[Federal Register: November 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 227)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

 
Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency 
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

    Title: Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations or Tribal Consortia 
Letter of Intent to Operate a Title IV-E Program.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing 
Adoptions Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-351) added section 479B to the 
Social Security Act (the Act), which allows Indian Tribes the option to 
apply to the Secretary to receive Federal funding to support the 
administration of their own foster care, adoption assistance and 
relative guardianship programs under title IV-E of the Act. The law 
also amended the Act at section 476(c)(2)(ii) to allow Indian Tribes to 
receive one-time development grants of up to $300,000 to be used to 
offset the cost of developing a title IV-E plan to carry out the 
requirements of section 479B of the Act, and required ACF to provide 
technical assistance and

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implementation services to Indian Tribes regarding the title IV-E 
program.
    In order to plan for the review of Tribal title IV-E plans and 
technical assistance needs, the Administration for Children and 
Families (ACF) is requesting that all Federally recognized Indian 
Tribes, Tribal organizations or Tribal consortia (hereafter, 
``Tribes'') that plan to operate a title IV-E program send a letter of 
intent to their ACF Regional Program Manager by December 31, 2008.
    ACF will ask Tribes to include in the letter of intent the 
following information:
    1. The Federal fiscal year (FY) in which the Tribe expects to begin 
operation of a title IV-E program. (According to the law, the earliest 
possible implementation period is FY 2010.)
    2. Information on the intended Tribal service area for the Tribal 
title IV-E program.
    Respondents: Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations and Tribal 
consortia.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
             Information collection                  Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Letter of Intent................................             562               1               1             562
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 562.
    Additional Information: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 90-day 
approval for this information collection under procedures for emergency 
processing by November 28, 2008. A copy of this information collection, 
with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling 
the Administration for Children and Families, Reports Clearance 
Officer, Robert Sargis at (202) 690-7275 or e-mailing to 
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
    Comments and questions about the information collection described 
above should be directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACF, Office of Management and 
Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20503, (202) 395-7316.

    Dated: November 13, 2008.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-27668 Filed 11-21-08; 8:45 am]

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