[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 23 (Monday, February 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1468-1469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00895]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Prevention Services Data Collection.
    OMB No.: 0970-NEW.
    Description: Section 471(e)(4)(E) of the Social Security Act (the 
Act) (42 U.S.C. 671) as amended by Public Law 115-123 requires state 
and tribal child welfare agencies to collect and report to the 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) information on children 
receiving prevention and family services and programs. States and 
tribes must report:
     The specific services or programs provided,
     The total expenditures for each of the services or 
programs provided,
     The duration of the services or programs provided, and
     If the child was identified in a prevention plan as a 
candidate for foster care:
    [cir] The child's placement status at the beginning, and at the 
end, of the 12 month period that begins on the date the child was 
identified as a candidate for foster care in a prevention plan; and
    [cir] whether the child entered foster care during the initial 12 
month period and during the subsequent 12 month period.
    It is anticipated that half or less of the tribes and states will 
choose to provide these prevention services in the first years of the 
program availability, but that number will increase over time.
    The data collected will inform federal policy decisions, program 
management, and responses to Congressional and Departmental inquiries. 
Specifically, the data will provide information about the use and 
availability of prevention services to children to prevent the need for 
foster care placement. The data will contain personally identifiable 
information (date of birth and race/ethnicity).
    Respondents: State and tribal child welfare agencies.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours per       Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Prevention Services Data Collection.........              20                1               31              620
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 620.
    In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chap 35), 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, 330 C Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20201. 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.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-00895 Filed 2-1-19; 8:45 am]
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