97-940. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-940]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Child Care Quarterly Unit Report
    OMB No.: New collection
    Description: This legislatively-mandated report collects program 
and participants data on children and families receiving direct CCDF 
services. Disaggregate data will be collected and will be used to 
determine the participants and program characteristics as well as cost 
and level of child care services. The data will be used to provide a 
report to Congress. Form ACF 801 represents the data elements to be 
collected and reported to ACF.
    Respondents (States and Territories) will be asked to sample the 
population of families receiving benefits on a monthly basis and submit 
the three most current monthly samples to ACF quarterly. Each monthly 
sample is drawn independent of the other samples and retained for 
submission within a quarterly report. ACF is not issuing specifications 
on how respondents compile overall database(s) from which samples are 
drawn. ACF will provide to the respondents a sampling plan which will 
specify minimum sample size. It is expected to be a monthly sample of 
approximately 150 cases for large States with smaller samples based on 
population size adjustments for smaller respondents.
    Respondents: States, D.C., Guam, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

                                             Annual Burden Estimates                                            
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden                
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden 
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours    
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ACF-801.........................................              54               4              20           4,320
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,320.
    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, Division of Information Resource Management 
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.
    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: January 9, 1997.
Douglas J. Godesky,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-940 Filed 1-14-97; 8:45 am]
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