[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44145-44146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21143]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB 
review; comment request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secreatry publishes a list of information collections it has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in 
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35) and 5 CFR 1320.5. The following are those information collections 
recently submitted to OMB.
    1. National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform 
Efforts--NEW--The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation is proposing to conduct a study which will document the 
evolving practices underway in the field of Child Protective Services 
(CPS). Specifically, State Officials will be interviewed to obtain an 
updated picture of current policy; a stratified random sample of 150 
local CPS agencies will be surveyed and; on-site visits will be 
conducted at 9-12 local CPS agencies that have

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implemented innovative practices in their delivery of services. 
Respondent: State or Local Governments.

                                                Burden Estimates
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                                                 Number of                         Hours per
                 Instrument                     respondents       Responses         response       Total  hours
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State CPS Directors.........................              63                1                2              126
Local Survey--Administration................             158                1               .5               79
Local Survey--Intake........................             158                1                1              158
Local Survey--Investigation.................             233                1                1              233
Local Survey--Other CPS Resp................             100                1                1              100
Local Survey--New Directions................             188                1                1              188
Site Visit--Director Interview..............              12                1                1               12
Site Visit--Managers........................              16                1                2               32
Site Visit--Worker Focus Group..............              80                1                2              160
Site Visit--External Managers...............              48                1                2               96
Site Visit--Policy Review Group.............              48                1                2               96
    Estimated Burden Total..................                                                              1,288
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    OMB Desk Officer: Allison Herron Eydt.
    Copies of the information collection packages listed above can be 
obtained by calling the OS Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proosed information 
collection should be sent directly to the OMB desk officer designated 
above at the following address: Human Resources and Housing Branch, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, 725 17th street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments may also be sent to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington DC, 20201. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: August 14, 2001.
Kerry Weems,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
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