[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 82 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25275-25276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09028]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; OPRE Data Collection for State Child 
Welfare Data Linkages Descriptive Study (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) is 
requesting approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
a new primary data collection about connected child welfare data. We 
define connected data as child welfare data that are linked or 
integrated with data from other systems or agencies. The State Child 
Welfare Data Linkages Descriptive Study (Data Linkages Descriptive 
Study) will gather systematic information on the extent to which states 
connect their child maltreatment data to other data sets; how any 
linked data sets are created, managed, and used; and challenges states 
face in linking data.

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. You can 
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by 
emailing [email protected]. All emailed requests should be 
identified by the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The State Child Welfare Data Linkages Descriptive 
Study will examine the extent to which child welfare agencies in 50 
states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC, link administrative data on 
child maltreatment to data in other systems and to learn more about 
states' practices related to sharing and linking data. The study aims 
to inform the ongoing and accurate surveillance of child maltreatment 
and identify facilitators and barriers to connected data efforts 
(integrated data or linked data).
    These data are not available from existing sources. This study aims 
to present an internally valid description of the data capacity of 
participating state child welfare agencies, not to promote statistical 
generalization to different sites or service populations.
    Respondents: State child welfare directors, designated state child 
welfare agency staff (identified by a state child welfare director as 
having knowledge about the state's connected data efforts), and 
designated county staff (identified by a state child welfare director 
as having knowledge about a county's connected data efforts).

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                     Number of
                                     Number of     responses per      Average
                                    respondents     respondent      burden per     Total burden    Annual burden
           Instrument               (total over     (total over    response  (in    (in hours)      (in hours)
                                      request         request         hours)
                                      period)         period)
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Initial survey of state child                 52               1            0.67              35              18
 welfare directors..............
Survey of connected data efforts             208               1            0.58             121              61
 \1\............................
Interviews with individuals                  120               1               1             120              60
 responsible for connected data
 efforts........................
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\1\ Estimates for burden hours define respondent by survey administration and not necessarily by the number of
  different people completing the survey.


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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 139.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5105.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-09028 Filed 4-27-22; 8:45 am]
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