Notice2024-00155
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Grants to States for Access and Visitation (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0204)
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Published
January 8, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Division of Program Innovation (DPI), Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Access and Visitation Survey: Annual Report (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0204, expiration 6/30/2024). There are no requested changes to the form.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00155]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Grants to States for
Access and Visitation (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0204)
AGENCY: Division of Program Innovation, Office of Child Support
Services, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Division of Program Innovation (DPI), Office of Child
Support Services (OCSS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
is requesting a 3-year extension of the Access and Visitation Survey:
Annual Report (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0204, expiration
6/30/2024). There are no requested changes 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#e28b8c848d818d8e8e8781968b8d8ca2838184cc8a8a91cc858d94"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="771e19111814181b1b1214031e181937161411591f1f0459101801">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The grantee and sub-grantee submit the spreadsheet and
survey yearly. Information collected includes the number of applicants/
referrals for each program, the total number of participating
individuals, and the number of persons who have completed program
requirements by authorized activities (mediation--voluntary and
mandatory; counseling; education; development of parenting plans;
visitation enforcement, including monitoring, supervision and neutral
drop-off and pickup; and development of guidelines for visitation and
alternative custody arrangements. OCSS uses the information to ensure
recipient's adherence statutory (Sec. 469B. [42 U.S.C. 669b] and
regulatory (45 CFR part 303)) requirements of ``Grants to States for
Access and Visitation.''
Respondents: State child access and visitation programs and state
or local service providers.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses hours per Annual burden
of respondents per respondent response hours
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Online Portal Survey by States and Jurisdictions 53 1 16 848
Survey of local service grantees................ 264 1 16 4,224
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,072.
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: Sec.469B [42 U.S.C.669b]; 45 CFR part 303.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-00155 Filed 1-5-24; 8:45 am]
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