Submission for OMB Review; OCSE Stafford Act Flexibilities Request Form (New Collection), 14929-14930 [2021-05780]
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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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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Total number
of respondents
Total number
of responses
per respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
Annual burden
hours
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 114.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5141.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Evaluation of the Child
Welfare Capacity Building
Collaborative (New Collection)
Children’s Bureau,
Administration for Children and
Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Children’s Bureau,
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), is
proposing to collect data for an
evaluation of the services provided to
child welfare jurisdictions and Court
Improvement Programs (CIP) by the
Child Welfare Capacity Building
Collaborative. This study uses
instruments that build on previously
approved OMB instruments, including
satisfaction surveys, assessment tools,
interview protocols, and service-specific
feedback forms (OMB #0970–0484,
expiration 11/30/22; OMB #0970–0494,
expiration 2/28/23).
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 infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. Alternatively, copies can
also be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation (OPRE), 330 C Street
SW, Washington, DC 20201, Attn: ACF
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests,
emailed or written, should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Capacity Building
Collaborative includes three centers
(Center for States, Center for Tribes,
Center for Courts) funded by the
Children’s Bureau to provide national
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child welfare expertise and evidenceinformed training and technical
assistance services to state, tribal, and
U.S. territorial public child welfare
agencies and CIP. The Centers offer
services including Web-based content
and resources, product development
and dissemination, self-directed and
group-based training, virtual learning
and peer networking events, and
tailored consultation, coaching, and
facilitation (‘‘tailored services’’).
Centers’ services will be evaluated by
Center-specific evaluations and a crossCenter evaluation. The cross-Center
evaluation will examine collaboration
across and within Centers; how well
Centers have established themselves
nationally, and how the child welfare
field perceives their expertise,
credibility, and value; what services are
delivered by the Centers, and how well
they are defined; service recipient
satisfaction with service quality; child
welfare jurisdiction and federal staff’s
experiences of assessment and work
planning services offered by Centers;
effectiveness of Center services; how
Centers apply a common ‘‘change
management approach’’ in their work;
what affects child welfare jurisdiction
engagement with and use of Center
services; and the costs of Center
services. The Center for States’
evaluation consists of data collection
around two research questions and five
sub-studies. The research questions
focus on understanding usefulness,
relevance, and satisfaction from a
stakeholder perspective, as well as
outcomes of all services, with a focus on
tailored services. The sub-studies assess
organizational capacities, child welfare
policy and practice, and outcomes for
children and families. The Center for
Tribes’ evaluation will examine the
extent to which the Center provides
effective, culturally responsive services
that meet the needs of tribal child
welfare programs; the satisfaction of
service recipients with service quality;
and service outcomes for tribal child
welfare programs and stakeholders. The
Center for Courts’ evaluation will assess
satisfaction with and effectiveness of
service delivery; progress toward
meeting Center goals and the needs of
CIP to promote continuous quality
improvement (CQI); and increased
knowledge, collaboration, and capacity
to improve court performance and child
and family outcomes.
Proposed cross-Center evaluation
data sources for this effort include (1) a
survey to assess child welfare staff
perceptions of the outcomes of
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intensive 1 courses of tailored services
and their satisfaction with those
services, completed by a project team
lead with input from the rest of the
team; (2) a survey to assess child welfare
staff perceptions of the outcomes of
brief courses of tailored services, for use
with tribes and CIP; 2 (3,4,5) a
leadership interview protocol
administered to all state/territory child
welfare directors and to tribal child
welfare directors and CIP coordinators
receiving services from the Centers; (6)
a collaboration and communication
survey administered twice to Center
staff/contractors and their federal
partners to understand whether factors
that support collaboration are in place
and improving over time; (7) a survey to
assess whether collaborative teams for
specific projects and/or communication
teams exhibit signs of healthy
collaboration; and (8) a survey to assess
child welfare jurisdiction staff
satisfaction with the assessment and
work planning services provided by
Centers.
Center for States’ data sources
include (1) a registration form for
participation in virtual events; (2,3) a
survey to gather feedback from
participants in brief service events of
100+ registrants, and a follow-up survey
to measure outcomes 3 months later; (4)
a short poll for use by participants in
brief service events with fewer than 100
registrants; (5) a peer learning group
survey to gather feedback to inform
program planning; (6) a survey to
measure satisfaction with learning
experiences; (7) a protocol for
interviewing staff in jurisdictions
receiving intensive services; (8) a
protocol for use with state project leads
to capture feedback following meetings
associated with intensive projects, for
use in a fidelity study; (9) a tailored
services brief project survey to inform
outcome reporting and CQI; (10) a
survey of participants in peer-to-peer
events to inform project planning; and
(11) a jurisdiction interview protocol for
a longitudinal ethnographic sub-study
of several intensive projects. Center for
Tribes’ data sources include (1) a form
for tribes requesting Center services; (2)
an inquiry form for Center staff to
collect information on services the tribe
requests; (3) a demographic survey to
provide information about the tribal
child welfare program; (4) a ‘‘needs and
fit exploration tool-phase 1’’ to gather
information to decide if the tribe’s
request meets criteria for services; (5) a
1 Intensive services typically last 9 or more
months and involve 20 or more hours of service.
2 The Center for States will administer its own,
similar survey for use with state respondents.
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[FR Doc No: 2021-05780]
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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)
AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: 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.
DATES: 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.
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.
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 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.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Total number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses per hours per Total burden Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours hours
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 114.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5141.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-05780 Filed 3-18-21; 8:45 am]
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