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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Court Improvement Program
New Grants.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The President signed the
Deficit Reduction act of 2005, Public
Law 109–171, into law on February 8,
2006. The law authorizes and
appropriates funds for two new grants
under the Court Improvement Program
in title IV–B, section 438 of the Social
Security Act. The highest State court in
a State with an approved title IV–E plan
is eligible to apply for either or both of
the new grants. The new grants are for
the purposes of: (1) Ensuring that the
needs of children are met in a timely
and complete manner through improved
case tracking and analysis of child
welfare cases and (2) training judges,
attorneys, and other legal personnel in
child welfare cases and conducting
cross-training with child welfare agency
staff and contractors.
The statute requires separate
applications for these two new grants.
The annual burden estimates below
describe the estimated burden for each
one of the new grants. ACF proposes to
collect information from the States
about their work under these grants
(applications, program reports) by way
of a Program Instruction, which will be
issued by June 1, 2006. This Program
Instruction will describe the
programmatic and fiscal provisions and
reporting requirements for each of the
grants, specify the application submittal
and approval procedures for the grants
for fiscal years 2006 through 2010, and
identify technical resources for use by
State courts during the course of the
grants. The agency will use the
information received to ensure
compliance with the statute and provide
training and technical assistance to the
grantees.
Respondents: State Courts.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of respondents
Number of responses per
respondent
Average burden hours per
response
Application .......................................................................................................
Annual Program Report ...................................................................................
52
52
1
1
40
36
2,080
1,872
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours .....................................................
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3,952
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In compliance with the requirements
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Administration,
Office of Information Services, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. E-mail address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests
should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
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comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: April 6, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Follow-up to the National
Survey of Child and Adolescent WellBeing.
OMB No.: 0970–0202.
Description: The Department of
Health and Human Services intends to
collect data on a subset of children and
families who have participated in the
National Survey of Child and
Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW). The
NSCAW was authorized under section
427 of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996. The survey began in November
1999 with a national sample of 5,501
children ages 0–14 who had been the
subject of investigation by child
Protective Services (CPS) during the
baseline data collection period, which
extended from November 1999 through
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April 2000. Direct assessments and
interviews were conducted with the
children themselves, their primary
caregivers, their caseworkers, and, for
school-aged children, their teachers.
Follow-up data collections were
conducted 12 months, 18 months, and
36 months post-baseline. The current
data collection plan involves a subset of
950 children from the original sample
who were ages 12 and older at baseline
and who will be ages 18 and older at
follow-up. This group will be in early
adulthood, and this follow-up will
allow for assessing the functioning and
service utilization for this age group as
they enter independent living
situations. The youths will be
interviewed with questions covering
social, emotional and behavioral
adjustment, living arrangements,
employment, service needs, and service
utilization.
The data collection for the follow-up
will follow the same format as that used
in previous rounds of data collection
and will employ similar instruments to
those used for adolescents who had
moved into independent living status in
previous rounds. Data from NSCAW are
made available to the research
community through licensing
arrangements from the National Data
Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect,
housed at Cornell University.
Respondents: 950 youths ages 18 and
older.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Court Improvement Program New Grants.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The President signed the Deficit Reduction act of
2005, Public Law 109-171, into law on February 8, 2006. The law
authorizes and appropriates funds for two new grants under the Court
Improvement Program in title IV-B, section 438 of the Social Security
Act. The highest State court in a State with an approved title IV-E
plan is eligible to apply for either or both of the new grants. The new
grants are for the purposes of: (1) Ensuring that the needs of children
are met in a timely and complete manner through improved case tracking
and analysis of child welfare cases and (2) training judges, attorneys,
and other legal personnel in child welfare cases and conducting cross-
training with child welfare agency staff and contractors.
The statute requires separate applications for these two new
grants. The annual burden estimates below describe the estimated burden
for each one of the new grants. ACF proposes to collect information
from the States about their work under these grants (applications,
program reports) by way of a Program Instruction, which will be issued
by June 1, 2006. This Program Instruction will describe the
programmatic and fiscal provisions and reporting requirements for each
of the grants, specify the application submittal and approval
procedures for the grants for fiscal years 2006 through 2010, and
identify technical resources for use by State courts during the course
of the grants. The agency will use the information received to ensure
compliance with the statute and provide training and technical
assistance to the grantees.
Respondents: State Courts.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application..................................... 52 1 40 2,080
Annual Program Report........................... 52 1 36 1,872
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours......... .............. .............. .............. 3,952
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In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade,
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: April 6, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-3521 Filed 4-12-06; 8:45 am]
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