[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53157-53158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21574]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Building Capacity To 
Evaluate Child Welfare Community Collaborations To Strengthen and 
Preserve Families (CWCC) Cross-Site Process Evaluation (New Collection)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration 
for Children and Families; HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to collect data 
for an evaluation of the initiative, Community Collaborations to 
Strengthen and Preserve Families (also referred to as Child Welfare 
Community Collaborations [CWCC]). The cross-site process evaluation 
will provide insight to ACF about the various factors that promote or 
impede the implementation of child welfare community collaborations.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects 
of the information collection described above.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be 
obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing 
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also be 
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All 
requests, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the 
information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The evaluation will involve seven data collection 
requests:

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     Four Site Visit Discussion Guides. To systematically 
document the approaches and strategies used by the first two cohorts of 
CWCC grantees (FY18 and FY19 awardees), the evaluation team will 
conduct initial and follow-up interviews with: (1) Project Directors 
from Lead Grantee organizations and Leaders from partner organizations, 
and (2) staff from the lead and partner organizations. These interviews 
will take place during site visits. Each grantee will participate in 
four site visits.
     Survey Invitee Template: The evaluation team will ask the 
Project Director of each CWCC grant to fill out a Survey Invitee 
Template to gather contact information for leaders and staff from lead 
and partner organizations who the evaluation team will invite to 
complete the Collaboration Survey (see below).
     Collaboration Survey: This electronic survey will document 
perceptions that leaders and staff from the CWCC lead and partner 
organizations have regarding their organizational/group processes, 
implementation activities, and progress towards goals. This survey will 
be administered to staff at all grantee and partner organizations on an 
annual basis during each cohort's grant period.
     Site Visit Planning Template: Each Project Director (or 
their designee) will complete a Site Visit Planning Template to 
schedule site visit activities prior to each annual site visit.
    Respondents: Leadership and staff from CWCC lead (grantee) 
organizations and from partner organizations.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                   Total  number     Number of        Average
           Instrument                   of         responses per   burden  hours   Total  burden  Annual  burden
                                    respondents     respondent     per  response       hours           hours
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                                   Cohort 1 Data Collection for FY18 Grantees
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Site Visit Discussion Guide for               12               1               2              24               8
 Project Directors and Leaders
 from Partner Organizations--
 Interview #1...................
Site Visit Discussion Guide for               36               1               1              36              12
 Staff from Lead and Partner
 Organizations--Interview #1....
Site Visit Discussion Guide for               12               2             1.5              36              12
 Project Directors and Leaders
 from Partner Organizations--
 Follow-Up Interviews...........
Site Visit Discussion Guide for               36               2               1              72              24
 Staff from Lead and Partner
 Organizations--Follow-Up
 Interviews.....................
Survey Invitee Template.........               4               3               1              12               4
Annual Collaboration Survey.....             260               3             0.5             390             130
Site Visit Planning Template....               4               3               2              24               8
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                                   Cohort 2 Data Collection for FY19 grantees
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Site Visit Discussion Guide for               27               1               2              54              18
 Project Directors and Leaders
 from Partner Organizations--
 Interview #1...................
Site Visit Discussion Guide for               81               1               1              81              27
 Staff from Lead and Partner
 Organizations--Interview #1....
Site Visit Discussion Guide for               27               2             1.5              81              27
 Project Directors and Leaders
 from Partner Organizations--
 Follow-Up Interviews...........
Site Visit Discussion Guide for               81               2               1             162              54
 Staff from Lead and Partner
 Organizations--Follow-Up
 Interviews.....................
Survey Invitee Template.........               9               3               1              27               9
Annual Collaboration Survey.....             585               3             0.5           877.5           292.5
Site Visit Planning Template....               9               3               2              54              18
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 643.5.
    Comments: 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.
    Authority: Section 105(b)(5) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5106(b)(5)), as amended by the 
CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-320).

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-21574 Filed 10-3-19; 8:45 am]
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