96-10531. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request; Proposed Projects

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 83 (Monday, April 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18746]
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[FR Doc No: 96-10531]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request; 
Proposed Projects

    Title: Refugee Assistance-by-Nationality Report--ORR-10.
    OMB No.: 0970-0044.
    Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement uses the ORR-10 
(Refugee Assistance-by-Nationality Report) to collect information about 
refugee receipt of public assistance. Section 412(a)(3) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act requires ORR to compile and maintain 
data, by State of residence and nationality, on the number of refugees 
receiving cash or medical assistance. To satisfy this requirement, ORR 
requires each State that participates in the Refugee Resettlement 
program to enumerate, by nationality, its refugee caseload of Refugee 
Cash Assistance (RCA) and Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA) as of June 
30 of each year. ORR then consolidates all responses and reports these 
data in Appendix A of the annual Report to Congress.
    Program managers use data on public assistance utilization by 
nationality groups to: (1) Plan employment services for refugee 
populations, (2) gauge the relative need for specialized services of 
different refugee populations in different areas of the country, and 
(3) determine whether newly arriving populations have adjusted to the 
American economy.
    Respondents: State Governments.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates                                            
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                                                                            Number of     Average               
                                                               Number of    responses      burden       Total   
                         Instrument                           respondents      per       hours per      burden  
                                                                            respondent   respondent     hours   
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ORR-10......................................................           50            1         .417        135.8
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 135.8.                                                                     

    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, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn: 
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by 
title.
    In addition, requests for copies may be made and comments forwarded 
to the Reports Clearance Officer over the Internet by sending a message 
to [e-mail]. Internet messages must be submitted as an 
ASCII file without special characters or encryption.
    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) ways to enhance 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: April 22, 1996.
Roberta Katson,
Director, Division of Information Resource Management Services.
[FR Doc. 96-10531 Filed 4-26-96; 8:45 am]
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