative data source approved by the
Children’s Bureau. Using this
information, the first round of the CFSR
assessed State performance on seven
outcomes and seven systemic factors.
For the most part, performance on the
seven outcomes was determined
through the results of the case reviews.
However, in the first round of the CFSR,
the assessment for two outcomes also
included a State’s performance on six
national data measures that ACF
adapted from measures developed for
the Annual Report to Congress on Child
Welfare Outcomes in response to the
requirements of section 479A of the
Social Security Act. ACF established
national standards for each of the six
data measures, all of which were
calculated from data reported by States
to NCANDS and AFCARS. ACF
described these six data measures and
the national standards in the preamble
to the final CFSR regulation, published
in the Federal Register (65 FR 4024–
4025). This same regulation provides
information on how ACF calculated the
national standards associated with each
of the six data measures. Subsequently,
ACF issued information memoranda on
the specific national standards that
would be used in the initial CFSR
implementation (see ACYF–CB–IM–00–
11 and ACYF–CB–IM–01–07).
The following performance measures
and national standards were used
during the first round of the CFSR as
part of the assessment of a State’s
substantial conformity with CFSR Safety
Outcome 1—Children are, first and
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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 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Program Data Reporting Instructions and Requirements
OMB No.: 0970--0215.
Description: 42 U.S.C. 612 (Section 412 of the Social Security Act
as amended by Pub. L. 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA)) mandates that
Federally recognized Indian Tribes with an approved Tribal TANF program
collect and submit o the Secretary of the Department of Health and
Human Services data on the recipients served by the Tribes' 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
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Final Tribal TANF Data Report................... 56 4 451 101,024
Tribal TANF Annual Report....................... 56 1 40 2,240
Tribal TANF Reasonable Cause/Corrective Action 56 1 60 3,360
Documentation Process..........................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 106,624.
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@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: June 1, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-5178 Filed 6-6-06; 8:45 am]
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