[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 69 (Monday, April 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16875-16876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8303]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being Second 
Cohort (NSCAW II).
    OMB No.: 0970-0202.
    Description: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 
intends to collect follow-up data on a sample of children and families 
for the National Survey of Child and Adolescent WellBeing (NSCAW). The 
NSCAW was authorized under Section 427 of the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act of 1996. The NSCAW 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.
    Selection of the current NSCAW sample and baseline data collection 
began in 2007 with a final anticipated sample size of 5,700 children. 
The proposed data collection will allow for follow-up of this sample 18 
months post-baseline, and will follow the same format as that used in 
the baseline round and will employ, with only modest revisions, the 
same instruments that were used in the previous round. Data from NSCAW 
are made available to the research community through licensing 
arrangements from the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect 
at Cornell University.
    Respondents: Children and their associated permanent or foster 
caregivers, caseworkers, and teachers.

                                             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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Child Interview.................................           1,520               1            1.33           2,022
Caregiver Interview.............................           1,520               1             1.6           2,432
Caseworker Interview............................             355               1               1             355

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Teacher Questionnaire...........................             907               1             .50             454
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,263.
    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 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE 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: April 6, 2009.
Brendan C. Kelly,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-8303 Filed 4-10-09; 8:45 am]
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