[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 36237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17301]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB review; 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 Well-Being (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.................................           1,424               1            1.33           1,894
Caregiver Interview.............................           1,424               1            1.9            2,706
Caseworker Interview............................             285               3            1                855
Teacher Questionnaire...........................             855               1             .50             428
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,882.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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. 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: July 16, 2009.
Seth F. Chamberlain,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-17301 Filed 7-21-09; 8:45 am]
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