99-24993. Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52097-52098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24993]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency 
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

    Title: Head Start Grant Application and Budget Instrument.
    OMB No.: New.
    Description: The Head Start program is promulgating a Head Start 
Grant Application and Budget Instrument to standardize the grant 
application information which is requested from all grantees applying 
for continuation grants. The Bureau is also instituting a three year 
grant finding cycle so that applicants will only submit full 
applications in their first year of their

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three year funding cycle. In addition, the Grant Application and Budget 
Instrument will be available on a data disk and can be transmitted 
electronically to Regional offices. The Administration on Children, 
Youth and Families believes that, in promulgating this application 
document, the process of applying for grants for the Head Start program 
will be more efficient for the applicants.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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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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Head Start Grant Application and Budget                1,513                1               33           49,929
 Instrument.................................
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    Estimated total Annual Burden Hours: 49,929.

Additional Information

    ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 180 day approval for this 
information collection under procedures for emergency processing by 
October 25, 1999. A copy of this information collection, with 
applicable supporting documentation, maybe obtained by calling the 
Administration for Children and Families, Reports Clearance Officer, 
Bob Sargis at [phone].
    Comments and questions about the information collection described 
above should be directed to the following address by October 25, 1999: 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer 
for ACF, Office of Management and Budget, Paper Reduction Project, 725 
17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503, [phone].

    Dated: September 21, 1999.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-24993 Filed 9-24-99; 8:45 am]
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