83 FR 55551 - Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 215 (November 6, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 55551]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24259]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Tribal TANF Data Report, TANF Annual Report, and Reasonable 
Cause/Corrective Action Documentation Process--Final.
    OMB No.: 0970-0215.
    Description: 42 U.S.C. 612 (Section 412 of the Social Security Act 
as amended by Public Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA)), 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 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 the Administration 
for Children and Families is simply proposing to extend them without 
any changes.
    Respondents: Indian Tribes.

                                             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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Final Tribal TANF Data Report...................              74               4             451         133,496
Tribal TANF Annual Report.......................              74               1              40           2,960
Tribal TANF Reasonable Cause/Corrective.........              74               1              60           4,440
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 140,896.
    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 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 
20201, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email 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 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 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.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-24259 Filed 11-5-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-01-P