[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 17 (Thursday, January 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 3933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1521]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System 
(SACWIS) Assessment Review Guide (SARGE).
    OMB No.: 0970-0159.
    Description: The Department of Health and Human Services cannot 
fulfill its obligation to effectively serve the nation's adoption and 
foster care populations, nor report meaningful and reliable information 
to Congress about the extent of problems facing these children or the 
effectiveness of assistance provided to this population, without access 
to timely and accurate information. Currently, SACWIS supports State 
efforts to meet the following Federal reporting requirements: The 
Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) 
required by section 479(b)(2) of the Social Security Act; the National 
Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS); Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment Act (CAPTA); and the Chafee Independent Living Program. 
These systems also support state efforts to provide the information to 
conduct the Child and Family Service Reviews. Currently, forty-five 
States and the District of Columbia have developed, or are developing, 
a SACWIS with Federal financial participation. The purpose of these 
reviews is to ensure that all aspects of the project, as described in 
the approved Advance Planning Document, have been adequately completed, 
and conform to applicable regulations and policies.
    To initiate a review, states will submit the completed SACWIS 
Assessment Review Guide (SARGE) and other documentation at the point 
that they have completed system development and the system is 
operational statewide. The additional documents submitted as part of 
this process should all be readily available to the state as a result 
of good project management practices.
    The information collected in the SACWIS Assessment Review Guide 
will allow State and Federal officials to determine if the State's 
SACWIS meets the requirements for title IV-E Federal Financial 
Participation (FFP) defined at 45 CFR 1355.50. Additionally, other 
States will be able to use the documentation provided as part of this 
review process in their own system development efforts.
    Respondents: State Title IV-E Agencies.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of     Average  burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours per       Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Review......................................               3                1              250              750
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 750.
    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. 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 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: January 21, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-1521 Filed 1-26-05; 8:45 am]
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