[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 164 (Thursday, August 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52387-52388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18327]


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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 (Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0541)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE); 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF); U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families at HHS is 
requesting an extension to continue data collection 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 the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is 
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information 
collection described above.

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of 
information and submit comments by emailing 
[email protected]. Identify all requests by the title of 
the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The evaluation involves seven data collection 
activities. Initial interviews with Project Directors and leaders from 
partner organizations and initial interviews with staff from lead and 
partner organizations have been completed. This request includes the 
remaining five activities:
     Survey Invitee Template: This template requests 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 documents 
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 is 
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

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to schedule site visit activities prior to each annual site visit.
     Two Site Visit Discussion Guides: To systematically 
document the approaches and strategies used by the first two cohorts of 
CWCC grantees (fiscal year (FY) 18 and FY 19 awardees), the evaluation 
team will conduct 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 in total. As noted above, the first two have already 
been completed.
    Respondents: Leadership and staff from CWCC lead (grantee) 
organizations and from partner organizations.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                     Number of
                                   Total number    responses per  Average burden
                                  of respondents    respondent       hours per     Total burden    Annual burden
           Instrument              (over request    (total over    response (in     (in hours)      (in hours)
                                      period)         request         hours)
                                                      period)
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                                   Cohort 1 Data Collection for FY 18 grantees
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Site Visit Discussion Guide for               12               1             1.5              18               9
 Project Directors and Leaders
 from Partner Organizations--
 Follow-Up Interviews...........
Site Visit Discussion Guide for               36               1               1              36              18
 Staff from Lead and Partner
 Organizations--Follow-Up
 Interviews.....................
Survey Invitee Template.........               4               1               1               4               2
Annual Collaboration Survey.....             268               1              .5             134              67
Site Visit Planning Template....               4               1               2               8               4
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                                   Cohort 2 Data Collection for FY19 grantees
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Site Visit Discussion Guide for               27               2             1.5              81              41
 Project Directors and Leaders
 from Partner Organizations--
 Follow-Up Interviews...........
Site Visit Discussion Guide for               81               2               1             162              81
 Staff from Lead and Partner
 Organizations--Follow-Up
 Interviews.....................
Survey Invitee Template.........               9               2               1              18               9
Annual Collaboration Survey.....             990               2              .5             990             495
Site Visit Planning Template....               9               2               2              36              18
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 744.
    Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a) 
whether the proposed continued 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 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. 2022-18327 Filed 8-24-22; 8:45 am]
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