[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64390-64391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25644]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Review, Child and Family 
Service Reviews, and Multi-Ethnic Placement Act Anti-Discrimination 
Enforcement Corrective Action Plan; Final Rule.
    OMB No.: 0970-0214.
    Description: The following five separate activities are associated 
with this information collection: Foster Care Eligibility Review (FCER) 
Program Improvement Plan; Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR) 
state agency Statewide Assessment; CFSR On-site Review; CFSR Program 
Improvement Plan; and Multi-Ethnic Placement Act Anti-Discrimination 
Enforcement Corrective Action Plan. The collection of information for 
review of federal payments to states for foster care maintenance 
payments (45 CFR 1356.71(i)) is authorized by title IV-E of the Social 
Security Act (the Act), section 474 [42 U.S.C. 674]. The FCER ensure 
that states claim title IV-E funds only on behalf of title IV-E 
eligible children. The collection of information for review of state 
child and family services programs (45 CFR 1355.33(b), 1355.33(c) and 
1355.35(a)) is to determine whether such programs are in substantial 
conformity with state plan requirements under parts B and E of the Act 
and is authorized by section 1123(a) [42 U.S.C. 1320a-1a] of the Act. 
The CFSR looks at both the outcomes related to safety, permanency and 
well-being of children served by the child welfare system and at seven 
systemic factors that support the outcomes. Section 474(d) of the Act 
[42 U.S.C. 674] deploys enforcement provisions (45 CFR 1355.38(b) and 
(c)) for the requirements at section 471(a)(18) [42 U.S.C. 671], which 
prohibit the delay or denial of foster and

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adoptive placements based on the race, color, or national origin of any 
of the individuals involved. The enforcement provisions include the 
execution and completion of corrective action plans when a state is in 
violation of section 471(a)(18) of the Act. The information collection 
is needed: (1) To ensure compliance with title IV-E foster care 
eligibility requirements; (2) to monitor state plan requirements under 
titles IV-B and IV-E of the Act, as required by federal statute; and 
(3) to enforce the title IV-E anti-discrimination requirements through 
state corrective action plans. The resultant information will allow ACF 
to determine if states are in compliance with state plan requirements 
and are achieving desired outcomes for children and families, help 
ensure that claims by states for title IV-E funds are made only on 
behalf of title IV-E eligible children, and require states to revise 
applicable statutes, rules, policies and procedures, and provide proper 
training to staff, through the development and implementation of 
corrective action plans. These reviews not only address compliance with 
eligibility requirements but also assist states in enhancing the 
capacities to serve children and families. In computing the number of 
burden hours for this information collection, ACF based the annual 
burden estimates on ACF's and states' experiences in conducting reviews 
and developing program improvement plans.
    Respondents: State Title IV-B and Title IV-E Agencies.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total  burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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45 CFR 1356.7(i) Program Improvement Plan (FCER)               2               1              90             180
45 CFR 1366.33(b) Statewide Assessment (CFSR)...              13               1             120           1,560
45 CFR 1355.33(c) On-site Review (CFSR).........              13               1           1,186          15,418
45 CFR 1355.35(a) Program Improvement Plan                    13               1             300           3,900
 (CFSR).........................................
45 CFR 1355.38(b) and (c) Corrective Action.....               1               1             780             780
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 21,838.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection. Email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fc95929a939f939090999f88959392bc9d9f9ad294948fd29b938a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="177e79717874787b7b7274637e787957767471397f7f6439707861">[email protected]</span></a>.
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning 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. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202-395-
7285, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c13150e1d030f091e11150f0f1513121c13111e7219130c721b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f60667d6e707c7a6d62667c7c6660616f60626d016a607f01686079">[email protected]</span></a>, Attn: Desk Officer for the 
Administration for Children and Families.

 Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-25644 Filed 10-28-14; 8:45 am]
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