16 September 2010

[Federal Register: September 16, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 179)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

 
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: State Abstinence Education Program.
    OMB No.: 0970-0381.
    Description: The State Abstinence Program was extended through 
Fiscal Year 2014 under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 
2010 (Affordable Care Act, hereafter), Public Law 111-148.
    The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is accepting 
applications from States and Territories for the development and 
implementation of the State Abstinence Program. The purpose of this 
program is to support decisions to abstain from sexual activity by 
providing abstinence programming as defined by Section 510(b) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710(b)) with a focus on those groups 
that are most likely to bear children out-of-wedlock, such as youth in 
or aging out of foster care.
    States are encouraged to develop flexible, medically accurate and 
effective abstinence-based plans responsive to their specific needs. 
These plans must provide abstinence

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education, and at the option of the State, where appropriate, 
mentoring, counseling, and adult supervision to promote abstinence from 
sexual activity, with a focus on those groups which are most likely to 
bear children out-of-wedlock. An expected outcome for all programs is 
to promote abstinence from sexual activity.
    OMB approval is requested to solict comments from the public on 
paperwork reduction as it relates to ACYF's receipt of the following 
documents from applicants and awardees:
    Application for Mandatory Formula Grant.
    State Plan.
    Performance Progress Report.
    Respondents: 50 States and 9 Territories, to include, District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Northern 
Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall 
Islands and Palau.

                                             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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Application, to include program                         59                 1                24             1,416
 narrative..............................
State Plan..............................                59                 1                40             2,360
Performance Progress Reports............                59                 2                30             3,540
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,316.
    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: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 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 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: September 13, 2010.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-23096 Filed 9-15-10; 8:45 am]
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