[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65934-65935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18011]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-NEW1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; New; Juvenile Facility Census Program (JFCP)

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs 
(OJP), Department of Justice (DOJ), will be submitting the following 
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until 
September 12, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have comments especially on the 
estimated public burden or associated response time, suggestions, or 
need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with 
instructions or additional information, please contact: Benjamin Adams, 
Supervisory Social Science Analyst, National Institute of Justice, 810 
Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email: 
[email protected]; telephone: 202-616-3687).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register on May 21, 2024, allowing 
a 60-day comment period (89 FR 44709). Written comments and suggestions 
from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed 
collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should address 
one or more of the following four points:

--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and/or
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.

    Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website 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 and entering either the title of the information collection or 
the OMB Control Number [1121-NEW1]. This information collection request 
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view 
Department of Justice, information collections currently under review 
by OMB.
    DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOJ notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.

Overview of This Information Collection

    1. Type of Information Collection: New.
    2. Title of the Form/Collection: Juvenile Facility Census Program 
(JFCP).
    3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The form numbers are 
CJ-14 (CJRP) and CJ-15 (JRFC). The applicable components within the 
Department of Justice are the National Institute of Justice and the 
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, in the Office of 
Justice Programs.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: State, local and tribal governments, 
individuals or households, and Private Sector-for or not for profit 
institutions.
    Abstract: This request for clearance of the Juvenile Facility 
Census Program (JFCP) will combine two previously, separately cleared 
data collections: the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (OMB 
# 1121-0218) and the Juvenile Residential Facility Census (OMB # 1121-
0219). The Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (CJRP), which 
is administered biennially, collects information from all secure and 
nonsecure residential placement facilities that house persons younger 
than age 21 who are held in a residential setting as a result of some

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contact with the juvenile justice system for an offense. This 
encompasses both status offenses and delinquency offenses, and includes 
youth who are either temporarily detained by the court or committed 
after adjudication for an offense. The CJRP collects information on the 
characteristics of the youth held for an offense, including offense and 
demographics, and information on their placement, including 
adjudication status and length of stay. The Juvenile Residential 
Facility Census (JRFC), which is administered biennially in the years 
the CJRP is not administered, collects information about how juvenile 
facilities operate, the services they provide, and staff training from 
all secure and nonsecure residential placement facilities that house 
persons younger than 21 who are held for an offense. The information 
gathered in these national collections will be used in published 
reports and statistics. The reports will be made available to the U.S. 
Congress, Executive Office of the President, practitioners, 
researchers, students, the media, others interested in juvenile 
residential facilities, and the general public via the OJP agency 
websites. The two data collections are being combined into a single 
clearance packet because they are closely related and designed to be 
complementary. They are drawn from the same frame, are administered to 
the same respondents with identical eligibility criteria, have the same 
reference day, and use the same mode of collection. The collection 
administrations are deliberately sequenced and scheduled for 
alternating years because of the complementary nature of the 
information and overlap in respondents. Additionally, each collections' 
imputation procedures rely upon information from the other collection, 
and for some longitudinal analyses, data from both collections are 
combined to produce published statistics.
    5. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
    6. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: The total estimated 
respondents is 1,569 for each collection for each year.
    7. Estimated Time per Respondent: It takes an average of 4 hours to 
complete the CJRP. The total burden for the CJRP is 6,844 hours. It 
takes an average of 2 hours to complete the JRFC. The total burden for 
the JRFC is 3,422 hours.
    8. Frequency: The CJRP and JRFC are each administered biennially in 
alternating years.
    9. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: The average annual burden is 
5,703 hours or 17,110 total hours for the 2025 CJRP, 2026 JRFC, and 
2027 CJRP.
    10. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: The estimated annual 
cost for CJRP and JRFC is $633,054 each. The estimated cost for both 
collections is $1,266,108 annually.
    If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo, 
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice 
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: August 8, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-18011 Filed 8-12-24; 8:45 am]
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