[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 186 (Monday, September 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66034-66035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23058]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Evaluation of the Child Welfare Capacity Building 
Collaborative: Part Two.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: This new data collection is the second part of a 
larger data collection effort being conducted for the evaluation of the 
Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative. The first group of 
instruments has already been submitted for this evaluation. This notice 
details the second group of instruments that will be used for data 
collection as part of this evaluation. 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 (CIP). 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) A capacity survey to capture perceived changes in 
organizational capacity after receiving Center services; (2) a tailored 
services satisfaction survey administered in conjunction with the 
capacity survey to capture satisfaction with tailored services; (3) a 
foundational assessment to capture contextual data regarding the 
organizational health and functioning of child welfare agencies and 
courts; (4) a follow-up survey that will examine short-term and 
intermediate outcomes among CIPs that receive different levels of 
tailored services following continuous quality improvement (CQI) 
workshops; and (5) a key informant survey and interview to examine how 
capacity building services are incorporated into state and tribal 
activities to support implementation of Public Law 113-183. Center-
specific data sources for this effort include (1) registration forms 
such as the webinar and learning management system (CapLEARN) 
registration forms and (2) service-specific feedback forms and 
interviews, such as the Center for States Tailored Services interviews 
and the Center for Courts Universal and Constituency Services survey.
    Respondents: Respondents of data collection instruments will 
include (1) child welfare agency staff and stakeholders who directly 
receive services that have been tailored to the needs of their 
jurisdiction and (2) CIP coordinators, CIP Directors, and other project 
staff. The proposed data collection will span three years.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                      Annual number   responses per     hours per     Total annual
                                                  of respondents    respondent       response      burden hours
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Capacity Survey.................................             462               1              .3          138.60
Tailored Services Satisfaction Survey...........             462               1            .083           38.35
Foundational Assessment Survey..................             277               1              .1            27.7
CQI Workshop Follow-Up Survey...................              48               2             .12           11.52
Public Law 113-183 Key Informant Survey.........              52               1             .26           13.52
Public Law 113-183 Key Informant Interview......               5               1               1               5
Center for Courts: Universal and Constituency                104               1             .41           42.64
 Services.......................................
Webinar Registration............................            4650               1             .03           139.5
Center for States: Tailored Services Interviews.              60               1               1              60
Center for States: Assessment and Work Planning              150               1             .25            37.5
 Survey.........................................
CapLEARN Registration...........................             600               1            .084            50.4
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 564.73.
    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, Fax: 202-395-
6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the

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Administration for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-23058 Filed 9-23-16; 8:45 am]
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