Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 171 / Wednesday, September 8, 2021 / Notices 50361 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; Child 

Care Improper Payments Data 

Collection Instructions; (OMB #0970– 

0323) 

AGENCY: Office of Child Care, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families is proposing 

revisions to an approved information 

collection Child Care Improper 

Payments Data Collection Instructions 

(OMB #0970–0323, expiration 10/31/ 

2021). There are minor changes 

requested to the form. 

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of 

publication. OMB must make a decision 

about the collection of information 

between 30 and 60 days after 

publication of this document in the 

Federal Register. Therefore, a comment 

is best assured of having its full effect 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: Section 2 of the Payment 

Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) 

provides for estimates and reports of 

improper payments by federal agencies. 

Subpart K of 45 CFR, Part 98 of the 

Child Care and Development Fund 

(CCDF) requires states to prepare and 

submit a report of errors occurring in 

the administration of CCDF grant funds 

once every 3 years. 

The Office of Child Care (OCC) is 

completing the fifth 3-year cycle of case 

record reviews to meet the requirements 

for reporting under PIIA. The current 

data collection forms and instructions 

expire October 31, 2021. As part of the 

renewal process, OCC has revised the 

document with minor changes that do 

not change the methodology, but 

provide respondents with additional 

guidance, clarification, and support to 

facilitate completeness and accuracy of 

the required data submissions. 

Clarifying language and a question 

have been added to the revised 

document to support Lead Agencies that 

administer all or part of the CCDF 

program through other governmental or 

non-governmental agencies to include 

the following: 

• In Section 1 Introduction on page 2, 

a subsection ‘‘Considerations for 

Administering CCDF Through Other 

Agencies’’ was added to describe how 

Lead Agency responsibilities in 

administering the CCDF program 

through other entities apply to the error 

rate review process. 

• In Section III Creating the Sampling 

Decisions, Assurances, and Fieldwork 

Preparation Plan on page 11, and the 

Sampling Decisions, Assurances, and 

Fieldwork Preparation Plan Report 

template (Attachment 1), a new item 

was added at Item 3g Case Review 

Logistics to request information about 

how a Lead Agency accesses documents 

stored by other entities if part of 

eligibility is determined by the other 

entity. 

OCC is particularly interested in 

feedback about the clarity of these 

instructions and the ease and accuracy 

with which respondents can provide 

information on accessing documents 

stored by other entities. 

Respondents: State grantees, the 

District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Total number 

of respondents 

Total number 

of responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Annual burden 

hours 

Sampling Decisions, Assurances, and Fieldwork Preparation Plan ........................................................................... 52 1 106 5,512 1,837 

Record Review Worksheet .................................................. 52 276 6.33 90,848 30,283 

State Improper Payments Report ........................................ 52 1 639 33,228 11,076 

Corrective Action Plan ......................................................... 5 a 2 156 1,560 520 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours ......................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 43,716 

aThe total number of responses per respondent ranges from one to three, depending on how long it takes respondents to reduce the Improper 

Payment Rate to below the threshold. Respondents submit a Corrective Action Plan that covers a 1-year period; at the end of each year, if respondents have not reduced the Improper Payment Rate to below the threshold, they submit a new Corrective Action Plan for the following year. 

An average of two responses per respondent is used to calculate annual burden estimates. 

(Authority: 45 CFR part 98, subpart K) 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19299 Filed 9–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; ACF–196P, TANF Pandemic 

Emergency Assistance Fund (PEAF) 

Financial Report for States, Territories 

and Tribes (0970–0510) 

AGENCY: Office of Family Assistance, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, Health and Human Services 

(HHS). 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families’ (ACF) Office of 

Family Assistance plans to submit a 

generic information collection (GenIC) 

request under the umbrella generic: 

Generic Clearance for Financial Reports 

used for ACF Mandatory Grant 

Programs (0970–0510). This request 

includes a reporting form and associated 

instructions for financial information to 

be completed by grant recipients of 

Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families (TANF) Pandemic Emergency 


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