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extension or reinstatement of an existing
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notice.
Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Generic
Clearance for Improving Customer
Experience (OMB Circular A–11, section
280 Implementation); Use: Whether
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Medicaid Services (CMS) will limit its
inquiries to data collections that solicit
strictly voluntary opinions or responses.
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of respondents in each activity covered
by this request.
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be used to improve the delivery of
Federal services and programs. It will
include the creation of personas,
customer journey maps, and reports and
summaries of customer feedback data
and user insights. It will also provide
government-wide data on customer
experience that can be displayed on
performance.gov to help build
transparency and accountability of
Federal programs to the customers they
serve.
CMS will collect this information by
electronic means when possible, as well
as by mail, fax, telephone, technical
discussions, and in-person interviews.
CMS may also utilize observational
techniques to collect this information.
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control number: 0938–1382); Frequency:
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Individuals or Households; Private
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Tribal governments; Federal
Government; and Universities; Number
of Respondents: 1,001,750; Number of
Responses: Varied, dependent upon the
data collection method used. The
possible response time to complete a
questionnaire or survey may be 3
minutes or up to 2 hours to participate
in an interview.; Total Annual Hours:
51,175.
Dated: July 20, 2023.
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
Submission for Office of Management
and Budget Review; Chafee
Strengthening Outcomes for Transition
to Adulthood Project Overarching
Generic (New Collection)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, United States
Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
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The Administration for
Children and Families’ (ACF) Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation
(OPRE) requests Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval for an
overarching generic clearance to collect
data on programs serving youth
transitioning out of foster care as part of
the Chafee Strengthening Outcomes for
Transition to Adulthood Project. The
generic mechanism will allow ACF to
conduct rapid-cycle evaluations that
would not otherwise be feasible under
the timelines associated with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
purpose of these data collections
submitted under the generic will be to
inform ACF programming by building
the evidence about what works to
improve outcomes for the target
population and to identify innovative
learning methods that address common
evaluation challenges.
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. You can also obtain
copies of the proposed collection of
information by emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Identify all requests by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Under the proposed
umbrella generic, OPRE intends to
conduct evaluations of the effectiveness
of program services and components in
improving outcomes for youth and
young adults transitioning out of foster
care. To address challenges identified in
previous studies, the proposed
evaluations will use innovative methods
tailored to each participating program,
including rapid cycle learning
techniques that require an iterative
approach. Due to the rapid and iterative
nature of this work, OPRE is seeking
approval for a generic clearance to
conduct this research. Intended use of
the resulting data is to identify practices
and program components that have the
potential to improve the delivery and/or
quality of services administered by
SUMMARY:
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human service programs and agencies in
the areas of child welfare and
independent living services for youth
and young adults with foster care
experience. Potential data collection
efforts include conducting interviews,
focus groups, and surveys with program
directors (e.g., from programs serving
youth with foster care experience and
from their partner agencies) and current,
past, or potential participants in
programs serving youth with foster care
experience (e.g., including potential
participants who are included in
comparison groups), as well as
extracting administrative or other
program data.
Under this generic clearance,
information is meant to inform ACF
activities and may be incorporated into
documents or presentations that are
made public such as through conference
presentations, websites, or social media.
The following are some examples of
ways in which we may share
information resulting from these data
collections: technical assistance (TA)
plans, webinars, presentations,
infographics, issue briefs/reports,
project specific reports, or other
documents relevant to the field, such as
federal leadership and staff, grantees,
local implementing agencies,
researchers, and/or training/TA
providers. We may also request
information for the sole purpose of
publication in cases where we are
working to create a single source for
users (clients, programs, researchers) to
find information about resources such
as services in their area, TA materials,
different types of programs or systems
available, or research using ACF data. In
sharing findings, we will describe the
study methods and limitations regarding
generalizability and as a basis for policy.
Following standard OMB
requirements, OPRE will submit an
individual request for each specific data
collection activity under this generic
clearance. Each request will include the
individual instrument(s), a justification
specific to the individual information
collection, and any supplementary
documents.
Respondents: Staff and administrators
of programs serving youth and young
adults with foster care experience;
current, former, or potential participants
in programs serving youth; and young
adults with foster care experience.
BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
(total over
request
period)
Instrument
Administrator Interviews ..................................................................................................
Staff Discussions and Focus Groups ..............................................................................
Youth Discussions and Focus Groups ............................................................................
Youth Surveys .................................................................................................................
Administrative Data Extraction ........................................................................................
Document Delivery ..........................................................................................................
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,500.
