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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Parham at (410) 786–4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. The term ‘‘collection of
information’’ is defined in 44 U.S.C.
3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and
includes agency requests or
requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to a third party. Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies
to publish a 30-day notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension or
reinstatement of an existing collection
of information, before submitting the
collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, CMS is
publishing this notice that summarizes
the following proposed collection(s) of
information for public comment:
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Generic
Clearance for Medicaid and CHIP State
Plan, Waiver, and Program Submissions;
Use: State Medicaid and CHIP agencies
are responsible for developing
submissions to CMS, including state
plan amendments and requests for
waivers and program demonstrations.
States use templates when they are
available and submit the forms to
review for consistency with statutory
and regulatory requirements (or in the
case of waivers and demonstrations
whether the proposal is likely to
promote the objectives of the Medicaid
program). If the requirements are met,
we approve the states’ submissions
giving them the authority to implement
the flexibilities. For a state to receive
Medicaid Title XIX funding, there must
be an approved Title XIX state plan.
The development of streamlined
submissions forms enhances the
collaboration and partnership between
states and CMS by documenting our
policy for states to use as they are
developing program changes.
Streamlined forms improve efficiency of
administration by creating a common
and user-friendly understanding of the
information we need to quickly process
requests for state plan amendments,
waivers, and demonstration, as well as
ongoing reporting. This notice replaces
the notice that published on February
26, 2021 (86 FR 11779) and was
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FR 13565). Form Number: CMS–10398
(OMB control number: 0938–1148);
Frequency: Collection-specific, but
generally the frequency is yearly, once,
and occasionally; Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments; Number
of Respondents: 56; Total Responses:
1,540; Total Hours: 154,104 (3-year
total). (For policy questions regarding
this collection contact Annette Pearson
at 410–786–6858.)
Dated: March 15, 2021.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office
of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Evaluation of Project Connect
(New Collection)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for Public Comment.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is proposing a new
information collection to assess the
implementation of Project Connect, a
comprehensive home visitation
intervention that provides home-based
services and treatment to child welfareinvolved, substance-affected families
with children and adolescents ages 0 to
17.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting
public comment on the specific aspects
of the information collection described
above.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be
forwarded by emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Alternatively, copies can also be
obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests,
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emailed or written, should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The proposed information
collection activity will assess the
implementation of Project Connect, a
comprehensive home visitation
intervention that provides home-based
services and treatment to child welfareinvolved, substance-affected families
with children and adolescents ages 0 to
17. The program aims to strengthen, and
address the complex needs of,
substance-affected families by providing
intensive, long-term services that
address issues of unhealthy parental
substance use and help parents recover
while keeping children safe. It focuses
on maintaining children safely in their
homes (preventing admission to care) or
facilitating reunification when children
have been placed in out-of-home care.
The implementation study will
support a planned effectiveness
evaluation that will rely on
administrative data to examine the
impact of the program on child welfare
outcomes. These information collection
activities will take place over the course
of five site visits to the program and
child welfare agency that are
participating in the study. Information
collection activities include interviews
with program and child welfare agency
administrators, focus groups with
program and child welfare agency staff,
interviews and focus groups with
participants, interviews with other
program stakeholders, and observations
of program staff meetings, program
delivery, and judicial hearings. Site
visits will also include direct
observations of staff delivery of the
program, program staff meetings, and
relevant judicial hearings/activities for
program families.
This evaluation is part of a larger
project to help ACF build the evidence
base in child welfare through rigorous
evaluation of programs, practices, and
policies. The activities and products
from this project will contribute to
evidence building in child welfare and
help to determine the effectiveness of a
substance use program on child welfare
outcomes.
Respondents: Semi-structured
interviews will be completed with
agency and program administrators,
parents who are participating in the
program, parents receiving services as
usual, and other program stakeholders.
Focus groups will be conducted with
agency and program staff and parents
who are participating in the program
and parents receiving services as usual.
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
(total over
request period)
Instrument
Interview Guide for Administrators (Project Connect,
Child Welfare Agency, and Child Welfare Central
Referral Unit) ............................................................
Focus Group Guide for Staff (Project Connect and
Child Welfare Agency Staff) .....................................
Interview Guide for Other Stakeholders (Behavioral
Health and Judicial Stakeholders) ...........................
Interview Guide for Families ........................................
Focus Group Guide for Families .................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 38.
