Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; State Plan for Child Support Collection and Establishment of Paternity Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, 107146 [2024-31185]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• Administration for Children and Families

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 250 (Tuesday, December 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 107146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31185]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; State Plan 
for Child Support Collection and Establishment of Paternity Title IV-D 
of the Social Security Act

AGENCY: Office of Child Support Services, Administration for Children 
and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) is requesting 
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of revisions to the 
State Plan for Child Support Collection and Establishment of Paternity 
Under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (State Plan; OMB # 0970-
0017). These revisions are necessary to align this collection with 
updates resulting from a final rule: Employment and Training Services 
for Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support Program which will 
require states to amend State Plans if they elect to participate in 
employment and training services for non-custodial parents in the child 
support program.

DATES: Comments due January 30, 2025. OMB must decide about 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 within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can 
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by 
emailing [email protected]. Identify all emailed requests by 
the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: On May 31, 2024, OCSS published an NPRM (89 Federal 
Register (FR) 47109; Regulation Identification Number (RIN) 0970-AD00) 
proposing to allow Federal financial participation (FFP) for certain 
optional and nonduplicative employment and training services for 
eligible noncustodial parents in the child support program. The 
proposed rule will permit states, at their discretion, to use FFP to 
provide any or all the following services: Job search assistance; job 
readiness training; job development and job placement services; skills 
assessments; job retention services; work supports; and occupational 
training and other skills training directly related to employment.
    On December 13, 2024, OCSS published the Employment and Training 
Services for Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support Program final 
rule (89 FR 100789; RIN 0970-AD00). This rule results in revisions to 
this information collection, as states that elect to participate in 
Employment and Training Services for Non-Custodial Parents in the Child 
Support Program must submit a state plan amendment to OCSS. To account 
for states potentially submitting revisions to their State Plans and as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, we are 
submitting the revised data collection to OMB for review and approval. 
States can elect to participate in these services on page 2.12-15 of 
the State Plan. OCSS is updating the burden estimates to account for 
potential additional amendments as a result of this rule.
    Additionally, the full State Plan has not historically been 
submitted under this OMB number and this request adds the full document 
to the materials for review and approval.
    Respondents: State IV-D Agencies.

Annual Burden Estimates

    We estimate states will take 3 hours to draft the required 
information to amend their State Plan. We estimate about 33 states will 
submit amendments.

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                                                   Total number   Average burden
           Instrument              Total number    of responses      hours per     Total burden    Annual burden
                                  of respondents  per respondent     response          hours           hours
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State Plan and State Plan Cover               54              36              .5             972             324
 Page (OCSS-100)................
State Plan Transmittal..........              54              36             .25             486             162
(OCSS-21-U4)....................
Amendments Specific to the                    33               1               3              99              33
 Employment and Training
 Services for Non-Custodial
 Parents in the Child Support
 Program........................
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    Estimated Total Annual        ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............             519
     Burden Hours...............
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    Authority: 42 U.S.C 652, 654, and 666.

Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-31185 Filed 12-30-24; 8:45 am]
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