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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 132 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33448-33449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16505]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Child Care and Development Fund Annual Financial Report 
(ACF-696T) for Tribes.
    OMB No.: 0970-0195.
    Description: Tribes use the Financial Report Form ACF-696T to 
report Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) expenditures. Authority 
to collect and report this information is found in Section 658G of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, as revised. In 
addition to the Program Reporting Requirements set forth in 45 CFR part 
98, Subpart H, the regulations at 45 CFR 98.65(g) and 98.67(c)(1) 
authorize the Secretary to require financial reports as necessary.
    Tribal grantees submit the ACF-696T report on an annual basis on 
behalf of the Tribal Lead Agency administering the Child Care and 
Development Fund (CCDF).
    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, (Pub. L. 
111-5) provides an additional $2 billion for the Child Care and 
Development Fund to help States, Territories, and Tribes provide child 
care assistance to low income working families. CCDF Program 
Instruction (CCDF-ACF-PI-2009-03) provided guidance on ARRA spending 
requirements.
    Section 1512 of the ARRA legislation requires recipients to report 
quarterly spending and performance data on the public Web site, 
``Recovery.gov.'' Federal agencies are required to collect ARRA 
expenditure data and performance data and these data must be clearly 
distinguishable from the regular CCDF (non-ARRA) funds. To ensure 
transparency and accountability, the ARRA requires Federal agencies and 
grantees to track and report separately on expenditures from funds made 
available by the stimulus bill. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
guidance implementing the ARRA legislation indicates that agencies 
requiring additional information for oversight should rely on existing 
authorities and reflect these requirements in their award terms and 
conditions as necessary, following existing procedures. Therefore, to 
capture ARRA expenditures, the ACF-696T has been modified (by the 
addition of two columns) for reporting ARRA data. In addition, a new 
data element will ask Tribes to estimate the number of child service 
months funded with ARRA dollars. The collection will not duplicate 
other information.
    Respondents: Tribes and tribal organizations that are CCDF 
grantees.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of     Average  burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours per       Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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ACF-696T CCDF Financial Reporting Form for               232                1                8            1,856
 Tribes.....................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,856.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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 
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail 
address: [email protected]. 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

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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: July 8, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E9-16505 Filed 7-10-09; 8:45 am]
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