98-12914. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27089-27090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12914]


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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 and Development Fund Annual Report on (ACF-700).
    OMB No.: 0980-0241.
    Description: The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Report 
request annual tribal aggregate information on services provide through 
the CCDF which is required per Child Care and Development Block Grant 
(CCDBG) Final Rule 45 CFR Parts 98 and 99. Tribes are required to 
submit annual aggregate data appropriate to tribal programs on children 
and families receiving CCDF-funds or CCDBG funded Child care services. 
The Statute and regulations require Tribal Lead Agencies to report a 
supplemental narrative which describes general child care activities 
and actions in the Tribal Lead Agency's service area and is not 
restricted to the CCDF-funded activities's other information in 
addition to the data collected by Form ACF-700. This information will 
be included in the Secretary's report to Congress, as appropriate, and 
will be shared with all Tribal Lead Agencies to inform them of CCDF or 
CCDBG-funded activities in other tribal programs.

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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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CCDF Annual Report..........................             244                1               40            9,760 
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Estimated total annual burden hours: 9,760.                                                                     

    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, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
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)

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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: May 11, 1998.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-12914 Filed 5-14-98; 8:45 am]
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