[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 83 (Friday, May 1, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20319-20320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10021]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Summary Data Component, National Child Abuse and Neglect 
Data System (NCANDS).
    OMB No.: 0980-0229.
    Description: The Child Abuse and Neglect Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 
5101 et seq.) as amended requires States to annually work with the 
Secretary to provide to the maximum extent practical, a report that 
includes 12 data items listed in the statute. The National Child Abuse 
and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), administered by the Children's 
Bureau, meets this reporting requirement. In addition, the amendments 
of 1988 require that the data system shall be universal and case 
specific and integrated with other case-based foster care and adoption 
data collected by the Secretary. There are two data components, the 
Detailed Case Data Component (DCDC), which includes the case-level data 
submitted through the Child File and some aggregated data submitted 
through the Agency File, and the Summary Data component (SC), which is 
used by States that cannot submit case-level data. No changes are being 
requested. The Summary Data Component will be phased out over the next 
few years as the number of States that can complete the Child File 
increases.
    Respondents: State Child Welfare Agencies.

                                             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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DCDC (includes the Child File and the Agency                  49               1          108.60        5,321.40
 File)..........................................
Summary Data Component..........................               3               1           32              96
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,417.40.
    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: April 28, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-10021 Filed 4-30-09; 8:45 am]
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