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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: December 22, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06–9938 Filed 12–29–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Form ACF–IV–E–1: Title IV–E
Foster Care and Adoption Assistance
Financial Report.
OMB No.: 0970–0205.
Description: State agencies administer
the Foster Care and Adoption
Assistance Programs under Title IV–E of
the Social Security Act. The
Administration for Children and
Families provides Federal funding at the
rate of 50 percent for most of the
administrative costs and at other rates
for other specific categories of costs as
detailed in Federal statute and
regulations. This form is submitted
quarterly by each State to estimate the
funding needs for the upcoming fiscal
quarter and to report expenditures for
the fiscal quarter just ended. This form
is also used to provide annual budget
projections from each State. The
information collected in this report is
used by this agency to calculate
quarterly Federal grant awards and to
enable this agency to submit budget
requests to Congress through the
Department and to enable oversight of
the financial management of the
programs.
Respondents: State agencies
(including the District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico) administering the Foster
Care and Adoption Assistance programs
under Title IV–E of the Social Security
Act.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Number of respondents
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Form ACF–IV–E–1 ..........................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,536.
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
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Number of responses
per respondent
Average burden hours
per response
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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: December 22, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06–9939 Filed 12–29–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: DHHS/ACF/ASPE/DOL
Enhanced Services for the Hard-toEmploy Demonstration and Evaluation:
Rhode Island 15-Month Survey
Amendment.
OMB No.: 0970–0276.
Description: The Enhanced Services
for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration
and Evaluation Project (HtE) seeks to
learn what works in this area to date
and is explicitly designed to build on
past research by rigorously testing a
wide variety of approaches to promote
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Total burden hours
3,536
employment and improve family
functioning and child well-being. The
HtE project is designed to help
Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) recipients, former
TANF recipients, or low-income parents
who are hard-to-employ. The project is
sponsored by the Office of Planning,
Research and Evaluation (OPRE) of the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE) in the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), and the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL).
The evaluation involves an
experimental, random assignment
design in four sites, testing a diverse set
of strategies to promote employment for
low-income parents who face serious
obstacles to employment. The four
include: (1) Intensive care management
to facilitate the use of evidence-based
treatment for major depression among
parents receiving Medicaid in Rhode
Island; (2) job readiness training,
worksite placements, job coaching, job
development and other training
opportunities for recent parolees in New
York City; (3) pre-employment services
and transitional employment for longterm TANF participants in Philadelphia;
and (4) home- and center-based care,
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enhanced with self-sufficiency services
for low-income families who have
young children or are expecting in
Kansas and Missouri.
Materials for follow-up surveys for
each of these sites were previously
submitted to OMB and were approved.
The purpose of this submission is to add
physiological measures to the follow-up
effort to the Rhode Island study.
Respondents: The respondents to this
component of the Rhode Island followup survey will be low-income parents
and their children from the Rhode
Island site currently participating in the
HtE Project. As described in the prior
OMB submission, these parents are
Medicaid recipients between the ages of
18 and 45 receiving Medicaid through
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the managed care provider United
Behavioral Health (UBH) in Rhode
Island who meet study criteria with
regard to their risk for depression.
Children are the biological, adopted,
and step-children of these parents,
between the ages of 1 and 18 years of
age.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Number of respondents
RI 15–month, parent physiological component.
RI 15–month, young child physiological
component.
RI 15–month, youth physiological component.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours
400
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Dated: December 22, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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Additional Information
Copies of the proposed collection may
be obtained 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. 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: 202–395–6974,
Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration for Children and
Families.
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Average burden
hours per response
Number of responses
per respondent
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Advisory Committees; Filing of Annual
Reports
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing
that, as required by the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, the agency has
filed with the Library of Congress the
annual reports of those FDA advisory
committees that held closed meetings
during fiscal year 2006.
