[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 159 (Friday, August 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47955-47956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18788]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Evaluation of the Improving Child Welfare Outcome through 
Systems of Care Grant Program.
    OMB No.: 0970-0288.
    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 CPSR. 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
                   Instrument                                Affected public                 Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                                                            respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Stakeholder Survey.............................  Individuals/Households.................              20               1              .5              10
                                                 Private Sector.........................              60               1              .5              30
                                                 State/Local/Tribal.....................             190               1              .5              95
Child-Welfare Agency Survey....................  State/Local/Tribal.....................             600               1               1             600
Supervisor Interviews..........................  State/Local/Tribal.....................              90               1               1              90

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Stakeholder Interviews.........................  Individuals/Households.................              10               1               1              10
                                                 Private Sector.........................              30               1               1              30
                                                 State/Local/Tribal.....................              50               1               1              50
Project Director Interviews....................  State/Local/Tribal.....................              23               1               1              23
Focus Group with Family Members................  Individuals/Households.................             102               1             1.5             153
Parent Partner Interviews......................  State/Local/Tribal.....................              24               1               1              24
Child-Welfare Agency and Partner agency group    Private Sector.........................              80               1             1.5             120
 interviews.                                     State/Local/ Tribal....................             200               1             1.5             300
Community Description Form.....................  State/Local/Tribal.....................               9               1             2.5              23
Organizational Structure Form for Case Study     State/Local/Tribal.....................               3               1               2               6
 Sites.
Organizational Structure Form for Non-Case       State/Local/Tribal.....................              20               1               1              20
 Study Sites.
Collaborative Membership Form..................  State/Local/Tribal.....................              23               1             1.5              35
Training and Technical Assistance Quality        State/Local/Tribal.....................              23               1               1              23
 Assurance Assessment.
Training and Technical.........................  Individuals/Households.................               2              12             .25               6
                                                 State/Local/Tribal.....................               8              12             .25              24
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:.......  .......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............            1672
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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: ACE Reports Clearance Officer. 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, Fax: 202-395-6974, 
Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.

    Dated: August 7, 2008.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance, Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-18788 Filed 8-14-08; 8:45 am]
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