[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 22302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09371]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Prevention 
Services Data Collection (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0529)

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

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Children's 
Bureau is requesting a 3-year extension of the Prevention Services Data 
Collection (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0529, 
expiration May 31, 2025). There are no changes requested to the data 
collection.

DATES: Comments due June 26, 2025. OMB must decide 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: Section 471(e)(4)(E) of the Social Security Act (the 
Act) (42 U.S.C. 671), as amended by Public Law 115-123, requires State 
and Tribal child welfare agencies to collect and report to ACF 
information on children receiving prevention and family services and 
programs. Title IV-E Agencies must report the following on a bi-annual 
basis:
     The specific services or programs provided;
     The total expenditures for each of the services or 
programs provided;
     The duration of the services or programs provided; and
     If the child was identified in a prevention plan as a 
candidate for foster care:
    [cir] The child's placement status at the beginning, and at the 
end, of the 12-month period that begins on the date the child was 
identified as a candidate for foster care in a prevention plan; and
    [cir] Whether the child entered foster care during the initial 12-
month period and during the subsequent 12-month period.
    To date, approximately 83 percent of the Title IV-E Agencies have 
chosen to provide these prevention services.
    The data collected will continue to inform Federal policy 
decisions, program management, and responses to Congressional and 
Departmental inquiries. Specifically, the data will provide information 
about the use and availability of prevention services to children to 
prevent the need for foster care placement. The data contains 
personally identifiable information (date of birth and race/ethnicity).
    Respondents: Title IV-E Agencies.

                                             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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Prevention Services Data Collection.........              53                2               31            3,286
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    Authority: Section 471(e)(4)(E) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 671), as 
amended by Public Law 115-123.

Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-09371 Filed 5-23-25; 8:45 am]
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