[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 243 (Thursday, December 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 75556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29641]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Permanency Innovations Initiative Evaluation: Phase 4.
    OMB No.: 0970-0408.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to collect 
additional 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.
    Data collection for the PII evaluation includes a number of 
components being launched at different points in time. Phase 1 
(approved August 2012, OMB# 0970-0408) 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 2 (approved August 2013) included data collection for two more 
PII grantees (Illinois DCFS and one of two interventions offered by the 
Los Angeles LGBTQ Center's Recognize Intervene Support Empower [RISE] 
project). Phase 3 (approved July 2014) included data collection for an 
evaluation of another PII grantee intervention and two additional 
cross-site PII studies. The grantee intervention was a second RISE 
intervention, the Care Coordination Team (CCT). The two PII cross-site 
studies were a cost study and an administrative data study.
    Phase 4 will include data collection for another PII grantee, the 
California Department of Social Services' California Partnership for 
Permanency (CAPP) project.
    Respondents: Spanish and English speaking Biological parents, legal 
guardians, foster parents (or caregivers).

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
           Instrument              Total number    Annual number   responses per     hours per     Total annual
                                  of respondents  of respondents    respondent       response      burden hours
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CAPP Parent-Legal Guardian Self-            1205             402               1              .6             241
 Administered Questionnaire,
 Telephone Questionnaire........
CAPP Caregiver Self-Administered            2231             744               1              .6             446
 Questionnaire, Telephone
 Questionnaire..................
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CAPP annual burden hours........  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............             687
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    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
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. Email 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be 
identified by the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

Karl Koerper,
ACF/OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-29641 Filed 12-17-14; 8:45 am]
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