[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31941-31942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12546]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Permanency Innovations Initiative Evaluation: Phase 2.
    OMB No.: 0970-0408.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to collect 
data for an evaluation of the Permanency Innovations Initiative (PII). 
This 5-year initiative, funded by the Children's Bureau (CB) within 
ACF, is intended to build the evidence base for innovative 
interventions that enhance well-being and improve permanency outcomes 
for particular groups of children and youth who are at risk for long-
term foster care and who experience the most serious barriers to timely 
permanency. The CB funded six grantees to identify local barriers to 
permanent placement and implement innovative strategies that mitigate 
or eliminate those barriers and reduce the likelihood that children 
will remain in foster care for 3 years or longer. In addition, 
evaluation plans were developed to support rigorous site-specific and 
cross-site studies to document the implementation and effectiveness of 
the grantees' projects and the initiative overall.
    Data collection for the PII evaluation includes a number of 
components being launched at different points in time. Phase 1 included 
data collection for a cross-site implementation evaluation and site-
specific evaluations of two PII grantees (Washoe County, Nevada, and 
the State of Kansas). Phase 1 data collection was approved in August 
2012 (OMB 0970-0408). Phase 2 includes data collection for 
site-specific evaluations of two PII grantees: Illinois Department of 
Children and Family Services (DCFS); and the Los Angeles Gay and 
Lesbian Center's Recognize Intervene Support Empower (RISE) project. A 
third phase of the study will include data collection for a cross-site 
cost study, additional data collection components for the RISE project, 
and data collection for California Department of Social Services' 
California Partnership for Permanency (CAPP) project. Data for the 
evaluations will be collected through surveys of children, youth, 
foster parents, guardians, biological parents, and caseworkers and 
other agency staff.
    Respondents: Children/youth and their parents or foster caregivers, 
caseworkers and other agency staff.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                             Number of        Average burden
             Instrument                Annual number of    responses per        hours per         Totalannual
                                         respondents         respondent          response         burden hours
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DCFS Biological Parent Study Contact                  1                173                 .1                 17
 Form...............................

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DCFS Biological Parent Interview....                173                  2                .25                 86
DCFS Youth and Foster Parent Study                    1                228                 .1                 23
 Contact Form.......................
DCFS Foster Parent Interview........                228                  2                .75                342
DCFS Youth Interview................                228                  2                .75                342
    DCFS burden.....................  .................  .................  .................                810
RISE Staff Pre-Test.................                157                  1                .25                 39
RISE Staff Post-Test................                157                  1                .25                 39
    RISE burden.....................  .................  .................  .................                 78
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 888
    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. Email 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, Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for 
Children and Families.

Steven M. Hanmer,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-12546 Filed 5-24-13; 8:45 am]
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