[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 71 (Thursday, April 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19189-19190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3522]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: 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 baseline 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 baseline 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 data collection for the follow-up will follow the same format 
as that used in previous rounds of data collection and will employ 
similar instruments to those 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.

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                                             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
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,425
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    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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 
Office. All requests should be identified by the title of the 
information collection. E-mail address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Attn: Desk 
Officer for ACF, E-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: April 6, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-3522 Filed 4-12-06; 8:45 am]
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