134 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 1 / Wednesday, January 3, 2007 / Notices 

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 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: December 22, 2006. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–9938 Filed 12–29–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: Form ACF–IV–E–1: Title IV–E 

Foster Care and Adoption Assistance 

Financial Report. 

OMB No.: 0970–0205. 

Description: State agencies administer 

the Foster Care and Adoption 

Assistance Programs under Title IV–E of 

the Social Security Act. The 

Administration for Children and 

Families provides Federal funding at the 

rate of 50 percent for most of the 

administrative costs and at other rates 

for other specific categories of costs as 

detailed in Federal statute and 

regulations. This form is submitted 

quarterly by each State to estimate the 

funding needs for the upcoming fiscal 

quarter and to report expenditures for 

the fiscal quarter just ended. This form 

is also used to provide annual budget 

projections from each State. The 

information collected in this report is 

used by this agency to calculate 

quarterly Federal grant awards and to 

enable this agency to submit budget 

requests to Congress through the 

Department and to enable oversight of 

the financial management of the 

programs. 

Respondents: State agencies 

(including the District of Columbia and 

Puerto Rico) administering the Foster 

Care and Adoption Assistance programs 

under Title IV–E of the Social Security 

Act. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of respondents Number of responses 

per respondent 

Average burden hours 

per response Total burden hours 

Form ACF–IV–E–1 .......................... 52 4 17 3,536 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,536. 

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 Administration, 

Office of Information Services, 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 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: December 22, 2006. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–9939 Filed 12–29–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: DHHS/ACF/ASPE/DOL 

Enhanced Services for the Hard-toEmploy Demonstration and Evaluation: 

Rhode Island 15-Month Survey 

Amendment. 

OMB No.: 0970–0276. 

Description: The Enhanced Services 

for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration 

and Evaluation Project (HtE) seeks to 

learn what works in this area to date 

and is explicitly designed to build on 

past research by rigorously testing a 

wide variety of approaches to promote 

employment and improve family 

functioning and child well-being. The 

HtE project is designed to help 

Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families (TANF) recipients, former 

TANF recipients, or low-income parents 

who are hard-to-employ. The project is 

sponsored by the Office of Planning, 

Research and Evaluation (OPRE) of the 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation (ASPE) in the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), and the U.S. 

Department of Labor (DOL). 

The evaluation involves an 

experimental, random assignment 

design in four sites, testing a diverse set 

of strategies to promote employment for 

low-income parents who face serious 

obstacles to employment. The four 

include: (1) Intensive care management 

to facilitate the use of evidence-based 

treatment for major depression among 

parents receiving Medicaid in Rhode 

Island; (2) job readiness training, 

worksite placements, job coaching, job 

development and other training 

opportunities for recent parolees in New 

York City; (3) pre-employment services 

and transitional employment for longterm TANF participants in Philadelphia; 

and (4) home- and center-based care, 


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