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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.
[FR Doc. 2023–15677 Filed 7–24–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
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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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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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which users believe they will transfer
knowledge/skills to their work. One
version of this instrument contains the
full survey and will be administered
after users have been exposed to the full
toolkit and its resources. The second
version contains a smaller selection of
key items from the survey, tailored to
collect information from users after their
exposure to each of five key modules of
the toolkit. Newly proposed data
collection will include (6) one focus
group to assess user perspectives on
changes to practice as a result of
implementation and fit of the toolkit
with the agency’s diversity, equity, and
inclusion efforts. All data will be
collected in 2024 over the course of a 6
to 9-month period.
Respondents: Child welfare
professionals, including state and/or
county-level directors of child welfare
agencies; supervisors; program staff
(e.g., investigation/intake, case
management, foster care/adoption/
permanency, etc.); staff working in
specialist roles that align with toolkit
resources (e.g., data/quality
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Survey of reactions to the toolkit .....................................................................................
Survey of attitudes ...........................................................................................................
Survey of PAE-related knowledge ...................................................................................
Survey of transfer potential and perceived competency .................................................
Module-specific transfer potential and perceived competency items ..............................
Focus group protocol on implementation ........................................................................
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Annual Burden Estimates
There are no updates to burden
estimates for previously approved
instruments. This request adds the
burden for the one new focus group
protocol on implementation.
Total
number of
respondents
Instrument
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 89.
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: This information collection
is related to and funded by CB, is
authorized by the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act
Reauthorization Act, 42 U.S.C. 5105,
(2010), and is being conducted by CB.
This information collection complies
with the statutory requirement to carry
out research designed to provide
information needed to improve the wellbeing of victims of child abuse or
neglect. Specifically, this information
collection complies with the
requirement for evaluation of practices
and programs to improve activities such
as identification, screening, medical
diagnosis, forensic diagnosis, health
evaluations, and services, including
activities that promote collaboration
between (1) the child protective service
improvement specialists); local or state
agency managers involved in
determining agency strategic plans and
practice guidance (e.g., substanceexposed newborn program manager);
training system lead staff.
system; and (2)(i) the medical
community, including providers of
mental health and developmental
disability services; and (ii) providers of
early childhood intervention services
and special education for children who
have been victims of child abuse or
neglect.
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; Testing Identified Elements
for Success in Fatherhood Programs
(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:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation
(OPRE) launched the Testing Identified
Elements for Success in Fatherhood
Programs (Fatherhood TIES) project in
2022. Using a mix of research methods,
this study will identify and test the
‘‘core components’’ of fatherhood
SUMMARY:
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number of
responses
per
respondent
32
32
32
32
32
28
1
2
3
1
5
1
Average
burden
hours per
response
.05
.17
.27
.09
.03
1.5
Annual
burden
hours
2
11
26
3
5
42
programs in any effort to identify which
core components are most effective at
improving the lives of fathers who
participate in fatherhood programs and
their children. The study will ultimately
include an implementation and an
impact study.
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: You can obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information and
submit comments by emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Identify all requests by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The proposed
information collection request is to
obtain consent to participate in the
study, collect additional baseline
information from program participants,
and initial implementation study data.
A future request will cover the
remaining data collection materials
associated with the impact and
implementation studies. Core
components are the essential functions,
principles, and elements that are judged
as being necessary to produce positive
outcomes. Fatherhood programs usually
offer workshops and case management
services for fathers to provide, for
example, parenting strategies to
strengthen their relationships with their
children, help finding a steady job,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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)
AGENCY: Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families,
Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: 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 [email protected].
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 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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which users believe they will transfer knowledge/skills to their work.
One version of this instrument contains the full survey and will be
administered after users have been exposed to the full toolkit and its
resources. The second version contains a smaller selection of key items
from the survey, tailored to collect information from users after their
exposure to each of five key modules of the toolkit. Newly proposed
data collection will include (6) one focus group to assess user
perspectives on changes to practice as a result of implementation and
fit of the toolkit with the agency's diversity, equity, and inclusion
efforts. All data will be collected in 2024 over the course of a 6 to
9-month period.
Respondents: Child welfare professionals, including state and/or
county-level directors of child welfare agencies; supervisors; program
staff (e.g., investigation/intake, case management, foster care/
adoption/permanency, etc.); staff working in specialist roles that
align with toolkit resources (e.g., data/quality improvement
specialists); local or state agency managers involved in determining
agency strategic plans and practice guidance (e.g., substance-exposed
newborn program manager); training system lead staff.
Annual Burden Estimates
There are no updates to burden estimates for previously approved
instruments. This request adds the burden for the one new focus group
protocol on implementation.
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Total
Total number of Average Annual
Instrument number of responses burden burden
respondents per hours per hours
respondent response
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Survey of reactions to the toolkit.......................... 32 1 .05 2
Survey of attitudes......................................... 32 2 .17 11
Survey of PAE-related knowledge............................. 32 3 .27 26
Survey of transfer potential and perceived competency....... 32 1 .09 3
Module-specific transfer potential and perceived competency 32 5 .03 5
items......................................................
Focus group protocol on implementation...................... 28 1 1.5 42
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 89.
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: This information collection is related to and funded by
CB, is authorized by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
Reauthorization Act, 42 U.S.C. 5105, (2010), and is being conducted by
CB. This information collection complies with the statutory requirement
to carry out research designed to provide information needed to improve
the well-being of victims of child abuse or neglect. Specifically, this
information collection complies with the requirement for evaluation of
practices and programs to improve activities such as identification,
screening, medical diagnosis, forensic diagnosis, health evaluations,
and services, including activities that promote collaboration between
(1) the child protective service system; and (2)(i) the medical
community, including providers of mental health and developmental
disability services; and (ii) providers of early childhood intervention
services and special education for children who have been victims of
child abuse or neglect.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-15730 Filed 7-24-23; 8:45 am]
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