Notice2022-05194
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Plan for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance-Title IV-E (OMB #0970-0433)
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Published
March 11, 2022
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Children's Bureau (CB), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is requesting a 3-year extension of the Plan for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance--Title IV-E, (OMB#: 0970-0433, expiration 11/30/2022). This plan also incorporates the plan requirements for the optional Guardianship Assistance Program, the Title IV-E prevention services plan and the Title IV-E Kinship Navigator program. There are no changes requested to the form.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14015-14016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05194]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Plan for Foster Care
and Adoption Assistance--Title IV-E (OMB #0970-0433)
AGENCY: Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families,
HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Children's Bureau (CB), Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is
requesting a 3-year extension of the Plan for Foster Care and Adoption
Assistance--Title IV-E, (OMB#: 0970-0433, expiration 11/30/2022). This
plan also incorporates the plan requirements for the optional
Guardianship Assistance Program, the Title IV-E prevention services
plan and the Title IV-E Kinship Navigator program. There are no changes
requested to the form.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#472e29212824282b2b2224332e282907262421692f2f3469202831"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c35323a333f333030393f283533321c3d3f3a7234342f723b332a">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: A title IV-E plan is required by section 471, Part IV-
E of the Social Security Act (the Act) for each public child welfare
agency requesting federal funding for foster care, adoption assistance,
and guardianship assistance under the Act. Section 479B of the Act
provides for an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium
(tribe) to operate a title IV-E program in the same manner as a state
with minimal exceptions. The tribe must have an approved Title IV-E
Plan. The Title IV-E Plan provides assurances the programs will be
administered in conformity with the specific requirements stipulated in
Title IV-E. The plan must include all applicable state or tribal
statutory, regulatory, or policy references and citations for each
requirement as well as supporting documentation. A title IV-E agency
may use the pre-print format prepared by CB, or a different format, on
the condition that the format used includes all of the Title IV-E Plan
requirements.
Title IV-E of the Act was amended by Public Law 115-123, which
included the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA). FFPSA
authorized new optional Title IV-E funding for time-limited (1 year)
prevention services for mental health/substance abuse and in-home
parent skill-based programs for (1) a child who is a candidate for
foster care (as defined in section 475(13) of the Act), (2) pregnant/
parenting foster youth, and (3) the parents/kin caregivers of those
children and youth (sections 471(e), 474(a)(6), and 475(13) of the
Act). Title IV-E prevention services must be rated as promising,
supported, or well supported in accordance with HHS criteria and be
approved by HHS (section 471(e)(4)(C) of the Act) as part of the Title
IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse (section 476(d)(2) of the
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Act). A state or tribal Title IV-E agency electing to participate in
the program must submit a 5-year Title IV-E Prevention Program Plan
that meets the statutory requirements. (See Program Instructions ACYF-
CB-PI-18-09 and ACYF-CB-PI-18-10 for more information.)
FFPSA also amended section 474(a)(7) of the Act to reimburse state
and tribal Title IV-E agencies for a portion of the costs of operating
kinship navigator programs that meet certain criteria. To qualify for
funding under the Title IV-E Kinship Navigator Program, the program
must meet the requirements of a kinship navigator program described in
section 427(a)(1) of the Act. The Kinship Navigator Program must meet
practice criteria of promising, supported, or well-supported in
accordance with HHS criteria and be approved by HHS (section
471(e)(4)(C) of the Act). To begin participation in the Title IV-E
Kinship Navigator Program, a Title IV-E agency must submit an
attachment to its Title IV-E plan that specifies the kinship navigator
model it has chosen to implement and the date on which the provision of
program services began or will begin, and provide an assurance that the
model meets the requirements of section 427(a)(1) of the Act, as well
as a brief narrative describing how the program will be operated.
(Please see Program Instruction ACYF-CB-PI-18-11 for additional
information: <a href="https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/policy-guidance/pi-18-11">https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/policy-guidance/pi-18-11</a>.)
Respondents: State and tribal Title IV- E agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number
Annual number of responses Average Annual burden
Instrument of respondents per burden hours hours
respondent per response
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Title IV-E Plan................................. 17 1 16 272
Title IV-E prevention services plan............. 12 1 5 60
Attachment to Title IV-E plan for Kinship 15 1 1 15
Navigator Program..............................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 347.
Comments: 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.
Authority: Title IV-E of the Social Security Act as amended by
Public Law 115- 123 enacted February 9, 2018.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-05194 Filed 3-10-22; 8:45 am]
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