[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15348-15349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05944]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-14-13AGS]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments 
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 
20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Prevention of Child Maltreatment through Policy Change--NEW--
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The prevalence and consequences of child maltreatment (CM) make it 
a public health concern that requires early and effective prevention. 
Public policies can be critical in shaping every level of the social 
ecology, including individuals, families, and communities, and thus 
have the potential to play a key role in the prevention of CM. In order 
to protect children and youth and build an evidence-base of effective 
prevention strategies, evaluation of public policies are needed, 
including those policies currently being implemented. Policies related 
to family income (e.g., Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) 
eligibility and inroads to related services) were identified by CDC 
through the Division of Violence Prevention's Public Health Leadership 
Initiative policy analysis as those that are in need of rigorous 
evaluation.
    CDC requests OMB approval for a period of 2 years in order to 
perform a data collection, which will provide data for a larger outcome 
evaluation that seeks to understand if county-administered policy 
strategies of the TANF program result in lower rates of CM and 
associated child welfare outcomes (e.g., time to adoption). The 
proposed data collection will include surveys and semi-structured 
interviews with state and county-level government employees and 
partners in Colorado to address three primary aims: (1) To understand 
how a state policy allowing counties to administer TANF programs with 
flexibility contributes to county-level adoption of integrated welfare 
and child welfare service models; (2) to develop and refine an 
Implementation Index, which will quantify the degree of integration 
between welfare and child welfare services; and (3) to inform the 
larger outcome evaluation, which examines whether TANF policies and 
program supports reduce rates of CM when they are delivered in an 
integrated welfare and child welfare service model.
    Understanding how service integration between TANF and child 
welfare affects CM may be very important to improving CDC's ability to 
devise and implement effective population-based prevention strategies.
    Approximately 190 Colorado state and county employees and partners 
form the sample population. Specifically, state and county-level 
employees working in welfare and/or child welfare agencies will be 
invited to complete a brief survey and an hour-long semi-structured 
interview. Additionally, individuals employed by Allied Staff (e.g., 
Housing, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Medicaid, Child 
Care) and Partners of Child Welfare and Colorado Works will also be 
invited to complete an hour-long semi-structured interview.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

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    The total estimated annual burden hours are 111.

                                           Estimated Annualized Burden
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
          Type of respondents                   Form name           respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent         hrs)
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County Directors of Human Services....  Survey of County TANF                  9               1           15/60
                                         and Child Welfare
                                         Respondents.
                                        Interview of County                    9               1               1
                                         Director of Human
                                         Services.
State Level Administrators............  Survey of State Level                  4               1           15/60
                                         Administrators.
                                        Interview of State Level               4               1               1
                                         Administrator/Field
                                         Administrator.
Child Welfare/Colorado Works            Survey of County TANF                 18               1           15/60
 Leadership/Manager.                     and Child Welfare
                                         Respondents.
                                        Interview of Child                    18               1               1
                                         Welfare/Colorado Works
                                         Leadership/Manager.
Child Welfare Services and Colorado     Survey of County TANF                 27               1           15/60
 Works Case Manager, Caseworker,         and Child Welfare
 Technician, and Other Client-Serving    Respondents.
 Staff.
                                        Interview of Child                    27               1               1
                                         Welfare and Colorado
                                         Works Case Manager,
                                         Caseworker, Technician
                                         and Other Client-
                                         Serving Staff.
Allied Staff (e.g., Housing,            Interview of Allied                   18               1               1
 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance       Staff (e.g., Housing,
 Program, Medicaid, Child Care).         Supplemental Nutrition
                                         Assistance Program,
                                         Medicaid, Child Care).
Partners of Child Welfare and Colorado  Interview of Partners...              14               1               1
 Works.
County Data Manager...................  Survey of County TANF                  5               1           15/60
                                         and Child Welfare
                                         Respondents.
                                        Interview of Data                      5               1               1
                                         Managers.
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-05944 Filed 3-18-14; 8:45 am]
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