98-23298. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46225-46226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23298]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Information Collection from applicants who will respond to 
Request for Applications for funding of 6 OCS competitive grants
    OMB No.: 0970-0062
    Description: The Office of Community Services is requesting 
approval to continue the use of its program announcements to collect 
information which will enable the agency to determine which projects to 
fund and the amount of the grant awards. The programs covered include: 
Community Food and Nutrition; Discretionary Grants Program; Low Income 
Home Energy Assistance Program; Job Opportunities for Low-Income 
Individuals; Training and Technical Assistance and Capacity Building; 
and Family Violence Prevention and Services Program. Information 
collected from the requirements contained in these 6 program 
announcements will be the sole source of information available to OCS 
in reviewing applications leading to awards of discretionary grants to 
eligible applicants.
    The application forms that will be used contain information for 
competitive review in accordance with the program announcements' 
guidelines. The data provided is necessary to compute the amount of the 
grant in relation to proposed project activities by the ACF Grant 
Officers.
    OMB recommended that ACF submit one information collection package 
covering all OCS program announcements, since the same application form 
is used in each announcement. This information collection was last 
approved in 1995 and is due to expire September 30,

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1998. Since the last approval, the Demonstration Partnership Program no 
longer exists. Therefore, this request covers 6 programs, rather than 
the 7 programs previously covered.
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions.

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                                                                            Number of     Average               
                                                               Estimated    responses      burden       Total   
                         Instrument                            number of       per       hours per      burden  
                                                              respondents   respondent   respondent     hours   
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CFN Announcement............................................          250            1           10         2500
LIHEAP Announcement.........................................           10            1           24          240
Community Economic Dev. Announcement........................          200            1           35         7000
JOLI Announcement...........................................          150            1           40         6000
CSBG T&TA Announcement......................................           25            1           24          600
Family Violence Annoncement.................................          100            1           40         4000
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 20,340.
    Additional Information:
    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained 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.
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503; Attn: Ms. Wendy Taylor.

    Dated: August 25, 1998.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-23298 Filed 8-28-98; 8:45 am]
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