[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61114-61115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29240]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Child Welfare Demonstration Project Information Collection.
OMB No.: New.
Description: Under section 1130 of the Social Security Act, the
Department of Health and Human Services is given authority to approve
up to ten States for Child Welfare demonstrations in each of the five
fiscal years 1998-2002. These demonstration projects involve the waiver
of certain requirements of titles IV-B and IV-E, the sections of the
Act that govern foster care, adoption assistance, independent living,
child welfare services, promoting safe and stable families, family
preservation and support, and related expenses for program
administration, training, and automated systems. Child Welfare
demonstration projects operating this waiver authority are required to
be consistent with the purposes of existing law, cost-neutral to the
Federal government, and independently evaluated. This authority
provides an Opportunity for States to design and test a wide range of
approaches to improve and reform child welfare. Such demonstrations
should provide valuable knowledge that will lead to improvements in the
delivery, effectiveness and efficiency of services.
The information collection consists of seven components, which are
outlined in the Information Memorandum: (1) Application; (2) Initial
Design and Implementation Report; (3) Evaluation Plan; (4) Quarterly
Reports (Pre-Implementation); (5) Semi-Annual Reports (Post-
Implementation); (6) Interim Evaluation Report; and (7) Final Report.
The primary purpose of the demonstrations is to produce information on
the outcomes for children and their families. These collections lay the
information infrastructure to facilitate the dissemination of this
information. If data collection is not conducted for the child welfare
demonstrations, the Department relinquishes all pertinent information
required to test the impact of the intervention employed in the
waivers, specifically the effect of allowing the flexible use of IV-E
dollars in the delivery of child welfare services. Furthermore,
ensuring the safety and welfare of children is of utmost importance to
CB, and if data is conducted less frequently than required by the
project, interim results that could affect the well-being of children
can be overlooked.
Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Governments.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses Average Total burden
Instrument respondents per burden hours hours
respondent per response
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Application............................................. 10 1 120 1,200
Initial Design.......................................... 55 1 40 2,200
Evaluation Plan......................................... 55 1 40 2,200
Quarterly Report........................................ 55 1 24 1,320
Simi-Annual Reports..................................... 55 1 80 4,400
Interim Evaluation Report............................... 55 1 120 6,600
Final Report............................................ 55 1 160 8,800
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 26,720.
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 Information Services, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
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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.
Dated November 3, 1999.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-29240 Filed 11-8-99; 8:45 am]
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