Authority: Title IV–E of the Social
Security Act, IV–E 477(g)(1–2), as
amended by the Foster Care
Independence Act of 1999.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Evaluation of Resources To
Support the Identification and Care of
Children With Prenatal Substance or
Alcohol Exposure in the Child Welfare
System (Office of Management and
Budget #0970–0608)
Children’s Bureau,
Administration for Children and
Families, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
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80
160
1,800
10
10
The Children’s Bureau (CB),
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, is
proposing to collect data for an
evaluation of a set of resources that are
being developed to support the
identification and care of children with
prenatal substance or alcohol exposure
in the child welfare system.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
ACF is soliciting public comment on the
specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information and
submit comments by emailing
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. Identify all
requests by the title of the information
collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Materials to begin this
information collection effort were
initially approved in April 2023. The
study is gathering data from end users
of a toolkit of resources sponsored by
the CB in collaboration with the Centers
SUMMARY:
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Number of
responses
per
respondent
(total over
request
period)
4
4
4
3
4
4
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
1.00
1.50
1.50
0.50
4.00
1.00
Total
burden
(in hours)
160
480
960
2,700
160
40
for Disease Control and Prevention
under an interagency agreement. The
toolkit is intended to support child
welfare agency staff in the identification
and support of children living with
prenatal exposure to alcohol and other
substances. The data collected will be
used in a formative evaluation of the
toolkit, which will be guided by 3
research questions: (1) To what degree
do agency staff find toolkit resource to
be relevant and applicable to their
work?; (2) To what degree do toolkit
resources change agency staff attitudes
and increase staff knowledge?; (3) What
implementation approaches and
organizational supports facilitate toolkit
use by child welfare agencies? Data
sources for this effort include 5 surveys
that have been approved for use: (1) a
survey to measure users’ reactions to the
toolkit; (2) a survey of users’ attitudes
toward prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE)related issues; (3) a survey of users’
knowledge about PAE-related issues;
and (4 and 5) two versions of a survey
of transfer potential and perceived
competence, which measures users’
sense of competence in PAE-related
knowledge and skills and the extent to
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[FR Doc No: 2023-15677]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Chafee
Strengthening Outcomes for Transition to Adulthood Project Overarching
Generic (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, United States Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) requests Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval for an overarching generic clearance to
collect data on programs serving youth transitioning out of foster care
as part of the Chafee Strengthening Outcomes for Transition to
Adulthood Project. The generic mechanism will allow ACF to conduct
rapid-cycle evaluations that would not otherwise be feasible under the
timelines associated with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
purpose of these data collections submitted under the generic will be
to inform ACF programming by building the evidence about what works to
improve outcomes for the target population and to identify innovative
learning methods that address common evaluation challenges.
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. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by
emailing [email protected]. Identify all requests by the
title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Under the proposed umbrella generic, OPRE intends to
conduct evaluations of the effectiveness of program services and
components in improving outcomes for youth and young adults
transitioning out of foster care. To address challenges identified in
previous studies, the proposed evaluations will use innovative methods
tailored to each participating program, including rapid cycle learning
techniques that require an iterative approach. Due to the rapid and
iterative nature of this work, OPRE is seeking approval for a generic
clearance to conduct this research. Intended use of the resulting data
is to identify practices and program components that have the potential
to improve the delivery and/or quality of services administered by
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human service programs and agencies in the areas of child welfare and
independent living services for youth and young adults with foster care
experience. Potential data collection efforts include conducting
interviews, focus groups, and surveys with program directors (e.g.,
from programs serving youth with foster care experience and from their
partner agencies) and current, past, or potential participants in
programs serving youth with foster care experience (e.g., including
potential participants who are included in comparison groups), as well
as extracting administrative or other program data.
Under this generic clearance, information is meant to inform ACF
activities and may be incorporated into documents or presentations that
are made public such as through conference presentations, websites, or
social media. The following are some examples of ways in which we may
share information resulting from these data collections: technical
assistance (TA) plans, webinars, presentations, infographics, issue
briefs/reports, project specific reports, or other documents relevant
to the field, such as federal leadership and staff, grantees, local
implementing agencies, researchers, and/or training/TA providers. We
may also request information for the sole purpose of publication in
cases where we are working to create a single source for users
(clients, programs, researchers) to find information about resources
such as services in their area, TA materials, different types of
programs or systems available, or research using ACF data. In sharing
findings, we will describe the study methods and limitations regarding
generalizability and as a basis for policy.
Following standard OMB requirements, OPRE will submit an individual
request for each specific data collection activity under this generic
clearance. Each request will include the individual instrument(s), a
justification specific to the individual information collection, and
any supplementary documents.
Respondents: Staff and administrators of programs serving youth and
young adults with foster care experience; current, former, or potential
participants in programs serving youth; and young adults with foster
care experience.
Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses
respondents per Average Total
Instrument (total respondent burden per burden (in
over (total over response hours)
request request (in hours)
period) period)
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Administrator Interviews.................................... 40 4 1.00 160
Staff Discussions and Focus Groups.......................... 80 4 1.50 480
Youth Discussions and Focus Groups.......................... 160 4 1.50 960
Youth Surveys............................................... 1,800 3 0.50 2,700
Administrative Data Extraction.............................. 10 4 4.00 160
Document Delivery........................................... 10 4 1.00 40
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,500.
Authority: Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, IV-E 477(g)(1-2),
as amended by the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-15677 Filed 7-24-23; 8:45 am]
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