[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 172 (Thursday, September 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61596-61598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19228]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Judicial, Court, and Attorney Measures 
of Performance: Feedback and Implementation (New Collection)

AGENCY: Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, 
United States 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 a new descriptive study, Judicial, Court, 
and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCAMP): Feedback and 
Implementation. This expands on earlier work around technical 
assistance, as approved under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 
0970-0593.

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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 emailed requests by 
the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: This study will expand on a collection from field 
testing sites that informed the development of a suite of measures and 
tools, which became the JCAMP (OMB #0970-0593 \1\). The information 
collection proposed here will further those efforts now that the suite 
of documents has been released. Specifically, this effort will (1) 
collect information from JCAMP implementation teams to understand their 
experiences with JCAMP implementation support, and (2) collect 
information from parents and children with child welfare cases, foster/
kinship caregivers, judges, case workers, parent attorneys, children's 
attorneys, and child welfare agency attorneys to gather information for 
JCAMP measures selected for use by jurisdictions (jurisdictions will 
collect only the data elements relevant to them). This will be 
accomplished using eleven instruments:
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    JCAMP Feedback Survey: Members of JCAMP implementation teams will 
answer questions about their experiences with JCAMP written materials, 
technical assistance, and the eJCAMP online platform.
    Parent Experience Survey: A brief survey that collects data post-
hearing about parent experiences in court including, strategies used by 
judges to engage families, satisfaction with their legal 
representation, and collects demographic information.
    Parent Court Experience Question Bank: This question bank includes 
options for items to include on a survey of parents with child welfare 
cases. Sites will select items that align with their chosen JCAMP 
measures. It is expected that surveys created from this bank will 
include up to 30 questions.
    Parent Focus Group Guide: This focus group guide includes questions 
for parents with child welfare cases about their experiences with the 
child welfare court process.
    Youth Post-Hearing Short Survey: This brief survey asks youth about 
their experiences immediately following hearings and collects 
demographic information (for example to allow assessment of equity 
aspects of judicial and legal practice and differences among age 
groups).
    Youth Experience Survey: This survey collects information from 
youth with child welfare cases about their experiences with the child 
welfare court process and collects demographic information (for example 
to allow assessment of equity aspects of judicial and legal practice 
and differences among age groups).
    Youth Court Experience Question Bank: This question bank includes 
options for items to include on a survey of youth with child welfare 
cases. Sites will select items that align with their chosen JCAMP 
measures. It is expected that surveys created from this bank will 
include up to 30 questions.
    Youth Focus Group Guide: This focus group guide includes questions 
for youth with child welfare cases about their experiences with the 
child welfare court process.
    Caregiver Survey: This survey collects information from adults 
caring for children with child welfare cases about their experiences 
with the child welfare court process and demographic information.
    Stakeholder Survey: This survey collects data regarding judges' and 
attorneys' experiences in court including, persons present at hearings, 
judicial engagement strategies used with parents, children, and 
caregivers, the practices of parent, child, and agency attorneys during 
hearings, typical timelines to permanency, and case processing 
activities.
    Stakeholder Focus Group Guide: This focus group guide asks judges, 
parent attorneys, children's attorneys, and child welfare agency 
attorneys their perceptions of the child welfare court system, 
including how families are engaged, how families receive due process, 
the quality of legal representation, safety decision-making, and 
permanency decision-making.
    Respondents: Respondents consist of Court Improvement Program 
administrators and staff, parents, youth, adults caregivers, judges, 
case workers, parent attorneys, children's attorneys, and agency 
attorneys.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Annual number  Average burden
                   Instrument                      Annual number   of responses      hours per     Annual burden
                                                  of respondents  per respondent     response          hours
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JCAMP Feedback Survey...........................             100               1            0.25              25
Parent Experience Survey........................             250               1            0.17            42.5
Parent Court Experience Question Bank...........             250               1            0.17            42.5
Parent Focus Group Guide........................              80               1               1              80
Youth Post-Hearing Survey Short.................             250               1            0.08              20
Youth Experience Survey.........................             250               1            0.17            42.5
Youth Court Experience Question Bank............             250               1            0.17            42.5
Youth Focus Group Guide.........................              80               1               1              80
Caregiver Survey................................             250               1            0.08              20
Stakeholder Survey..............................           1,500               1            0.17             255
Stakeholder Focus Group Guide...................             400               1               1             400
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,050.
    Authority: Sec. 5106, Public Law 111-320, the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act Reauthorization Act of 2010, and titles 
IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-19228 Filed 9-6-23; 8:45 am]
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