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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Regional Partnership Grant
(RPG) Program Data Collection.
OMB No.: 0970–0353.
Description
On September 30, 2007, the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), Children’s Bureau
awarded multi-year grants to 53 regional
partnerships grantees (RPGs) to improve
the safety, permanency and well-being
of children affected by
methamphetamine or other substance
abuse who have been removed or are at
risk of removal from their home. The
Child and Family Services Improvement
Act of 2006, the authorizing legislation
for the RPG program, required that a set
of performance indicators be established
to periodically assess the grantees’
outcomes. The legislation mandated that
these performance indicators be
developed through a consultative
process involving ACF, the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA), and
representatives of the State or Tribal
agencies who are members of the
regional partnerships. The legislation
also requires the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human
services to submit annually to Congress
a report that includes the performance
indicators established under this grant
program.
The final set of RPG performance
indicators was approved by ACF and
disseminated to the funded grantees in
January 2008. It includes a total of 23
indicators across four outcome domains:
Child/youth (9 indicators), adult (7
indicators), family/relationship (5
indicators), and regional partnership/
service capacity (2 indicators). It also
includes a core set of child and adult
demographic elements that will provide
important context needed to properly
analyze, explain and understand the
outcomes. No other national data
collection measures these critical child,
adult, family, and RPG outcomes
specifically for these children and
families. The data also will have
significant implications for policy and
program development for child wellbeing programs nationwide.
The purpose of this request is to
obtain OMB approval for an extension
of the original three year request which
was approved on March 31, 2009. Fortythree of the original 53 grantees were
awarded for a five-year grant period,
thus necessitating an extension of the
original request in order to continue
data collection for the remainder of the
grant period. The first submission of
RPG grantee data to the RPG data
collection system occurred in December,
2008, and every six months thereafter.
Data collection will be conducted for
the fifth year of the grant period, ending
September 30, 2012, with data
submission by January 2013. Data
collection may be extended for one year
until January 2014 should grantees
request and be granted no-cost
extensions.
To minimize grantee data collection
and reporting burden, many of the data
elements are already being collected by
counties and States in order to report
Federally-mandated data to the
Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and
Reporting System (AFCARS), the
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) and
the National Outcome Measures
(NOMs); in addition, all States
voluntarily submit data for the Federal
National Child Abuse and Neglect Data
System (NCANDS). Therefore, most
child welfare data elements included in
the RPG performance measures can be
found in a State’s automated case
management system, which is often a
Federally-funded Statewide Automated
Child Welfare Information System
(SACWIS). TEDS admission and
discharge data are collected by State
substance abuse agencies according to
their own information systems for
monitoring substance abuse treatment
admissions and transmitted monthly or
quarterly to the SAMHSA contractor. As
a result of prior Federal government
reporting requirements, States are
already collecting several data elements
needed by the RPGs. The RPGs lead
agency or their state or local partners are
able to download information from
these existing State child welfare and
substance abuse treatment data systems
to obtain data to monitor their RPG
program outcomes, thereby reducing the
amount of primary data collection
needed.
Respondents
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Private Sector ..................................................................................
State, Local, or Tribal Government .................................................
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9,126
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 15,093.
Administration for Children and
Families.
Additional Information
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
Copies of the proposed collection may
be obtained 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. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection. Email address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment
OMB is required to make a decision
concerning 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. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
directly to the following: Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project. Fax: (202) 395–7285.
Email:
OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV.
Attn: Desk Officer for the
specific requirements stipulated in 45
CFR 400.4–400.9. The State Plan must
include all applicable State procedures,
designations, and certifications for each
requirement as well as supporting
documentation. A State may use a preprint format prepared by the Office of
Refugee Resettlement (ORR) of the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) or a different format, on
the condition that the format used meets
all of the State plan requirements under
Title IV of the Act and ORR regulations
at 45 CFR part 400.
There is no schedule for submission
of this State Plan, as all States are
currently operating under an approved
plan and are in compliance with
regulations at 45 CFR 400.4–400.9. Per
45 CFR 400.4(b), States need only certify
that the approved plan is current and
continues in effect, no later than 30 days
after the beginning of the Federal fiscal
year. Consistent with regulations, if
States wish to revise or amend the plan,
a revised plan or plan amendment must
be submitted to ORR as described at 45
CFR 400.7 400.9.
Respondents: State Agencies,
Replacement Designees under 45 CFR
400.301(c), and Wilson-Fish Grantees
(State 2 Agencies) administering or
supervising the administration of
programs under Title IV of the Act.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: State Plan for Grants to States
for Refugee Resettlement.
