[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8149-8150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02405]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment
Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Cross-Site Evaluation of Children's Bureau's Child Welfare
Technical Assistance Implementation Centers and National Child Welfare
Resource Centers.
OMB No.: 0970-0377.
Background and Brief Description: The Cross-Site Evaluation of the
Child Welfare Implementation Centers (ICs) and National Resource
Centers (NRCs) is sponsored by the Children's Bureau, Administration
for Children and Families, of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services and involves the conduct of a multi-year cross-site evaluation
that examines the service provision of the ICs' and NRCs' and the
relation of their training and technical assistance activities to
organizational and systems change in State and Tribal child welfare
systems. Additionally, the evaluation examines the degree to which
networking, collaboration, information sharing, adherence to common
principles, and common messaging occurs across members of the
Children's Bureau Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Network,
which is designed to improve child welfare systems and to support
States and Tribes in achieving sustainable, systemic change that
results in greater safety, permanency, and well-being for children,
youth, and families. The Children's Bureau desires to assess the
quality and effectiveness of the technical assistance it supports, and
several of these programs and projects are required to be evaluated,
including those funded under Section 105 of The Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Act, as amended [42 U.S.C. 5106]. The Children's Bureau
T/TA Network is currently comprised of providers funded entirely or
partially by the Children's Bureau through grants, contracts, and
interagency agreements.
The cross-site evaluation uses a mixed-method, longitudinal
approach. Data collection methods that already have been employed are a
longitudinal telephone survey of State and Tribal child welfare
directors (or their designees), a web-based survey of State and Tribal
T/TA recipients, and aggregation of outputs from a web-based technical
assistance tracking system (OneNet) that will continue to be used by
the ICs and NRCs. A web-based survey also has been administered to
members of the T/TA Network to assess their communication,
coordination, and how they function as part of the Network. Data
collected through these instruments are being used by the Children's
Bureau to evaluate the technical assistance delivered to State, local,
Tribal, and other publicly administered or publicly supported child
welfare agencies and family and juvenile courts. Extension of the
follow-up data collection instruments beyond the June 30, 2013
expiration date is necessary so that the Children's Bureau can assess
the extent to which its T/TA providers achieve their key objectives and
determine the outcomes of the T/TA from the perspective of States and
Tribes, incorporating service utilization data from OneNet into these
analyses.
Respondents: Respondents to two of the survey instruments will be
State and Tribal governments. Respondents to the third survey will be
private institutions, including universities, not-for-profit
organizations, and private companies. Private institutions, including
universities and not-for-profit organizations will be respondents to
the forms in the OneNet tracking system.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total annual
respondents respondent response burden hours
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Agency Results Survey........................ 74 1 1.0 74.00
T/TA Activity Survey......................... 160 3 0.25 120.00
Web-Based Network Survey..................... 15 1 0.25 3.75
OneNet Form: General T/TA Event.............. 17 11.8 0.25 50.00
OneNet Form: T/TA Request.................... 13 12.31 0.40 64.00
OneNet Form: T/TA Assessment and Work Plan... 13 6.2 0.28 22.568
OneNet Form: T/TA Activity................... 12 160 0.30 576.00
OneNet Form: Implementation Project 5 1.7 0.40 3.4
Application.................................
OneNet Form: Implementation Project 5 4.6 0.28 6.44
Assessment and Work Plan....................
OneNet Form: Implementation Project T/TA 5 600 0.30 900
Activity....................................
OneNet Form: Implementation Project Monthly 5 36 0.17 30.60
Report......................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:..... .............. ................ .............. 1850.76
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Overall, the estimated burden hours have decreased by 284 hours
from the original submission (the estimated total annual burden hours
were 2135.12). This difference is explained in part due to plans for
fewer Network member organizations to complete subsequent surveys.
Additional data fields have been added to four of the OneNet forms at
the request of respondents, and a few questions on survey instruments
have been removed or revised. These minor changes did not increase the
total annual burden hours.
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. Email address: [email protected].
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection 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
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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, Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for
Children and Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-02405 Filed 2-4-13; 8:45 am]
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