[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 138 (Thursday, July 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46799-46800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15381]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission to Office of Management and Budget; National Survey of 
Child and Adolescent Well-Being-Third Cohort (NSCAW III) (Office of 
Management and Budget #0970-0202)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration 
for Children and Families, United States 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 an 
extension with revisions to the data collection activities conducted as 
part of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW 
III) (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0202). NSCAW is the 
only source of nationally representative, longitudinal, firsthand 
information about the functioning and well-being, service needs, and 
service utilization of children and families who come to the attention 
of the child welfare system. This request will allow additional time to 
conduct participant data collections. Minor changes to the instruments 
are requested to restore an in-person data collection option.

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: NSCAW is the only source of nationally representative, 
longitudinal, firsthand information about the functioning and well-
being, service needs, and service utilization of children and families 
who come to the attention of the child welfare system. The first and 
second cohorts of NSCAW were initiated in 1999 and 2008, respectively. 
A major objective for the third cohort of NSCAW [NSCAW III] is to 
maintain the strengths of previous work, while better positioning the 
study to address the changing child welfare population. Phase I of 
NSCAW III, approved November 2016, is complete and included recruitment 
and sampling process data collection activities. Phase II of NSCAW III, 
approved July 2017, includes baseline and follow-up data collection 
activities, and panel maintenance activities. Phase II follow-up data 
collection and panel maintenance is still ongoing. Phase III of NSCAW 
III, approved in September 2020, includes data collection on the child 
welfare workforce in of participating agencies. Phase III data 
collection is complete, and analysis of the data is ongoing.
    We seek approval for an extension with changes for the currently 
approved data collection activities, which includes follow-up data 
collection for Phase II and panel maintenance activities with NSCAW 
cohort members. As part of this request we are also proposing minor 
changes to the Phase II information collection. During the COVID-19 
pandemic, the in-person option for data collection was removed. We are 
requesting to restore the previously approved in-person mode as an 
option for caregiver and child respondents for Phase II data 
collection.
    Respondents: Children and caregivers enrolled in NSCAW III and 
child welfare agency personnel in participating NSCAW III agencies. 
Surveys and panel maintenance responses may be obtained by telephone, 
web, or in person.

                                             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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Child Follow-up.................             387               1             .75             290              97
Caregiver Follow-up.............             409               1             .75             307             102
Caseworker Follow-up............             126               3             1.0             379             126
Panel Maintenance with NSCAW               4,723               1             .08             378             126
 Cohort Members.................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 451.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 628b; Continuing Appropriations Act of 2022.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-15381 Filed 7-19-23; 8:45 am]
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