[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 58 (Monday, March 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16375-16376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06340]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Phase II Evaluation Activities for 
Implementing a Next Generation Evaluation Agenda for the Chafee Foster 
Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood--Extension (OMB 
#0970-0489)

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) requests an extension to 
continue data collection for the Phase II Evaluation Activities for 
Implementing a Next Generation Evaluation Agenda for the Chafee Foster 
Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (OMB #0970-0489; 
Previously titled: Phase II Evaluation Activities for Implementing a 
Next Generation Evaluation Agenda for the Chafee Foster Care 
Independence Program). Information collection activities requested 
include interviews, focus group discussions and administrative data 
collection. There are no changes proposed to the currently approved 
materials.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a 
decision about 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 ACF, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation 
(OPRE) requests public comment on a proposed extension to a currently 
approved information collection for the Chafee Foster Care Program for 
Successful Transition to Adulthood (previously known as the Chafee 
Foster Care Independence Program). Activities include preliminary 
visits to discuss the evaluation process with program administrators 
and site visits to each program to speak with program leaders, 
partners, key stakeholders, front-line staff, and participants. These 
formative evaluations will determine programs' readiness for more 
rigorous evaluation in the future. The activities and products from 
this project will help ACF to fulfill the ongoing legislative mandate 
for program evaluation specified in the Foster Care Independence Act of 
1999.
    Respondents: Semi-structured interviews will be held with program 
leaders, partners, stakeholders, front-line staff, and young adults 
being served by the programs.

                                                                 Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                                           Number of
                                                                        Number of        responses per    Average burden
                            Instrument                                 respondents     respondent (total   per response    Total burden    Annual burden
                                                                       (total over        over request      (in hours)      (in hours)      (in hours)
                                                                     request period)        period)
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Program Staff Recruitment for Focus Group Participants............                 96                  1               8             768             384
Discussion Guide for program leaders..............................                 23                  1               1              23              12
Discussion Guide for program partners and stakeholders............                 14                  1               1              14               7
Discussion Guide for program front-line staff.....................                 66                  1               1              66              33
Focus Group Guide for program participants........................                240                  1               2             480             240
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    Authority: Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, IV-E Sec.  477(g) 
(1-2), as amended by the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-06340 Filed 3-26-21; 8:45 am]
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