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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 214 / Tuesday, November 9, 2021 / Notices

Administration for Children and
Families
Child Support Enforcement Program
Quarterly Financial Report (OCSE–396)
and Quarterly Collection Report
(OCSE–34) (OMB #0970–0510)

Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All
requests should be identified by the title
of the information collection.

ADDRESSES:

Office of Child Support
Enforcement, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:

The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting public comment on the
following forms: OCSE–34 ‘‘Child
Support Enforcement Program Quarterly
Collection Report’’ and OCSE–396
‘‘Child Support Enforcement Program
Quarterly Financial Report.’’ These
forms are currently approved under the
ACF Generic Clearance for Financial
Reports (OMB #0970–0510; expiration
June 30, 2024). There are no changes
requested to the forms, but the
instructions have been updated to
address comments received in response
to a notice published in the Federal
Register and update burden hours.

SUMMARY:

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.

DATES:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description: Form OCSE–396 and
Form OCSE–34 are financial reports
submitted following the end of each
fiscal quarter by grantees administering
the Child Support Enforcement Program
in accordance with plans approved
under title IV–D of the Social Security
Act. Submission of these forms enables
grantees to meet their statutory and
regulatory requirement to report
program expenditures and child support
collections, respectively, from the
previous fiscal quarter.

States use Form OCSE–396 to report
quarterly expenditures made in the
previous quarter and to estimate
program expenditures to be made and
the incentive payments to be earned in
the upcoming quarter. ACF provides
federal funding to states for the Child
Support Enforcement Program at the
rate of 66 percent for all allowable and
legitimate administrative costs of this
program. States use Form OCSE–34 to
report quarterly collections made under
Title IV–D of the Social Security Act.
Tribes use OMB Form SF–425 to
report quarterly expenditures made in
the previous quarter. Form SF–425 is
approved under OMB #4040–0014 and
is not included as part of this comment
request.
ACF made updates to the instructions
and burden estimates, in response to
comments received in response to a
notice published in the Federal Register
(86 FR 14756).
Respondents: Fifty-four states
(including Puerto Rico, Guam, the
Virgin Islands, and the District of
Columbia) complete Forms OCSE–396
and OCSE–34. Approximately 60 tribes
complete Form OCSE–34.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Total
number of
respondents

Instrument

Form OCSE–396 .............................................................................................
Form OCSE–34 ...............................................................................................

Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 9,408.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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Administration for Children and
Families

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Updated Evaluation Policy;
Cooperative Research or
Demonstration Projects
Administration for Children
and Families, HHS.

AGENCY:

The Administration for
Children and Families is announcing
updates to its evaluation policy for
research or demonstration projects.

SUMMARY:

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This
evaluation policy builds on the
Administration for Children and
Families’ (ACF) strong history of
evaluation by outlining key principles
to govern our planning, conduct, and
use of evaluation. This policy
reconfirms our commitment to
conducting rigorous, relevant
evaluations and to using evidence from
evaluations to inform policy and
practice. ACF seeks to promote rigor,
relevance, transparency, independence,
and ethics in the conduct of evaluations.
This policy addresses each of these
principles.
The mission of ACF is to foster health
and well-being by providing federal
leadership, partnership, and resources
for the compassionate and effective
delivery of human services. Our vision
is children, youth, families, individuals
and communities who are resilient, safe,
healthy, and economically secure. The
importance of these goals demands that

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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number of
responses per
respondent
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4

Average
burden
hours per
response

Annual
burden
hours
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6,384

we continually innovate and improve,
and that we evaluate our activities and
those of our partners. Through
evaluation, ACF and our partners can
learn systematically so that we can
make our services as effective, efficient,
and equitable as possible.
Evaluation produces one type of
evidence. A learning organization with
a culture of continuous improvement
requires many types of evidence,
including not only evaluation but also
descriptive research studies,
performance measures, financial and
cost data, survey statistics, program
administrative data, and feedback from
service providers, participants, and
other stakeholders. Further, continuous
improvement requires systematic
approaches to using information, such
as regular data-driven reviews of
performance and progress. Although
this policy focuses on evaluation, the
principles and many of the specifics

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