[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79334-79335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28068]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Child 
Welfare Study To Enhance Equity With Data (New Collection)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration 
for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) within 
the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing a new 
information collection for the Child Welfare Study to Enhance Equity 
with Data (CW-SEED). The project aims to understand how and to what 
extent data are used to explore equity in service delivery and child 
and family outcomes, to identify barriers or problematic data 
practices, and to explore efforts by child welfare agencies and their 
partners to use data to reduce barriers across the continuum of child 
welfare services.

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]. Identify all requests by the 
title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description: CW-SEED will conduct 
qualitative case studies to describe the experiences of up to six 
state, local, and/or tribal child welfare agencies and their partners 
collecting and using data to advance equity in service delivery and 
child and family outcomes. The case studies will document promising 
data practices and the potential challenges to implementing them. Each 
case study will include two components (1) collection and review of 
site-specific documents and other relevant information, and (2) in-
person site visits to collect detailed qualitative data and any 
additional documentation the sites can provide. This information 
collection aims to present an internally valid description of the 
experiences of the sites, not to promote statistical generalization to 
different sites.
    Respondents: Child welfare agency leaders, managers or supervisors 
of direct service workers, direct service workers, and staff who work 
with the agency's data systems and/or conduct research; partner agency 
and community organization leaders, managers or supervisors of direct 
service workers, direct service workers, and staff who work with the 
organization's data systems and/or conduct research; and, members of 
advisory groups that work with child welfare agencies, partner 
agencies, or community organizations.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                     Number of
                                     Number of     responses per
                                    respondents     respondent      Avg. 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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Instrument 1: Interview topic                180               1               2             360             180
 guide..........................
Instrument 2: Child welfare                   42               1             1.5              63              32
 agency advisory focus group
 guide..........................
Instrument 3: Partner agency and              18               1             1.5              27              14
 community organization advisory
 focus group guide..............
Instrument 4: Demonstration                   12               1               1              12               6
 guide..........................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 232.
    Authority: Social Security Act 426 [42 U.S.C. 626]

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-28068 Filed 12-23-22; 8:45 am]
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