[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 183 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57902-57903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20546]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Evaluation of Resources 
To Support the Identification and Care of Children With Prenatal 
Substance or Alcohol Exposure in the Child Welfare System (New 
Collection)

AGENCY: Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, 
Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and 
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is 
proposing to collect data for an evaluation of a set of resources that 
are being developed to support the identification and care of children 
with prenatal substance or alcohol exposure in the child welfare 
system.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, ACF is 
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information 
collection described above.

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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 proposed information collection effort will gather 
data from end users of a toolkit of resources sponsored by the 
Children's Bureau in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention under an interagency agreement. The toolkit is intended 
to support child welfare agency staff in the identification and support 
of children living with prenatal exposure to alcohol and other 
substances. The data collected will be used in a formative evaluation 
of the toolkit, which will be guided by three research questions: (1) 
To what degree do agency staff find toolkit resource to be relevant and 
applicable to their work? (2) To what degree do toolkit resources 
change agency staff attitudes and increase staff knowledge? (3) What 
implementation approaches and organizational supports facilitate 
toolkit use by child welfare agencies? Proposed data sources for this 
effort include five surveys: (1) a survey to measure users' reactions 
to the toolkit; (2) a survey of users' attitudes toward Prenatal 
Alcohol Exposure (PAE)-related issues; (3) a survey of users' knowledge 
about PAE-related issues; and (4 and 5) two versions of a survey of 
transfer potential and perceived competence, which measures users' 
sense of competence in PAE-related knowledge and skills and the extent 
to which users believe they will transfer knowledge/skills to their 
work. One version of this instrument contains the full survey and will 
be administered after users have been exposed to the full toolkit and 
its resources. The second version contains a smaller selection of key 
items from the survey, tailored to collect information from users after 
their exposure to each of five key modules of the toolkit. All data 
will be collected over the course of 6-9 months in 2023.
    Respondents: Child welfare professionals, including state and/or 
county-level directors of child welfare agencies; supervisors; program 
staff (e.g., investigation/intake, case management, foster care/
adoption/permanency, etc.); staff working in specialist roles that 
align with toolkit resources (e.g., data/quality improvement 
specialists); local or state agency managers involved in determining 
agency strategic plans and practice guidance (e.g., substance-exposed 
newborn program manager); training system lead staff. All data will be 
collected over the course of 6-9 months in 2023.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Total number   Average burden
                   Instrument                      Total number    of responses      hours per     Total/annual
                                                  of respondents  per respondent     response      burden hours
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Survey of reactions to the toolkit..............              32               1             .05               2
Survey of attitudes.............................              32               2             .17              11
Survey of PAE-related knowledge.................              32               3             .27              26
Survey of transfer potential and perceived                    32               1             .09               3
 competency.....................................
Module-specific transfer potential and perceived              32               5             .03               5
 competency items...............................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 47.
    Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a) 
whether the proposed 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: Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Reauthorization 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 5105, (2010).

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-20546 Filed 9-21-22; 8:45 am]
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