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OMB Control No: 0970-0482	ICR Reference No: 201904-0970-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201605-0970-008
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OCSE
Title: State Access and Visitation Grant Application
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/29/2019
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/23/2019
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2022	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2019
Responses	54	0	54
Time Burden (Hours)	540	0	540
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) created the “Grants to States for Access and Visitation” program (AV grant program). Funding for the program began in FY 1997 with a capped, annual entitlement of $10 million. The statutory goal of the program is to provide funds to states that will enable them to provide services for the purpose of increasing noncustodial parent (NCP) access to and visitation with their children. State governors decide which state entity will be responsible for implementing the AV grant program and the state determines who will be served, what services will be provided, and whether the services will be statewide or in local jurisdictions. The statute specifies certain activities which may be funded, including: voluntary and mandatory mediation, counseling, education, the development of parenting plans, supervised visitation, and the development of guidelines for visitation and alternative custody arrangements. Even though OCSE manages this program, the funding for the AV grant is separate from funding for federal and state administration of the Child Support program. Section 469B(e)(3) of the Social Security Act (Pub.L.104-193) requires that each state receiving an Access and Visitation (AV) grant award monitor, evaluate and report on such programs in accordance with regulations (45 CFR Part 303). The AV Grant Program Terms and Conditions Addendum references administration of the grant program in accordance with an approved state application. Additionally, the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, states that there is an application requirement for Grants to States for Access and Visitation Programs (93.597). The application process assists OCSE in complying with this requirement and is reflective of a greater emphasis on program efficiency, coordination of services, and increased attention to family safety. We respectfully request OMB to extend the approval, without any changes, to the existing AV Grant Application (Attachment A). The application compiles information on actions and decisions related to program priorities, program administration, and program safeguards made by grantees in fulfilling their statutory responsibilities in using grant funds to increase noncustodial parent access to and visitation with their children. As such, completion of the application requires minimum burden for grantees with one application submitted in a 3 year cycle. However, the grantee is required to provide updated information to OCSE if a grantee planned to make substantive programmatic or administrative changes during the three-year period covered by the application.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 669b Name of Law: Grants To States For Access and Visitation Programs Sec. 469B

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 743	01/31/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 16872	04/23/2019
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Child Access and Visitation Grant Application Form	1

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	54	54
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	540	540
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $990

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Molly Buck 202 205-4724 mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov

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