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the formation and use of advisory 

committees. 

Sherry Glied, 

Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21642 Filed 8–23–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects: 

Title: State High Performance Bonus 

System (HPBS) Transmission File 

Layouts for HPBS Work Measures 

OMB No.: 0970–0230 

Description: There is no longer a High 

Performance Bonus associated with this 

information collection. The Deficit 

Reduction Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–171) 

eliminated the funding for the High 

Performance Bonus (HPB), but we are 

still requesting that States continue to 

submit data necessary to calculate the 

work measures previously reported 

under the HPB. 

Specifically, The TANF program was 

reauthorized under the Deficit 

Reduction Act of 2005. The statute 

eliminated the funding for the HPB 

under section 403 (a)(4). Nevertheless 

the Department is required under 

section 413(d) to annually rank State 

performance in moving TANF recipients 

into private sector employment. We are, 

therefore, requesting that States 

continue to transmit monthly files of 

adult TANF recipients necessary to 

calculate the work measures 

performance data. To the extent States 

do not provide the requested 

information, we will extract the 

matching information from the TANF 

Data Report. This may result in 

calculation of the work performance 

measures based on sample data, which 

would provide us less precise 

information on States’ performance. 

The Transmission File Layouts form 

provides the format that States will 

continue to use for the quarterly 

electronic transmission of monthly data 

on TANF adult recipients. States that 

have separate TANF–MOE files on these 

programs are also requested to transmit 

similar files. We are not requesting any 

changes to the Transmission File 

Layouts form.

Respondents: Respondents may 

include any of the 50 States, the District 

of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and 

the Virgin Islands. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

State High Performance Bonus System (HPBS) Transmission File Layouts for HPBS Work Measures ............................................................ 42 2 12 1,008 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,008 

In compliance with the requirements 

of Section 506(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 Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 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) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden 

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. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21553 Filed 8–23–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: Methodology for Determining 

Whether an Increase in a State’s Child 

Poverty Rate is the Result of the TANF 

program—NPRM 

OMB No.: 0970–0186 

Description: In accordance with 

Section 413(i) of the Social Security Act 

and 45 CFR part 284, the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) 

intends to extend without change the 

following information collection 

requirements. For instances when 

Census Bureau data show that a State’s 

child poverty rate increased by 5 

percent or more from one year to the 

next, a State may submit independent 

estimates of its child poverty rate. If 

HHS determines that the State’s 

independent estimates are not more 

reliable than the Census Bureau 

estimates, HHS will require the State to 

submit an assessment of the impact of 

the TANF program(s) in the State on the 

child poverty rate. If HHS determines 

from the assessment and other 

information that the child poverty rate 

in the State increased as a result of the 

TANF program(s) in the State, HHS will 

then require the State to submit a 

corrective action plan.

Respondents: The respondents are the 

50 States, the District of Columbia and 

Puerto Rico; when reliable Census 

Bureau data become available for the 

Territories, additional respondents 

might include Guam and the Virgin 

Islands. 


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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Optional Submission of Data on Child Poverty from an Independent Source 52 1 8 416 

Assessment of the Impact of TANF on the Increase in Child Poverty ........... 52 1 120 6,240 

Corrective Action Plan ..................................................................................... 52 1 160 8,320 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 14,976. 

In compliance with the requirements 

of Section 506(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 Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 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) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden information to be 

collected; and (e) 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. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21554 Filed 8–23–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: Annual Statistical Report on 

Children in Foster Homes and Children 

in Families Receiving Payment in 

Excess of the Poverty Income Level from 

a State Program Funded Under Part A of 

Title IV of the Social Security Act. 

OMB No.: 0970–0004. 

Description: The Department of 

Health and Human Services is required 

to collect these data under section 1124 

of Title I of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act, as amended 

by Public Law 103–382. The data are 

used by the U.S. Department of 

Education for allocation of funds for 

programs to aid disadvantaged 

elementary and secondary students. 

Respondents include various 

components of State Human Service 

agencies.

Respondents: The 52 respondents 

include the 50 States, the District of 

Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Annual Statistical Report on Children in Foster Homes and Children Receiving Payments in Excess of the Poverty Level From a State Program 

Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act ........................ 52 1 264.35 13,746.20 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 13,746.20. 

In compliance with the requirements 

of Section 506(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 Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 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) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden 

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. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21555 Filed 8–23–11; 8:45 am] 

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