[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 43140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20546]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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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Child File......................................              50               1              80           4,000
Agency File.....................................              50               1              24           1,200
Summary Data Component (SDC)....................               2               1              32              64
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,264.

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: ACF 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: 
202-395-7245. Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children 
and Families.

    Dated: August 21, 2009.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-20546 Filed 8-25-09; 8:45 am]
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