[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 111 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37196-37198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13610]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Title:
Evaluation of the Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative: Part
Two
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description
The purpose of this evaluation is to respond to a set of cross-
cutting evaluation questions posed by the Children's Bureau. This new
data collection is the second part of a larger data collection effort
being conducted for the evaluation of the Child Welfare Capacity
Building Collaborative. The first group of instruments for this
evaluation has already been submitted, and a request for clearance has
been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (see Federal
Register Volume 80, No. 211, November 2, 2015 and Federal Register
Volume 81, No. 41, March 2, 2016). This notice details the second group
of instruments that
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will be used for data collection as part of this evaluation. The
Evaluation of the Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative is
sponsored by the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and
Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The
Capacity Building Collaborative includes three centers (Center for
States, Center for Tribes, Center for Courts) funded by the Children's
Bureau to provide national child welfare expertise and evidence-
informed training and technical assistance services to State, Tribal
and Territorial public child welfare agencies and Court Improvement
Programs (CIP). The Centers offer a wide array of services including,
but not limited to: Web-based content and resources, product
development and dissemination, self-directed and group-based training,
virtual learning and peer networking events, and tailored consultation
and coaching. During the project period the Centers' services will be
evaluated by both Center-specific evaluations and a Cross-Center
Evaluation. The Center-specific evaluations are designed to collect
data on Center-specific processes and outcomes.
The Cross-Center Evaluation will examine: The extent to which key
partners across and within the Centers are collaborating; whether the
capacity building service interventions offered by the Centers are
evaluable; the degree to which Centers follow common protocols; whether
service interventions are delivered or performed as designed; how
satisfied recipients are with the services received; how effective the
service interventions were; which service approaches were most
effective and under what conditions; and the costs of services. The
Cross-Center Evaluation is utilizing a longitudinal mixed methods
approach to evaluate the Centers' services as they develop and mature
over the course of the study period.
Multiple data collection strategies will be used to efficiently
capture quantitative and qualitative data to enable analyses that
address each evaluation question. The first set of Cross-Center and
Center-specific instruments submitted as part of the larger information
collection included: Satisfaction surveys to assess recipients'
satisfaction; a leadership interview, administered to all State child
welfare directors, Tribal child welfare directors, and CIP coordinators
that receive services; a Web-based collaboration survey, administered
to the directors and staff of the three Centers; assessment tools; and
service-specific feedback forms.
This second group of data sources proposed for the Cross-Center
Evaluation in this notice include: (1) A capacity survey to capture
perceived changes in organizational capacity after receiving Center
services; (2) a foundational assessment to capture contextual data
regarding the organizational health and functioning of child welfare
agencies and courts; (3) a follow-up survey that will examine short-
term and intermediate outcomes among CIPs that receive different levels
of tailored services following continuous quality improvement (CQI)
workshops; and(4)a key informant survey and interview to examine how
capacity building services are incorporated into state and tribal
activities to support implementation of Public Law 113-183. Additional
Center-specific data sources proposed in this notice include (1)
registration forms such as webinar and CapLEARN (learning management
system) registration forms and (2) service-specific feedback forms and
interviews, such as the Center for States Tailored Services interviews
and the Center for Courts Universal and Constituency Services survey.
Respondents
Respondents of this second set of data collection instruments will
include (1) child welfare agency staff and stakeholders who directly
receive services that have been tailored to the needs of their
jurisdiction and (2) CIP coordinators, CIP Directors, and other project
staff. The proposed data collection will span three years.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Annual number responses per hours per Total annual
of respondents respondent response burden hours
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Capacity Survey................................. 462 1 .39 180.18
Foundational Assessment Survey.................. 277 1 .1 27.7
CQI Workshop Follow-Up Survey................... 48 2 .12 11.52
P.L.113-183 Key Informant Survey................ 52 1 .26 13.52
P.L. 113-183 Key Informant Interview............ 5 1 1 5
Center for Courts: Universal and Constituency 104 1 .41 42.64
Services.......................................
Webinar Registration............................ 4,650 1 .03 139.5
Center for States: Tailored Services Interviews. 60 1 1 60
Center for States: Assessment and Work Planning 150 1 .25 37.5
Survey.........................................
CapLearn Registration........................... 600 1 .084 50.4
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 567.96.
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
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comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-13610 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am]
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