DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title:
Developmental Disabilities Protection & Advocacy Program Statement of Goals and Priorities.
OMB No.:
0980–0270.
Description:
Federal statute and regulation require each State Protection and Advocacy (P&A) System to prepare and submit to public comment a Statement of Goals and Priorities (SGP) for the P&A for Developmental Disabilities (PADD) program for each coming fiscal year. While the P&A is mandated to protect and advocate under a range of different Federally authorized
disabilities programs, only the PADD program requires an SGP. Following the required public input for the coming fiscal year, the P&As submit the final version of this SGP to the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD). ADD will aggregate the information in the SGPs into a national profile of programmatic emphasis for P&A Systems in the coming year. This aggregation will provide ADD with a tool for monitoring of the public input requirement. Furthermore, it will provide an overview of program direction, and permit ADD to track accomplishments against goals/targets, permitting the formulation of technical assistance and compliance with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993.
Respondents:
State and Tribal Governments.
Annual Burden Estimates
Instrument
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden hours per
response
Total burden hours
P&A SGP
57
1
44
2,508
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours
: 2,508.
Additional Information
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained 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. All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection.
E-mail address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment
OMB is required to make a decision concerning 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. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project;
Fax:
202–395–7245,
Attn:
Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.
Dated: July 7, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.