ADDRESSES: Copies are available from
the Division of Dockets Management
(HFA–305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852, 301–827–
6860.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theresa L. Green, Advisory Committee
Oversight and Management Staff (HF–
4), Food and Drug Administration, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857,
301–827–1220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under
section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 1) and 21
CFR 14.60(d), FDA has filed with the
Library of Congress the annual reports
for the following FDA advisory
committees that held closed meetings
during the period October 1, 2005
through September 30, 2006.
Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Research:
Allergenic Products Advisory
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hrs.
5 minutes or .08
hrs.
5 minutes or .08
hrs.
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Total burden hours
266.66
106.66
161.33
534.65
Committee
Blood Products Advisory Committee
Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies
Advisory Committee
Vaccines and Related Biological
Products Advisory Committee
Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research:
Nonprescription Drugs Advisory
Committee
Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs
Advisory Committee
Center for Devices and Radiological
Health:
Medical Devices Advisory Committee
(consisting of reports for General
and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel,
Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices
Panel, Ophthalmic Devices Panel,
Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation
Devices Panel, and Radiological
Devices Panel)
National Center for Toxicological
Research:
Science Advisory Board to the
National Center for Toxicological
Research
Annual reports are available for
public inspections between 9 a.m. and
4 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the
following locations:
1. The Library of Congress, Madison
Bldg., Newspaper and Current
Periodical Reading Room, 101
Independence Ave. SE., rm. 133,
Washington, DC; and
2. The Division of Dockets
Management (HFA–305), Food and
Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD
20852.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: DHHS/ACF/ASPE/DOL Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ
Demonstration and Evaluation: Rhode Island 15-Month Survey Amendment.
OMB No.: 0970-0276.
Description: The Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ
Demonstration and Evaluation Project (HtE) seeks to learn what works in
this area to date and is explicitly designed to build on past research
by rigorously testing a wide variety of approaches to promote
employment and improve family functioning and child well-being. The HtE
project is designed to help Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
(TANF) recipients, former TANF recipients, or low-income parents who
are hard-to-employ. The project is sponsored by the Office of Planning,
Research and Evaluation (OPRE) of the Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
The evaluation involves an experimental, random assignment design
in four sites, testing a diverse set of strategies to promote
employment for low-income parents who face serious obstacles to
employment. The four include: (1) Intensive care management to
facilitate the use of evidence-based treatment for major depression
among parents receiving Medicaid in Rhode Island; (2) job readiness
training, worksite placements, job coaching, job development and other
training opportunities for recent parolees in New York City; (3) pre-
employment services and transitional employment for long-term TANF
participants in Philadelphia; and (4) home- and center-based care,
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enhanced with self-sufficiency services for low-income families who
have young children or are expecting in Kansas and Missouri.
Materials for follow-up surveys for each of these sites were
previously submitted to OMB and were approved. The purpose of this
submission is to add physiological measures to the follow-up effort to
the Rhode Island study.
Respondents: The respondents to this component of the Rhode Island
follow-up survey will be low-income parents and their children from the
Rhode Island site currently participating in the HtE Project. As
described in the prior OMB submission, these parents are Medicaid
recipients between the ages of 18 and 45 receiving Medicaid through the
managed care provider United Behavioral Health (UBH) in Rhode Island
who meet study criteria with regard to their risk for depression.
Children are the biological, adopted, and step-children of these
parents, between the ages of 1 and 18 years of age.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
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Number of responses per Average burden hours per
Instrument Number of respondents respondent response Total burden hours
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RI 15-month, parent physiological component. 400 8 5 minutes or .08 hrs........... 266.66
RI 15-month, young child physiological 160 8 5 minutes or .08 hrs........... 106.66
component.
RI 15-month, youth physiological component.. 242 8 5 minutes or .08 hrs........... 161.33
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours..... ....................... ....................... ............................... 534.65
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Additional Information
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained 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. 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: 202-395-6974,
Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.
Dated: December 22, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-9940 Filed 12-29-06; 8:45 am]
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