[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29518-29519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11188]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB No.: 0970-0288]


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects: Title: Evaluation of the Improving Child Welfare 
Outcome through Systems of Care Grant Program.
    Description: The 1994 Amendments to the Social Security Act (SSA) 
authorize the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to review 
State child and family service programs to ensure conformance with the 
requirements in titles IV-B and IV-E of SSA. Under the Final Rule, 
which took effect March 25, 2000, States are assessed for substantial 
conformity with certain Federal requirements for child-welfare 
services. The Child and Family Service Reviews (CFSR), administered by 
the Children's Bureau, are designed to ensure conformity with Federal 
child-welfare requirements and, ultimately, to help States improve 
child-welfare services and outcomes, specifically safety, permanency 
and well-being outcomes for child-welfare-involved children and their 
families. States determined not to have achieved substantial conformity 
in any of the areas assessed are required to develop and implement 
Program Improvement Plans (PIP) addressing the areas of nonconformity.
    The Systems of Care grant cluster, from which these data are 
proposed to be collected, is designed to encourage public child-welfare 
agencies to address the issues identified in their State's CFSR. The 
data collected from these demonstration sites will allow the Children's 
Bureau to test whether this approach can help States reach the goals 
stated in their PIP and explore how child welfare can benefit from 
being part of a system of care. Data will be collected via interviews, 
forms completed by project staff, surveys, focus groups and case-file 
reviews. Data also will be collected to determine the extent to which 
the Technical Assistance (TA) provided, brokered or contracted by the 
TA and Evaluation Center is meeting the needs of the grantees, and how.
    Respondents: Systems of Care Project Directors (members of the 
Systems of Care collaborative may include representatives from mental 
health, juvenile justice, education, health, among others); child-
welfare agency supervisors and caseworkers; partner agency caseworkers; 
and families who have been involved with the child-welfare system.

                                             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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Stakeholder Survey.............................             270               1             .5             135
Child-Welfare Agency Survey....................             600               1            1               600
Supervisor Interviews..........................              90               1            1                90
Stakeholder Interviews.........................              90               1            1                90
Project Director Interviews....................              23               1            1                23
Case Study Interviews..........................              25               1            1.5              37.5
Focus Group with Family Members................             102               1            1.5             153
Parent Partner Interviews......................              24               1            1                24
Child-Welfare Agency and Partner Agency Focus               280               1            1.5             420
 Groups........................................
Community Description Form.....................               9               1            2.5              22.5
Organizational Structure Form for Case Study                  3               1            2                 6
 Sites.........................................
Organizational Structure Form for Non-Case                   20               1            1                20
 Study Sites...................................
Collaborative Membership Form..................              23               1            1.5              34.5
Major Activities Form..........................              23               1            1.5              34.5
Training and Technical Assistance Quality                    23               1            1                23
 Assurance Assessment..........................
Training and Technical Assistance Conference                 10              12             .25             30
 Call Feedback Forms...........................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,743.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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: May 14, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-11188 Filed 5-20-08; 8:45 am]
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