[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 211 (Monday, November 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67407-67408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27833]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Evaluation of the Child Welfare Capacity Building 
Collaborative.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Evaluation of the Child Welfare Capacity Building 
Collaborative is sponsored by the Children's Bureau, Administration for 
Children and Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services. The Capacity Building Collaborative includes three centers 
(Center for States, Center for Tribes, Center for Courts) funded by the 
Children's Bureau to provide national child welfare expertise and 
evidence-informed training and technical assistance services to State, 
Tribal and Territorial public child welfare agencies and Court 
Improvement Programs (CIPs). The Centers offer a wide array of services 
including, but not limited to: Web-based content and resources, product 
development and dissemination, self-directed and group-based training, 
virtual learning and peer networking events, and tailored consultation 
and coaching. During the project period the Centers' services will be 
evaluated by both Center-specific evaluations and a Cross-Center 
Evaluation. The Center-specific evaluations are designed to collect 
data on Center-specific processes and outcomes. The Cross-Center 
Evaluation is designed to respond to a set of cross-cutting evaluation 
questions posed by the Children's Bureau. The Cross-Center Evaluation 
will examine: The extent to which key partners across and within the 
Centers are collaborating; whether the capacity building service 
interventions offered by the Centers are evaluable; the degree to which 
Centers follow common protocols; whether service interventions are 
delivered or performed as designed; how satisfied recipients are with 
the services received; how effective the service interventions were; 
which service approaches were most effective and under what conditions; 
and the costs of services.
    The Cross-Center Evaluation is utilizing a longitudinal mixed 
methods approach to evaluate the Centers' services as they develop and 
mature over the course of the study period. Multiple data collection 
strategies will be used to efficiently capture quantitative and 
qualitative data to enable analyses that address each evaluation 
question. Proposed Cross-Center Evaluation data sources for this effort 
include (1) satisfaction surveys to assess recipients' satisfaction 
with services, such as the Learning Experiences Satisfaction Survey; 
(2) a leadership interview, administered to all State child welfare 
directors, Tribal child welfare directors, and CIP coordinators that 
are receiving services from the Centers; and (3) a collaboration 
survey, an annual Web-based survey administered to the directors and 
staff of the three Centers. Center-specific data sources for this 
effort include (1) assessment tools such as the Tribal Organizational 
Assessment Caseworker Interview; and (2) service-specific feedback 
forms, such as the Center for States Intensive Projects instrument and 
the Center for Courts CQI Workshops instrument.
    Respondents: Respondents of data collection instruments will 
include (1) child welfare and judicial professionals that use the 
Centers' Web pages, products, and online courses, that participate in 
virtual or in-person trainings or peer events, and that receive brief 
or intensive tailored services from the Centers; (2) State child 
welfare directors, Tribal child welfare directors, and CIP coordinators 
that are receiving services from the Centers; and (3) the directors and 
staff of the three Capacity Building Centers. The proposed data 
collection will span four years.

                                             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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Webpage & Product Satisfaction Survey...........           1,560               1             .08             125
Learning Experiences Satisfaction Survey........             500               1             .33             165
Learning Experience Module Survey...............             900               1             .08              72
Peer Event Satisfaction Survey..................           5,502               1             .08             441
Assessment & Capacity Building Plan Satisfaction             450               1            .066              30
 Survey.........................................
Center for Tribes Contact Form..................              50               1             .05               3
Center for Tribes Demographic Survey............              20               1            1.75              35
Tribal Organizational Assessment Caseworker                   20               1            1.25              25
 Interview......................................
Tribal Organizational Assessment Community                    16               1            1.25              20
 Provider Interview.............................
Tribal Organizational Assessment Community                    12               1             1.0              12
 Member/Elder Interview.........................
Tribal Organizational Assessment Family                       14               1             1.0              14
 Interview......................................
Center for States Information and Referral......              12               1             .05               1
Center for States Intensive Projects............             330               2             .33             218
Center for States Constituency Groups...........             400               2             .33             264
Center for States Consultant Feedback Form......             156               1             .13              21
Center for States Brief Services................             125               1             .33              42

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CIP Annual Meeting Survey.......................             200               1             .13              26
Center for Courts CQI Workshops.................              48               1             .17               8
Leadership Interview--States....................              13               2               1              26
Leadership Interview--CIPs......................              13               2               1              26
Leadership Interview--Tribes....................               8               2            1.25              20
Leadership Interview Part II--Tribes............               8               2             .67              11
Annual Collaboration Survey.....................             230               1             .36              83
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,688.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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: ACF 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.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-27833 Filed 10-30-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-01-P