Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 29 / Friday, February 11, 2022 / Notices 8017 

Dated: February 8, 2022. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office 

of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02992 Filed 2–10–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

[OMB No. 0970–0215] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Tribal TANF Data Report, 

TANF Annual Report, and Reasonable 

Cause/Corrective Action 

Documentation Process 

AGENCY: Office of Family Assistance, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) is 

requesting a 3-year extension of the 

form OFA–0084: Tribal TANF Data 

Report, TANF Annual Report, and 

Reasonable Cause/Corrective Action 

Documentation Process (OMB #0970– 

0215, expiration 4/30/2022). There are 

no changes requested to the form. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting 

public comment on the specific aspects 

of the information collection described 

above. 

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the 

proposed collection of information and 

submit comments by emailing 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. Identify all 

requests by the title of the information 

collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: 42 U.S.C. 612 (section 

412 of the Social Security Act as 

amended by Pub. L. 104–193, the 

Personal Responsibility and Work 

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 

1996), mandates that federally 

recognized Indian tribes with an 

approved Tribal TANF program collect 

and submit to the Secretary of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services data on the recipients served 

by the tribes’ programs. This 

information collection includes both 

aggregated and disaggregated data on 

case characteristics and individual 

characteristics. In addition, tribes that 

are subject to a penalty are allowed to 

provide reasonable cause justifications 

as to why a penalty should not be 

imposed or may develop and implement 

corrective compliance procedures to 

eliminate the source of the penalty. 

Finally, there is an annual report, which 

requires the tribes to describe program 

characteristics. All of the above 

requirements are currently approved by 

OMB and ACF is simply proposing to 

extend them without any changes. 

Respondents: Native American tribes 

and tribal organizations operating Tribal 

TANF programs. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Total 

number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

Final Tribal TANF Data Report ........................................................................ 75 4 451 135,300 

Tribal TANF Annual Report ............................................................................. 75 1 40 3,000 

Tribal TANF Reasonable Cause/Corrective .................................................... 10 1 60 600 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 138,900. 

Comments: 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. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 612, 45 CFR part 

286. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; OPRE Data Collection for 

State Child Welfare Data Linkages 

Descriptive Study (New Collection) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) is 

requesting approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for a 

new primary data collection about 

connected child welfare data. We define 

connected data as child welfare data 

that are linked or integrated with data 

from other systems or agencies. The 

State Child Welfare Data Linkages 

Descriptive Study (Data Linkages 

Descriptive Study) will gather 

systematic information on the extent to 

which states connect their child 

maltreatment data to other data sets; 

how any linked data sets are created, 

managed, and used; and challenges 

states face in linking data. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting 

public comment on the specific aspects 

of the information collection described 

above. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed 

collection of information can be 

obtained and comments may be 

forwarded by emailing 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

Identify all requests by the title of the 

information collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: The State Child Welfare 

Data Linkages Descriptive Study will 

examine the extent to which child 

welfare agencies in 50 states, Puerto 

Rico, and Washington, DC, link 

administrative data on child 

maltreatment to data in other systems 

and to learn more about states’ practices 

related to sharing and linking data. The 

study aims to inform the ongoing and 


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