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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration For Children and Families

 

Agency Information Collection Under OMB Review

    Under the provisions of the Federal Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35), we are requesting approval for a new information 
collection system titled: ``Title IV-B and title IV-E of the Social 
Security Act: Data Collection for Foster Care and Adoption.'' This 
information collection is authorized by section 479 of the Social 
Security Act. This authority requires to States to establish and 
implement a national data collection system for all children who are in 
foster care under the responsibility of the State title IV-B/IV-E 
agency or adopted with the involvement of the same State agency.

ADDRESSES: Copies of this data collection system may be obtained from 
Edward E. Saunders of the Office of Information Systems Management, 
Administration for Children and Families, (ACF), by calling (202) 205-
7921.
    Written comments and questions regarding this requested approval 
should be sent directly to: Laura Oliven, OMB Desk Officer for ACF, OMB 
Reports Management Branch, New Executive Office Building, room 3002, 
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-7316.

Information on Document

    Title: Title IV-B and Title IV-E of the Social Security Act: Data 
Collection for Foster Care and Adoption.
    OMB No.: New Request.
    The Children's Bureau of the Administration on Children, Youth and 
Families, (ACYF), at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) 
will be responsible for implementing a system for the collection of 
adoption and foster care data in the United States and shall assure 
that the information collection will be consistent among the States 
through the use of uniform definitions and methodologies.
    This national data collection system will: (1) Provide 
comprehensive national information with respect to legal status, 
demographic characteristics of adoptive and foster children and their 
biological and adoptive or foster parents; (2) Provide the status of 
the foster care population (including the number of children in foster 
care, length of placement, type of placement, availability for 
adoption, and goals for ending or continuing foster care); and (3) 
Provide the number and characteristics of children placed in or removed 
from foster care and children adopted or children for whom adoptions 
have been dissolved, the extent and nature of assistance provided by 
Federal, State and local adoption and foster care programs and the 
characteristics of the children receiving the services.
    ACF will aggregate the data both by State and nationally and will 
issue summaries to the States and to other organizations on request. In 
addition, the data will be analyzed by the Administration for Children 
and Families and will be used for preparing congressional testimony and 
special reports; determining foster care and adoption trends and 
projections; proposing policy and legislative changes and making budget 
forecasts.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 51.
    Annual Frequency: 2.
    Average Burden Hours Per Response: 367.94.
    Total Respondent Burden Hours: 37,530.
    Number of Recordkeepers: 51.
    Number of Annual Hours Per Recordkeeper: 9,410.07.
    Total Recordkeeping Hours: 479,914.
    Total Annual Burden: 517,444.

    Dated: May 19, 1994.
Larry Guerrero,
Deputy Director, Office of Information Systems Management.
[FR Doc. 94-13225 Filed 5-31-94; 8:45 am]
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