OMB No.: 0970–0351.
Description: A State Plan is required
by 8 U.S.C. 1522 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (the Act) [Title IV, Sec.
412 of the Act] for each State agency
requesting Federal funding for refugee
resettlement under 8 U.S.C. 524 [Title
IV, Sec. 414 of the Act], including
Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance,
Refugee Social Services, and Targeted
Assistance program funding. The State
Plan is a comprehensive narrative
description of the nature and scope of
a States programs and provides
assurances that the programs will be
administered in conformity with the
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden
hours per
response
Total
burden
hours
Title IV State Plan ............................................................................
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Instrument
50
1
15
750
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 750.
Additional Information: Copies of the
proposed collection may be obtained 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. All requests
should be identified by the title of the
information collection. Email address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to
make a decision concerning 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. Written
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent directly to the following: Office
VerDate Mar<15>2010
17:44 Nov 17, 2011
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of Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project, Fax: (202) 395–7285,
Email: OIRA_SUBMISSION@
OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn: Desk Officer for
the Administration for Children and
Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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ACTION:
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The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing
that a proposed collection of
information has been submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance under
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Regional Partnership Grant (RPG) Program Data Collection.
OMB No.: 0970-0353.
Description
On September 30, 2007, the Administration for Children and Families
(ACF), Children's Bureau awarded multi-year grants to 53 regional
partnerships grantees (RPGs) to improve the safety, permanency and
well-being of children affected by methamphetamine or other substance
abuse who have been removed or are at risk of removal from their home.
The Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006, the authorizing
legislation for the RPG program, required that a set of performance
indicators be established to periodically assess the grantees'
outcomes. The legislation mandated that these performance indicators be
developed through a consultative process involving ACF, the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and
representatives of the State or Tribal agencies who are members of the
regional partnerships. The legislation also requires the Secretary of
the Department of Health and Human services to submit annually to
Congress a report that includes the performance indicators established
under this grant program.
The final set of RPG performance indicators was approved by ACF and
disseminated to the funded grantees in January 2008. It includes a
total of 23 indicators across four outcome domains: Child/youth (9
indicators), adult (7 indicators), family/relationship (5 indicators),
and regional partnership/service capacity (2 indicators). It also
includes a core set of child and adult demographic elements that will
provide important context needed to properly analyze, explain and
understand the outcomes. No other national data collection measures
these critical child, adult, family, and RPG outcomes specifically for
these children and families. The data also will have significant
implications for policy and program development for child well-being
programs nationwide.
The purpose of this request is to obtain OMB approval for an
extension of the original three year request which was approved on
March 31, 2009. Forty-three of the original 53 grantees were awarded
for a five-year grant period, thus necessitating an extension of the
original request in order to continue data collection for the remainder
of the grant period. The first submission of RPG grantee data to the
RPG data collection system occurred in December, 2008, and every six
months thereafter. Data collection will be conducted for the fifth year
of the grant period, ending September 30, 2012, with data submission by
January 2013. Data collection may be extended for one year until
January 2014 should grantees request and be granted no-cost extensions.
To minimize grantee data collection and reporting burden, many of
the data elements are already being collected by counties and States in
order to report Federally-mandated data to the Adoption and Foster Care
Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), the Treatment Episode Data Set
(TEDS) and the National Outcome Measures (NOMs); in addition, all
States voluntarily submit data for the Federal National Child Abuse and
Neglect Data System (NCANDS). Therefore, most child welfare data
elements included in the RPG performance measures can be found in a
State's automated case management system, which is often a Federally-
funded Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS).
TEDS admission and discharge data are collected by State substance
abuse agencies according to their own information systems for
monitoring substance abuse treatment admissions and transmitted monthly
or quarterly to the SAMHSA contractor. As a result of prior Federal
government reporting requirements, States are already collecting
several data elements needed by the RPGs. The RPGs lead agency or their
state or local partners are able to download information from these
existing State child welfare and substance abuse treatment data systems
to obtain data to monitor their RPG program outcomes, thereby reducing
the amount of primary data collection needed.
Respondents
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sector.......................... 17 2 175.5 5,967
State, Local, or Tribal Government...... 26 2 175.5 9,126
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,093.
Additional Information
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained 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. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information collection. Email address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment
OMB is required to make a decision concerning 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.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project. Fax: (202) 395-
7285. Email: OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV. Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration for Children and Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-29811 Filed 11-17-11; 8:45 am]
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