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[FR Doc No: 94-11562]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Agency Information Collection Under OMB Review
Under the provisions of the Federal Paperwork Reduction Act of 1981
(44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Administration for Children and Families
(ACF) is requesting clearance for instruments to implement Executive
Order 12862 within the Administration for children and Families (ACF).
The purpose of the data collection is to obtain customer satisfaction
information from those entities who are funded to be our partners in
the delivery of services to the American public. ACF partners are those
entities that receive funding to deliver services or assistance from
ACF programs. Examples of partners are States and local governments,
the territories, service providers, Indian Tribes and tribal
organizations, grantees, researchers, or other intermediaries serving
target populations identified by and funded directly or indirectly by
ACF. The surveys will obtain information about how well ACF is meeting
the needs of our partners in operating the ACF programs.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the information collection may be obtained from
Edward E. Saunders of the Office of Information Systems Management,
ACF, by calling (202) 205-7921.
Written comments and questions regarding this 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, (202) 395-7316.
Information on Document
Title: Voluntary Surveys of ACF Program Partners to Implement
Executive Order 12862.
OMB No.: New Request.
Description: Executive Order 12862 directs agencies that provide
significant services directly to the public to survey customers to
determine the kind and quality of services they want and their level of
satisfaction with existing services. This request is for the generic
clearance for the Administration for Children and Families to implement
Executive Order 12864 within the agency in relation to the satisfaction
of those entities who are funded to be our partners in the delivery of
services to the American public. ACF's partners are those entities that
receive services or assistance directly from ACF programs such as State
and local governments, the territories, the District of Columbia,
Indian Tribes and tribal organizations, grantees, service providers,
researchers, and significant other intermediaries serving target
populations identified by and funded directly or indirectly by ACF.
ACF will conduct voluntary confidential surveys of our partners to
identify strengths and weakness in the administrative management of ACF
programs and to determine how we can better serve our partners so
together we can better serve the American public.
The generic surveys of our partners will provide descriptive and
statistical information on ACF programs across at-least twelve (12)
major domains: Welfare, child support enforcement, vulnerable youth,
day care, employment training, Head Start, emergency assistance, family
violence, foster care, adoption assistance, services to special
populations, and refugee resettlement. For each domain, ACF intends to
use information provided by out partners to determine the kind and
quality of services they want and expect, their level of satisfaction
with existing services an to implement improvements where feasible and
practical.
The voluntary partnership surveys will focus only on issues of
direct concern to our partners regarding their relationship and
opinions on the level of efficiency and quality of services provided by
ACF. These concerns may include: Partnership arrangements in policy
formulation and implantation of program strategies, considerations of
Federal, State and local administrative management practices in policy
formulation, appropriateness and timeliness of decisionsmaking,
timeliness of funding allocations and grant awards, utility of
information collection, efficacy of information sharing, the
elimination of inoperable internal rules and guidelines, courtesy and
cooperation of federal staffs with out partners, assessing the
effectiveness of technical assistance provided and the need for
additional technical assistance, adequacy of problem resolutions,
multi-cultural sensitivity in the decision-making process, and the
attainment of goals and outcomes that can be used to measure the
efficiency and cost effectiveness of ACF programs in meeting the needs
of children, youth and families at the ACF level.
Estimate of the Burden of Collection of Information
Estimates of response burden are outlined in the following tables:
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Annual
number Average Average burden Annual
respondents annual per response burden
frequency hours
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States gov'ts.......................................... 51 10 1 hour.......... 510
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The above figures are based on an estimate of approximately one (1)
hour per response to respond and submit the information. The 51
respondents include the 50 States and the District of Columbia. The
figure in the annual burden hours column takes into account State
supervised, county administered (State supervised), and State
administered programs where the county must submit data to the State
prior to its aggregation and submission to the Administration for
Children and Families.
We propose to select approximately 10 States per year. The ten (10)
States will represent both large and small States and county and State
administered units.
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Annual Average Annual
number annual Average burden burden
respondents frequency per response hours
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Head Start grantees and delegates...................... 200 1 .5 hours........ 100
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The above annual figure is based on a sample of 200 Head Start
grantees and delegate agencies per year multiplied by .5 hour to
respond to a check list of open-ended and closed-ended questions.
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Annual Average Annual
number annual Average burden burden
respondents frequency per response hours
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Other discretionary grant programs..................... 200 10 .5 hours........ 100
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The above annual figure is based on a representative sample of
discretionary grantees by program type, by size and by region per year
multiplied by .5 hours to respond to a check list of open-ended and
closed-ended questions multiplied by 10 responses per year.
Indian tribes and tribal organ......................... 25 10 .5 hours........ 50
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Total reporting burden........................... ........... ........... ................ 1,660
The above annual figure is based on a representative sample of
Indian grantees including tribal organizations per year multiplied by
.5 hours to respond to a check list of open-ended and closed-ended
questions multiplied by 10 responses per year.
Dated: May 5, 1994.
Larry Guerrero,
Deputy Director, Office of Information Systems Management.
[FR Doc. 94-11562 Filed 5-11-94; 8:45 am]
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