Submission for OMB Review; Child Care and Development Fund Plan for Tribes for FY 2023-2025 (ACF-118A) (OMB #0970-0198)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

Submission for OMB Review; Child Care and Development Fund Plan for Tribes for FY 2023-2025 (ACF-118A) (OMB #0970-0198)

AGENCY:

Office of Child Care; Administration for Children and Families; HHS.

ACTION:

Request for public comment.

SUMMARY:

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the form ACF-118A: Child Care and Development Fund Plan for Tribes (OMB #0970-0198, expiration 06/30/2022) for FFY 2023-2025. There are minor changes requested to the form to improve formatting and clarify and streamline questions.

DATES:

Comments due within 30 days of publication.

OMB must make a decision 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

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description

: The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan (the Plan) for Tribes is required from each CCDF Lead Agency in accordance with section 658E of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990

(CCDBG Act), as amended, CCDBG Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-186), and 42 U.S.C. 9858. The Plan, submitted on the ACF-118A, is required triennially, and remains in effect for 3 years. The Plan provides ACF and the public with a description of and assurance about the tribes' child care programs. These Plans are the applications for CCDF funds.

The Office of Child Care has given thoughtful consideration of any comments received on the Plan Preprint document and revised the document in line with comments. Additionally, based on responses from Tribes and the current context of managing the COVID-19 Pandemic, OCC will postpone modernizing the allocation size thresholds. Requirements for this Tribal CCDF Plan submission will continue to be based on FY 2016 allocations. Consistent with the statute and regulations, ACF requests revision of the ACF-118A with minor modifications. This 30-day second Public Comment Period provides an opportunity for the public to submit comments to OMB.

Respondents:

Tribal CCDF lead agencies.

Annual Burden Estimates

Instrument

Total

number of

respondents

Total

number of

responses per

respondent

Average

burden hours

per response

Total

burden hours

Annual

burden hours

ACF-118A Part I (for all tribes)

265

1

120

31,800

10,600

ACF-118A Part II (for medium and large tribes only)

106

1

24

2,544

848

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:

11,448.

Authority:

Pub. L. 113-186) and 42 U.S.C. 9858c.

Mary B. Jones,

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.

[FR Doc. 2022-04199 Filed 2-28-22; 8:45 am]

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