Comments: 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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 676.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
ACTION:
Number of
responses per
respondent
(total over
request period)
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review; OCSE
Stafford Act Flexibilities Request Form
(New Collection)
Office of Child Support
Enforcement, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
AGENCY:
Total burden
(in hours)
Annual burden
(in hours)
14
1
1
14
5
24
1
1.50
36
12
12
16
24
1
1
1
1
1
1.5
12
16
36
4
5
12
Request for public comment.
The Office of Child Support
Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), seeks approval of a
standardized request form to collect
information from state and tribal title
IV–D child support agencies requesting
administrative flexibilities under the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, (the
‘‘Stafford Act’’), due to the COVID–19
pandemic.
SUMMARY:
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.
DATES:
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Due to the exceptional
impact of the COVID–19 pandemic,
state and tribal agencies operating child
support programs under title IV–D of
the Social Security Act have faced
significant operational and other
ADDRESSES:
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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
challenges in providing critical child
support services to families. Section 301
of the Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 5141,
provides that ‘‘Any Federal agency
charged with the administration of a
Federal assistance program may, if so
requested by the applicant State [or
Indian tribal government] or local
authorities, modify or waive, for a major
disaster, such administrative conditions
for assistance as would otherwise
prevent the giving of assistance under
such programs if the inability to meet
such conditions is a result of the major
disaster.’’ To communicate that child
support agencies may request relief
under the Stafford Act, on May 28,
2020, OCSE published Dear Colleague
Letter 20–04: Flexibilities for State and
Tribal Child Support Agencies during
COVID–19 Pandemic. OCSE seeks
approval of a standardized request form
to collect information from state and
tribal IV–D agencies requesting Stafford
Act administrative flexibilities, due to
the COVID–19 pandemic and according
to OCSE Dear Colleague Letter 20–04.
Respondents: State and tribal agencies
administering a child support program
under title IV–D of the Social Security
Act.
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Instrument
Total number
of respondents
Total number
of responses
per respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
Annual burden
hours
OCSE Stafford Act Flexibilities Request Form ................
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3
1
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[FR Doc No: 2021-05774]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Evaluation of Project
Connect (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for Public Comment.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a new
information collection to assess the implementation of Project Connect,
a comprehensive home visitation intervention that provides home-based
services and treatment to child welfare-involved, substance-affected
families with children and adolescents ages 0 to 17.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description: The proposed information
collection activity will assess the implementation of Project Connect,
a comprehensive home visitation intervention that provides home-based
services and treatment to child welfare-involved, substance-affected
families with children and adolescents ages 0 to 17. The program aims
to strengthen, and address the complex needs of, substance-affected
families by providing intensive, long-term services that address issues
of unhealthy parental substance use and help parents recover while
keeping children safe. It focuses on maintaining children safely in
their homes (preventing admission to care) or facilitating
reunification when children have been placed in out-of-home care.
The implementation study will support a planned effectiveness
evaluation that will rely on administrative data to examine the impact
of the program on child welfare outcomes. These information collection
activities will take place over the course of five site visits to the
program and child welfare agency that are participating in the study.
Information collection activities include interviews with program and
child welfare agency administrators, focus groups with program and
child welfare agency staff, interviews and focus groups with
participants, interviews with other program stakeholders, and
observations of program staff meetings, program delivery, and judicial
hearings. Site visits will also include direct observations of staff
delivery of the program, program staff meetings, and relevant judicial
hearings/activities for program families.
This evaluation is part of a larger project to help ACF build the
evidence base in child welfare through rigorous evaluation of programs,
practices, and policies. The activities and products from this project
will contribute to evidence building in child welfare and help to
determine the effectiveness of a substance use program on child welfare
outcomes.
Respondents: Semi-structured interviews will be completed with
agency and program administrators, parents who are participating in the
program, parents receiving services as usual, and other program
stakeholders. Focus groups will be conducted with agency and program
staff and parents who are participating in the program and parents
receiving services as usual.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per Average
Instrument respondents respondent burden per Total burden Annual burden
(total over (total over response (in (in hours) (in hours)
request period) request period) hours)
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Interview Guide for 14 1 1 14 5
Administrators (Project
Connect, Child Welfare
Agency, and Child Welfare
Central Referral Unit).....
Focus Group Guide for Staff 24 1 1.50 36 12
(Project Connect and Child
Welfare Agency Staff)......
Interview Guide for Other 12 1 1 12 4
Stakeholders (Behavioral
Health and Judicial
Stakeholders)..............
Interview Guide for Families 16 1 1 16 5
Focus Group Guide for 24 1 1.5 36 12
Families...................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 38.
Comments: 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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 676.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-05774 Filed 3-18-21; 8:45 am]
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