[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37663-37664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13402]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; National Child Abuse and Neglect Data
System (OMB #0970-0424)
AGENCY: Children's Bureau; Administration on Children, Youth and
Families; Administration for Children and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting a 3-year
extension of the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS)
collection (OMB #0970-0424, expiration 02/28/2021). There are no
changes requested to this data collection.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. 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.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)
was amended in 1988 to direct the Secretary of HHS to establish a
national data collection and analysis program, which would make
available state child abuse and neglect reporting information. HHS
responded by establishing NCANDS as a voluntary national reporting
system.
In 1996, CAPTA was amended to require all states that receive funds
from the Basic State Grant program to work with the Secretary of HHS to
provide specific data elements, to the maximum extent practicable,
about children who had been maltreated. Most of the required data
elements were added to the NCANDS data collection. Subsequent CAPTA
reauthorizations and amendments added required data elements. The
current list of CAPTA-required data elements includes:
(1) The number of children who were reported to the state during
the year as victims of child abuse or neglect.
(2) Of the number of children described in paragraph (1), the
number with respect to whom such reports were--
(a) Substantiated;
(b) Unsubstantiated; or
(c) Determined to be false.
(3) Of the number of children described in paragraph (2)--
(a) the number that did not receive services during the year under
the state program funded under this section or an equivalent state
program;
(b) the number that received services during the year under the
state program funded under this section or an equivalent state program;
and
(c) the number that were removed from their families during the
year by disposition of the case.
(4) The number of families that received preventive services,
including use of differential response, from the state during the year.
(5) The number of deaths in the state during the year resulting
from child abuse or neglect.
(6) Of the number of children described in paragraph (5), the
number of such children who were in foster care.
(7)
(a) The number of child protective service personnel responsible
for the--
(i.) intake of reports filed in the previous year;
(ii.) screening of such reports;
(iii.) assessment of such reports; and
(iv.) investigation of such reports.
(b) The average caseload for the workers described in subparagraph
(A).
(8) The agency response time with respect to each report pertaining
to the initial investigation of child abuse or neglect.
(9) The response time with respect to the provision of services to
families and children where an allegation of child abuse or neglect has
been made.
(10) For child protective service personnel responsible for intake,
screening, assessment, and investigation of child abuse and neglect
reports in the state--
(a) information on the education, qualifications, and training
requirements established by the state for child protective service
professionals, including for entry and advancement in the profession,
including advancement to supervisory positions;
(b) data of the education, qualifications, and training of such
personnel;
(c) demographic information of the child protective service
personnel; and
[[Page 37664]]
(d) information on caseload or workload requirements for such
personnel, including requirements for average number and maximum number
of cases per child protective service worker and supervisor.
(11) The number of children reunited with their families or
receiving family preservation services that, within 5 years, result in
subsequent substantiated reports of child abuse or neglect, including
the death of the child.
(12) The number of children for whom individuals were appointed by
the court to represent the best interests of such children and the
average number of out of court contacts between such individuals and
children.
(13) The annual report containing the summary of activities of the
citizen review panels of the state required by subsection (c)(6).
(14) The number of children under the care of the state child
protection system who are transferred into the custody of the state
juvenile justice system.
(15) The number of children referred to a child protective services
system under subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii).
(16) The number of children determined to be eligible for referral,
and the number of children referred, under subsection (b)(2)(B)(xxi),
to agencies providing early intervention services under part C of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.).
(17) The number of children determined to be victims described in
subsection (b)(2)(B)(xxiv).
(18) The number of infants--
(a) identified under subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii);
(b) for whom a plan of safe care was developed under subsection
(b)(2)(B)(iii); and
(c) for whom a referral was made for appropriate services,
including services for the affected family or caregiver, under
subsection (b)(2)(B)(iii).
The items listed under number (10), (13), and (14) are not
collected by NCANDS.
The Children's Bureau proposes to continue collecting the NCANDS
data through the two files of the Detailed Case Data Component, the
Child File (the case-level component of NCANDS), and the Agency File
(additional aggregate data, which cannot be collected at the case
level). There are no proposed changes to the NCANDS data collection
instruments. New data elements were added during the previous OMB
clearance cycle in response to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking
Act of 2015 and the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016,
both of which amended CAPTA.
Respondents: State governments, the District of Columbia, and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Annual Burden Estimates
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses per hours per Total burden Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Detailed Case Data Component (Child File and Agency File)......... 52 3 106 16,536 5,512
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,512.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-13402 Filed 6-22-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-29-P