[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24605-24606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10078]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Survey on Strategies to Address Barriers and Reduce Delays 
in Interjurisdictional Placements.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Children's Bureau of the Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF) is proposing to collect information from 52 
state/territory child welfare directors to assess strategies that child 
welfare agencies have developed to facilitate interjurisdictional 
placements for children in the child welfare system--primarily abused 
and neglected children--and to determine the supports and services 
needed to facilitate these placements. Respondents will be asked to 
assess the outcome of ACF grants intended to improve the performance of 
services related to interjurisdictional placements.
    The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) (Pub. L. 105-89) includes 
new mandates on interjurisdictional resources and removing barriers to 
the placement of children across state lines. Collecting data from 
state child welfare agencies about effective strategies for 
facilitating interjurisdictional placements will help the Children's 
Bureau support efforts that complement those strategies. Data collected 
on the benefits and weaknesses of various strategies will help the 
Children's Bureau plan for future activities. Data will be collected 
through a web-based survey; respondents will have the option to 
complete the survey using a paper version.
    Respondents: The 52 state/territory child welfare directors.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
              Instrument                  Number of respondents    responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                                    respondent       response          hours
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Survey on Strategies to Address         52......................               1             3.5             182
 Barriers and Reduce Delays in          State/territory child
 Interjurisdictional Placements.         welfare directors.
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 182.
    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 
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail 
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

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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: April 27, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-10078 Filed 5-3-04; 8:45 am]
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