[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19090-19091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07614]


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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 3.
    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 (approved August 2012; Washoe 
County, Nevada, and the State of Kansas). Phase 2 (approved August 
2013) included 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. Phase 3 includes data collection for a 
cross-site cost study, additional data collection components for the 
RISE project, and a cross-site administrative data study assessing 
outcomes. Phase 4 will include data collection for the California 
Department of Social Services' California Partnership for Permanency 
(CAPP) project. Data for the evaluations are collected through surveys 
of children, youth, foster parents, guardians, biological parents, 
permanency resources, and caseworkers, supervisors, administrators/
managers, and other agency staff. The administrative data study does 
not impose any new data collection requirements but uses data already 
compiled and reported by the states.
    Respondents: Children/youth and their parents, guardians, 
permanency resources, or foster caregivers; caseworkers, supervisors, 
administrators/managers, or other agency staff.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                           of         responses per   burden hours    Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response    burden hours
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RISE CCT Youth Interview (ages 11-19)...........              22               2             1.3              57
RISE CCT Qualitative Youth Interview (ages 11-                22               1             1.2              26
 19)............................................
RISE CCT Facilitator Interview (Facilitator                    2               4             0.2               2
 Burden)........................................
RISE CCT Facilitator Interview (Child burden)...               3               2              .5               3
RISE CCT Facilitator Survey.....................               2              21             0.2               8
RISE CCT Facilitator submission of CAFAS data                  2              21             0.1               4
 \1\............................................
RISE CCT Permanency Resource Interview..........              11               2             1.0              22
RISE CCT Interview with Current Caregiver.......              11               2             0.6              13
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    RISE CCT burden.............................  ..............  ..............  ..............             135
                                                 ===============================================================
RISE ORB Staff Follow-Up Survey.................             157               1             0.3              47
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    RISE ORB burden.............................  ..............  ..............  ..............              47
                                                 ===============================================================
Cost Study Focus Group Preparation..............               9               1             1.5              14
Cost Study Focus Group..........................               9               1             4.0              36
Trial Administration of Cost Study Activity Logs               9               1             1.5              14
Weekly Case Work Activity Log...................             123              52             0.4           2,558
Weekly Supervision Activity Log.................              39              52             0.4             811
Monthly Management/Administration Log...........              30              12             0.5             180
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Cost study burden...........................  ..............  ..............  ..............           3,613
                                                 ===============================================================
Administrative data submission, no added fields.               1              12             0.3               2
Administrative data submission with added fields               1              12             0.8              10
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    Administrative data study burden............  ..............  ..............  ..............              12
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\1\ The CAFAS is administered as part of case planning, so the only burden is in submitting the CAFAS data to
  the evaluation team.

    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,807.
    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.

Karl Koerper,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-07614 Filed 4-4-14; 8:45 am]
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