[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 43665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16979]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Survey of the National Survey of Child 
and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) Adopted Youth, Young Adults, and 
Adoptive Parents (0970-0555)

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) seeks approval for an 
extension with no changes to a one-time study to examine familial 
outcomes 8 years or more after a child's adoption from the child 
welfare system. The primary objective of this study is to estimate the 
prevalence of instability events that occur in families who have 
adopted children who have exited the foster care system. The second 
objective is to understand risk and protective factors associated with 
post adoption instability. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval expires September 30, 2021, and this request is to extend 
approval to allow for the completion of data collection.

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: Through this study, ACF is conducting web or telephone 
surveys with adopted youth, young adults, and adults as well as 
adoptive parents who were participants in the first or second cohort of 
NSCAW (NSCAW I, II; OMB #0970-0202). The surveys are designed to 
collect information about instability events (such as foster care re-
entry or running away that occurred after a child's adoption) as well 
as family functioning, perceptions of the adoption relationship, and 
services and support received after adoption. Due to the COVID-19 
pandemic, initial activities to contact potential respondents were 
delayed. As a result, ACF is requesting an extension to collect data 
beyond the current OMB expiration date of September 30, 2021.
    Respondents: Adopted youth, young adults, adults, and their 
associated adoptive parents who participated in NSCAW I or II.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                     Number of
                                     Number of     responses per
                                    respondents     respondent    Average burden   Total burden    Annual burden
           Instrument               (total over     (total over    per response     (in hours)      (in hours)
                                      request         request       (in hours)
                                      period)         period)
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Survey of NSCAW Adopted Youth,               588               1              .5             294             294
 Young Adults, and Adults.......
Survey of NSCAW Adoptive Parents             554               1              .5             277             277
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 571.
    Authority: Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform 
Act of 1978.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-16979 Filed 8-9-21; 8:45 am]
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