94-5590. Agency Information for Children and Families

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

 

Agency Information for Children and Families

    Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35), we have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) a request for the continued use of an information collection 
titled: ``Monthly Flash Report of Selected AFDC Program Data''. This 
information collection was approved under OMB Number 0970-0071 for use 
through March 31, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Copies of this information collection request may be 
obtained from Edward E. Saunders, Office of Information Systems 
Management, ACF, by calling [phone].
    Written comments and questions regarding this request for approval 
for information collection should be sent directly to:

Laura Oliven, OMB Desk Officer for ACF, OMB Reports Management 
Branch, New Executive Office Building, room 3002, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, [phone].

Information on Document

    Title: Monthly ``Flash'' Report of Selected AFDC Program Data.
    OMB Number: 0970-0071.
    Description: The authority for this information collection may be 
found at section 402(a)(6), Aid to Families with Dependent Children 
(AFDC) and section 1602 under Title XVI, Aged, Blind and Disabled 
(AABD) of the Social Security Act. Aid to Families with Dependent 
Children (AFDC) is the nation's largest financial assistance program 
serving needy families with dependent children. AFDC's mission is two-
fold: first, to assist families with dependent children to meet an 
immediate financial need and second, to help parents in these families 
become economically self-sufficient.
    Recent caseload and expenditures statistics for Fiscal Year 1992 
show:

AFDC Caseload

    Average No. of Monthly Families, 4,768,495.
    Average No. of Monthly Recipients, 13,625,342.

Benefit Expenditures

    Total, $21.9 billion.
    Average Monthly Benefits (per Family), $383.45.
    Average Monthly Benefits (per Recipient), $134.20.
    Form ACF-3645 will be used by the States to provide preliminary 
monthly information on services provided to AFDC recipients including: 
numbers of AFDC families, adults, and children receiving cash 
assistance, the number of eligible families receiving emergency 
assistance payments, temporary housing, statistics on unemployment 
among AFDC parents, and caseload statistics, including the AFDC-
Unemployed Parents and Basic segments under Title IV-A of the Social 
Security Act.
    This information is electronically forwarded to the Office of 
Family Assistance where it is analyzed and circulated to key ACF 
headquarters and regional offices staff, DHHS administrative and budget 
offices, State welfare departments, OMB and Congressional committee 
staffs. This information is widely used for monitoring AFDC program 
trends and is an advance indicator of program activity and costs.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 54.
    Annual Frequency: 12.
    Average Burden Per Response: 2.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,296.

    Dated: February 25, 1994.
Larry Guerrero,
Deputy Director, Office of Information System Management.
[FR Doc. 94-5590 Filed 3-9-94; 8:45 am]
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