[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20646-20647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08018]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being-Third
Cohort (NSCAW III): Agency Recruitment.
OMB No.: 0970-0202.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends
to collect data on a third cohort of children and families for the
National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW). NSCAW is
the only source of nationally representative, longitudinal, firsthand
information about the functioning and well-being, service needs, and
service utilization of children and families who come to the attention
of the child welfare system. The first two cohorts of NSCAW were
collected beginning in 1999 and 2008 and studied children who had been
the subject of investigation by Child Protective Services. Children
were sampled from child welfare agencies nationwide. The proposed data
collection plan for the third cohort of NSCAW includes two phases:
Phase 1 includes child welfare agency recruitment and collection of
files for sampling children, and Phase 2 includes baseline data
collection and an 18-month follow-up data collection. The current data
collection plan calls for selecting a new cohort of 4,565 children and
families and repeating similar data collection procedures as the
previous two cohorts. This Notice is specific to Phase 1. The overall
goal is to recruit child welfare agencies in 83 primary sampling units
nationwide. Child welfare agencies will be selected with probability
proportional to size, based on the current distributions in the child
welfare system. Child welfare agency recruitment will include: mail,
email, phone calls, and site visits with child welfare agency
administrators.
Respondents: Child welfare agency administrators and other
personnel. Data collection will take place over a 2-year period.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number
Total number of Number of Average Annual burden
Instrument of respondents respondents responses per burden hours hours
(rounded) respondent per response
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Information package for agency 83 42 1 .25 11
administrators..................
Initial visit or call with agency 83 42 1 1 42
staff...........................
Visit or call with agency staff 83 42 1 2 84
explaining the sample file
process.........................
Agency staff monthly sample file 83 42 15 1 630
generation and transmission.....
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 767.
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, 330
C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201, 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
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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.
Robert Sargis,
ACF Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-08018 Filed 4-7-16; 8:45 am]
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