Notice2024-31186
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Tribal Child Support Direct Funding Request: 45 CFR 309 (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0218)
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Published
December 31, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) is requesting a review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of revisions to the Tribal Child Support Direct Funding Request: (OMB #0970-0218). These revisions are necessary to align this collection with updates resulting from a final rule: Employment and Training Services for Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support Program, which will require tribes to amend tribal plans if they elect to participate in employment and training services for non-custodial parents in the child support program.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 250 (Tuesday, December 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 107143-107144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31186]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Tribal
Child Support Direct Funding Request: 45 CFR 309 (Office of Management
and Budget #0970-0218)
AGENCY: The Office of Child Support Services, Administration for
Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) is requesting a
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of revisions to the
Tribal Child Support Direct Funding Request: (OMB #0970-0218). These
revisions are necessary to align this collection with updates resulting
from a final rule: Employment and Training Services for Noncustodial
Parents in the Child Support Program, which will require tribes to
amend tribal plans if they elect to participate in employment and
training services for non-custodial parents in the child support
program.
DATES: Comments due January 30, 2025. OMB must decide about 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.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can also obtain
copies of the proposed collection of information by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dab3b4bcb5b9b5b6b6bfb9aeb3b5b49abbb9bcf4b2b2a9f4bdb5ac"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aac3c4ccc5c9c5c6c6cfc9dec3c5c4eacbc9cc84c2c2d984cdc5dc">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by the title
of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: On May 31, 2024, OCSS published a Notice for Proposed
Rulemaking (89 Federal Register (FR) 47109; Regulation Identifier
Numbers (RIN) 0970-AD00) proposing to allow federal financial
participation (FFP) for certain optional and nonduplicative employment
and training services for eligible noncustodial parents in the child
support program.
On December 13, 2024, OCSS published the Employment and Training
Services for Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support Program final
rule (89 FR 100789; RIN 0970-AD00). This final rule permits tribes, at
their discretion, to use FFP to provide any or all of the following
services: Job search assistance; job readiness training; job
development and job placement services; skills assessments; job
retention services; work supports; and occupational training and other
skills training directly related to employment.
This rule results in revisions to this information collection, as
tribes that elect to participate in employment and training services
for non-custodial parents in the child support program must submit a
plan amendment to OCSS. To account for tribes potentially submitting
revisions to their tribal plans and as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, we are submitting the revised data
collection to OMB for review and approval. Tribes can elect to
participate in these services by submitting a plan amendment as set
forth in revised 45 CFR 309.65(b). OCSS is updating the burden
estimates to account for potential additional amendments because of
this rule.
Respondents: Tribal IV-D Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
We estimate that tribes opting to provide nonduplicative employment
and training services for eligible noncustodial parents will take six
hours to draft the required information to amend their tribal plans. We
estimate that about 36 tribes will submit amendments.
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Total number Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses hours per Total burden Annual burden
of respondents per respondent response hours hours
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45 CFR 309-New Plan............. 2 1 480 960 320
45 CFR 309-Plan Amendment....... 63 1.5 105 9,922 3,307
Amendments Specific to the 36 1 6 216 72
Optional Employment and
Training Services for Non-
Custodial Parents in the Child
Support Program................
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Estimated Total Annual .............. .............. .............. .............. 3,699
Burden Hours...............
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Authority: Title IV-D of the Social Security Act Section 455(f); 45
CFR 309.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-31186 Filed 12-30-24; 8:45 am]
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