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Respondents: State, Local or Tribal

Govt.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument

Number of

respondents

Number

of responses

per respondent

Average

burden

hours

per response

Total

burden

hours

OCSE–156 ...................................................................................................................................................... 54 4 3.7 799.2

OCSE–158 ...................................................................................................................................................... 54 1 1.2 64.8

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 864.

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,

Division of Information Resource

Management 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)

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: October 15, 1997.

Bob Sargis,

Acting Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–28126 Filed 10–22–97; 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: The OCSE–157 Child Support

Enforcement Annual Data Report.

OMB No.: 0970–0057.

Description: The information obtained

from this form will be used to report

Child Support Enforcement activities to

the Congress as required by law, to

complete performance indicators

utilized in the program, and to assist the

Office of Child Support Enforcement in

monitoring and evaluating State Child

Support Enforcement programs. As of

October 1, 1998 this information

collection will replace the OCSE–156

and OCSE–158.

Respondents: State, Local or Tribal

Govt.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument

Number of

respondents

Number

of responses

per respondent

Average

burden

hours

per response

Total

burden

hours

OCSE–157 ...................................................................................................................................................... 54 1 4.0 216

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 216.

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,

Division of Information Resource

Management 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)

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.
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Dated: October 15, 1997.

Bob Sargis,

Acting Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–28127 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

[Proposed Program Priorities—ACF/ACYF/

RHYP 98–1]

Runaway and Homeless Youth

Program: Fiscal Year (FY) 1998

Proposed Program Priorities

AGENCY: Administration on Children,

Youth and Families, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of request for public

comments on proposed Fiscal Year 1998

Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY)

Program Priorities for the Basic Center

Program for Runaway and Homeless

Youth; the Street Outreach Program for

Runaway, Homeless and Street Youth;

and the Transitional Living Program for

Older Homeless Youth.

The Runaway and Homeless Youth

Act requires the Secretary to publish

annually, for public comment, a

proposed plan specifying priorities the

Department will follow in awarding

grants and contracts under the Act. The

public is urged to provide comments in

response to this notice. Suggestions and

recommendations will be taken into

consideration in development of final

priorities. The actual solicitations for

grant applications will be published

later during Fiscal Year 1998 in the

Federal Register. No applications for

funding should be submitted at this

time.

DATES: Closing date for submission of

public comments is December 8, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent

to: James A. Harrell, Deputy

Commissioner, Administration on

Children, Youth and Families,

Attention: Family and Youth Services

Bureau, P.O. Box 1182, Washington, DC

20013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anita Wright, Youth Development

Program Specialist, (202) 205–8030.

SUMMARY: The Family and Youth

Services Bureau of the Administration

on Children, Youth and Families

announces that public comments are

being requested on proposed program

priorities for Fiscal Year 1998 for the

following programs:

The Runaway and Homeless Youth

Basic Center Grant Program (BCP),

which provides financial assistance to

local agencies to develop and strengthen

services to meet the immediate needs

(e.g., outreach, temporary shelter,

counseling, and aftercare services) of

runaway and homeless youth and their

families.

The Street Outreach Program for

Runaway, Homeless and Street Youth,

which provides street-based outreach

and education, including treatment,

counseling, and information and referral

services for runaway, homeless, and

street youth who have been subjected to

or are at risk of experiencing sexual

abuse.

The Transitional Living Program for

Older Homeless Youth (TLP), which

supports local agencies which provide

long term shelter, life-skill training and

support services to homeless youth to

assist them in making a smooth

transition to self-sufficiency and to

prevent long-term dependency on social

services.

Central to all FYSB programs and

activities is a priority that services be

delivered through a comprehensive

youth development approach. A

developmental perspective views

adolescence as the passage from the

dependence of the child to the

independence and self-sufficiency of the

adult. The various emotional,

intellectual, social and physical changes

during this passage are natural, healthy

responses to the challenges and

opportunities of growing up.

The tasks of youth services providers

are seen, thus, not as correcting the

problems of troubled youth, but rather

as providing for the successive

developmental needs of maturing

individuals: The psychological need to

develop a clear self-identity; the

sociological need to be an effective and

contributing member of the community;

the economic need to prepare for and

enter into a career; and the familial

needs for sharing, for trusting, for giving

and receiving love and commitment.

This developmental approach is

fundamental to all FYSB programs and

activities.

Financial assistance for programs and

support efforts discussed below is

contingent upon the availability of

funds.

a. Basic Center Program Grants

Approximately 65 percent of the Basic

Center grants awarded will be noncompeting continuation grants and

approximately 35 percent will be

competitive new awards in Fiscal Year

1998.

Eligible applicants for new awards are

current grantees with project periods

ending in Fiscal Year 1998 and

otherwise eligible applicants who are

not current grantees. The applications

will be reviewed by State, and awards

will be made during the last quarter of

Fiscal Year 1998 (July–September 1998).

b. Transitional Living Program Grants

All potential Fiscal Year 1998 TLP

funds will be awarded in the form of

continuation grants and as new grants to

applicants who competed successfully

during Fiscal Year 1997.

It is anticipated that all Fiscal Year

1999 funds will be used to award noncompetitive continuation grants. No

TLP funds are expected to be available

in Fiscal Year 1999 to fund new-start

applications. Therefore, there will be no

solicitation for competitive new-start

TLP applications in Fiscal Year 1998.

c. Street Outreach for Runaway,

Homeless and Street Youth

Fiscal Year 1998 funds will be used

to award new grants to eligible

applicants and non-competitive

continuation awards to eligible grantees.

d. Support Services for Runaway and

Homeless Youth Programs

(1) National Communications System

In Fiscal Year 1994, a five-year grant

was awarded to the National Runaway

Switchboard, Inc., in Chicago, Illinois,

to operate a National Communications

System to assist runaway and homeless

youth in communicating with their

families and with service providers.

Non-competitive continuation funding

will be awarded to the grantee in Fiscal

Year 1998. The five-year project period

will end in Fiscal Year 1999.

(2) Training and Technical Assistance

Part D, Section 342 of the Act

authorizes the Department to make

grants to statewide and regional

nonprofit organizations to provide

training and technical assistance

(T&TA) to organizations receiving

service grants under the Act in order to

strengthen programs and enhance the

knowledge and skills of youth workers.

The Family and Youth Services

Bureau funds ten Cooperative

Agreements, one in each Federal

Region, to provide T&TA to agencies

funded by FYSB. Each Cooperative

Agreement is based on the

characteristics and different T&TA

needs in the respective Region and has

a five-year project period that will end

in Fiscal Year 1999. Non-competitive

continuation funding will be awarded to

the ten T&TA grantees in Fiscal Year

1998.