[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56714-56715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22310]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Permanency Innovations Initiative Evaluation: Phase 3.
OMB No.: 0970-0408.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to collect
data for an evaluation of the Permanency Innovations Initiative (PII).
This 5-year initiative, funded by the Children's Bureau (CB) within
ACF, is intended to build the evidence base for innovative
interventions that enhance well-being and improve permanency outcomes
for particular groups of children and youth who are at risk for long-
term foster care and who experience the most serious barriers to timely
permanency.
Data collection for the PII evaluation includes a number of
components being launched at different points in time. Phase 1
(approved August 2012, OMB 0970-0408) included data collection
for a cross-site implementation evaluation and site-specific
evaluations of two PII grantees (Washoe County, Nevada, and the State
of Kansas). Phase 2 (approved August 2013) included data collection for
two more PII grantees (Illinois DCFS and one of two interventions
offered by the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center's Recognize Intervene
Support Empower [RISE] project).
Phase 3 will include data collection for evaluations of two PII
grantee interventions and two additional cross-site PII studies. The
two grantee interventions are the California Department of Social
Services' California Partnership for Permanency (CAPP) project and a
second RISE intervention, the Care Coordination Team (CCT). The two PII
cross-site studies are a cost study and an administrative data study.
The administrative data study does not impose any new data collection
requirements and will use data currently reported by states through the
Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) (OMB
Control 0980-0267) and the National Child Abuse and Neglect
Data System (NCANDS) (OMB Control 0980-0229), as well as data
maintained in State Automated Child Welfare Information Systems
(SACWIS).
Respondents: Youth, foster parents, permanency resources,
biological parents, legal guardians, team facilitators, caseworkers,
supervisors, and state agency workers.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Total number Annual number responses per hours per Total annual
of respondents of respondents respondent response burden hours
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CAPP:
Parent/Guardian Interview... 1791 597 1 0.5 299
Caseworker Data Extraction.. 894 298 1 0.5 149
CAPP annual burden hours.... .............. .............. .............. .............. 448
RISE CCT:
Youth Interview............. 120 40 2 1.3 104
Qualitative Youth Interview. 60 20 1 1.2 24
Interview with Permanency 120 40 2 1.0 80
Resource...................
Interview with Current 120 40 2 0.6 48
Caregiver..................
Current Caregiver 60 20 1 1.0 20
Qualitative Interview......
CCT Facilitators Emotional 12 4 5 0.2 4
Permanency Pretest.........
CCT Facilitators Emotional 12 4 5 0.2 4
Permanency Posttest........
CAFAS pretest............... 12 4 5 1.0 20
Caseworker discussion for 60 20 1 0.5 10
CAFAS pretest completion...
CAFAS posttest.............. 12 4 5 1.0 20
Caseworker discussion for 60 20 1 0.5 10
CAFAS posttest completion..
CCT Facilitators Permanent 12 4 1 0.2 1
Connections Inventory
Pretest....................
CCT Facilitators Permanent 12 4 1 0.2 1
Connections Inventory
Posttest...................
RISE CCT annual burden hours .............. .............. .............. .............. 346
Cost Study:
Cost Focus Group............ 27 9 1 7 63
Weekly Casework Activity Log 369 123 52 0.4 2,558
Weekly Supervision Activity 117 39 52 0.4 811
Log........................
Monthly Management/ 90 30 12 0.5 180
Administration Log.........
Cost Study annual burden .............. .............. .............. .............. 3,612
hours......................
Administrative Data Study:
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Data file submission........ 15 5 4 0.6 12
Administrative Data Study annual .............. .............. .............. .............. 12
burden hours...................
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OVERALL ANNUAL BURDEN .............. .............. .............. .............. 4,418
HOURS..................
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In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: [email protected]. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on (a) whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-22310 Filed 9-12-13; 8:45 am]
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