10920 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 48 / Friday, March 13, 2009 / Notices 

Dated: March 5, 2009. 

Brendan C. Kelly, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–5165 Filed 3–12–09; 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 Project 

Title: Head Start/Early Head Start 

Emergency Preparedness Survey. 

OMB No.: New Collection. 

Description: The Office of Head Start, 

within the Administration for Children 

and Families (ACF) of the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS), is 

planning a survey to collect data on 

Head Start and Early Head Start 

programs’ emergency preparedness 

policies and procedures. Section 649(m) 

(2) of Public Law 110–134, ‘‘The 

Improving Head Start for School 

Readiness Act of 2007’’ states, ‘‘The 

Secretary shall evaluate the Federal, 

State, and local preparedness of Head 

Start programs, including Early Head 

Start programs to respond appropriately 

in the event of a large-scale emergency, 

* * *.’’ The Head Start/Early Head Start 

Emergency Preparedness Survey was 

created in response to this request and 

will gather uniform data about current 

emergency preparedness policies and 

procedures for responding to large-scale 

emergencies of Head Start and Early 

Head Start programs. 

Respondents: Head Start and Early 

Head Start grantees. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Annual number of respondents Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Head Start Emergency Preparedness Survey ................................................ 1,604 1 0.5 802 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 802. 

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 Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

OPREinfocollection@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: March 5, 2009. 

Brendan C. Kelly, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–5166 Filed 3–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Request for Public Comment 

Concerning Requirements for 

Transferring Children From the 

Placement and Care Responsibility of 

a State Title IV–E Agency to a Tribal 

Title IV–E Agency and Tribal Share of 

Title IV–E Administration and Training 

Expenditures 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Administration for 

Children and Families, Administration 

on Children, Youth and Families. 

ACTION: Request for Public Comment 

and Tribal Consultation Meetings. 

SUMMARY: Effective October 1, 2009, 

Public Law 110–351 provides Indian 

Tribes with the option to operate a 

foster care, adoption assistance and, at 

Tribal option, a kinship guardianship 

assistance program under title IV–E of 

the Social Security Act (the Act). The 

Federal government would share in the 

costs of Tribes operating an ACFapproved title IV–E program. Public 

Law 110–351 requires that ACF develop 

interim final rules after consulting with 

Tribes and affected States on the 

implementation of the Tribal plan 

requirements in section 479B of the Act 

and other amendments made by the 

Tribal provisions in section 301 of 

Public Law 110–351. The law requires 

that such regulations include: (1) 

Procedures to ensure that a transfer of 

State responsibility for the placement 

and care of a child under a State title 

IV–E plan to a Tribal title IV–E plan 

occurs in a manner that does not affect 

the child’s eligibility for title IV–E or 

title XIX Medicaid and such services or 

payments; and, (2) the in-kind 

expenditures from third-party sources 

permitted for the Tribal share of 

administration and training 

expenditures under title IV–E. This 

notice is designed to provide a written 

opportunity for comment to all 

interested persons, and specifically the 

affected States and to notify Tribal 

leaders of in-person opportunities to 

consult with the Children’s Bureau on 

the development of these regulations. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

May 12, 2009. Please see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

additional details on the Tribal 

consultation meetings. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit written comments by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 


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