[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 243 (Thursday, December 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 75556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29641]
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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 4.
OMB No.: 0970-0408.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to collect
additional 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 LGBTQ Center's Recognize Intervene Support Empower [RISE]
project). Phase 3 (approved July 2014) included data collection for an
evaluation of another PII grantee intervention and two additional
cross-site PII studies. The grantee intervention was a second RISE
intervention, the Care Coordination Team (CCT). The two PII cross-site
studies were a cost study and an administrative data study.
Phase 4 will include data collection for another PII grantee, the
California Department of Social Services' California Partnership for
Permanency (CAPP) project.
Respondents: Spanish and English speaking Biological parents, legal
guardians, foster parents (or caregivers).
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-Legal Guardian Self- 1205 402 1 .6 241
Administered Questionnaire,
Telephone Questionnaire........
CAPP Caregiver Self-Administered 2231 744 1 .6 446
Questionnaire, Telephone
Questionnaire..................
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CAPP annual burden hours........ .............. .............. .............. .............. 687
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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.
Karl Koerper,
ACF/OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-29641 Filed 12-17-14; 8:45 am]
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