[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 173 (Thursday, September 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 53376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17750]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Adolescent Follow-up to the National Survey of Child and 
Adolescent Well-Being.
    OMB No.: 0970-0202.
    Description: The Department of Health and Human Services intends to 
collect data on a subset of children and families who have participated 
in the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW). The 
NSCAW was authorized under Section 427 of the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. The survey began in 
November 1999 with a national sample of 5,501 children ages 0-14 who 
had been the subject of investigation by Child Protective Services 
(CPS) during the base line data collection period, which extended from 
November 1999 through April 2000. Direct assessments and interviews 
were conducted with the children themselves, their primary caregivers, 
their caseworkers, and, for school-aged children, their teachers.
    Follow-up data collections were conducted 12 months, 18 months, and 
36 months post-baseline. The current data collection plan involves a 
subset of 950 children from the original sample who were ages 12 and 
older at baselines, and who will be ages 18 and older at follow-up. 
This group will be in early adulthood, and this follow-up will allow 
for assessing the functioning and service utilization for this age 
group as they enter independent living situations. The youths will be 
interviewed with questions covering social, emotional and behavioral 
adjustment, living arrangements, employment, service needs, and service 
utilization.
    The NSCAW is unique in that it is the only source of nationally 
representative, firsthand information about the functioning and well-
being, service needs, and service utilization of children and families 
who come to the attention of the child welfare system. Information is 
collected about children's cognitive, social, emotional, behavioral, 
and adaptive functioning, as well as family and community factors that 
are likely to influence their functioning. Family service needs and 
service utilization also are addressed in the data collection.
    The data collection for the follow-up will follow the same format 
as that used in previous rounds of data collection, and will employ the 
same instruments that were used for adolescents who had moved into 
independent living status in previous rounds. Data from NSCAW are made 
available to the research community through licensing arrangements from 
the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and neglect, housed at Cornell 
University.
    Respondents: 950 youths ages 18 and older.

                                             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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Youth Interview.............................             950                1              1.5            1,425
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,425.
    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 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: September 1, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-17750 Filed 9-7-05; 8:45 am]
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