81 FR 78598 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 216 (November 8, 2016)
Administration for Children and Families
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 216 (November 8, 2016)
| Page Range | 78598-78599 | |
| FR Document | 2016-26939 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 8, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 78598-78599] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-26939] [[Page 78598]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Title: National Study of Title IV-E Child Welfare Waiver Demonstrations. OMB No.: New Collection. Description: The National Study of the Title IV-E Child Welfare Waiver Demonstrations is sponsored by the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and involves the conduct of a cross-site study of jurisdictions (referred to as waiver jurisdictions) approved to operate demonstrations authorized by section 1130 of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act, Public Law 112-34. The demonstrations involve waivers of certain provisions of the foster care program authorized by title IV-E of the Social Security Act. Child welfare agencies in waiver jurisdictions are operating demonstrations to implement a variety of programs and interventions that serve children and families in an effort to improve their safety, permanency, and well-being. Each waiver jurisdiction is required to conduct a third-party evaluation of its demonstration. The National Study will examine the extent to which safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes have improved for children and families; the characteristics of waiver jurisdictions where improvements in outcomes have occurred; expenditure patterns and the types of activities for which waiver jurisdictions have increased funding; and the extent to which waiver jurisdictions have experienced practice and systems-level changes. The National Study uses a mixed-method approach to examine 25 waiver jurisdictions (including 23 states, the District of Columbia and one tribal government) with Terms and Conditions approved in Federal Fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014. Proposed data collection methods are two topically-focused telephone surveys: (a) A telephone survey of waiver jurisdiction representatives and evaluators who are focused on measuring well-being, and (b) a second telephone survey of waiver jurisdiction representatives and evaluators that is focused on understanding practice and systems-level changes within child welfare service systems. Also proposed is a Web-based survey of waiver jurisdiction representatives and evaluators that will look more broadly at the implementation of waiver demonstrations and corresponding changes in child welfare policy, practice, and financing. Two sampling survey forms are being proposed to collect the necessary contact information for respondents to the Web-based survey and the telephone survey focused on understanding practice and systems-level changes within child welfare service systems. Data collected through these instruments will be used by the Children's Bureau to gain an understanding of the jurisdictions' collective experience with implementing their demonstrations. Respondents: The respondents to the Web-Based Survey will be a purposive sample of an estimated 250 waiver jurisdiction representatives and evaluators drawn from the 25 waiver jurisdictions with waiver demonstration projects (Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Washington DC, West Virginia, Wisconsin). The respondents will be identified by the 25 jurisdiction demonstration project leaders using the Web-Based Survey Sampling Form. The Web-Based Survey Sampling Form and the Web-Based Survey will be administered once during the National Study. The respondents to the Measuring Well-Being telephone survey will be a census sample of the 23 evaluators identified from the 23 waiver jurisdictions who are involved with the assessment of child and family well-being in their waiver jurisdictions. The Measuring Well- Being telephone survey will be administered once during the National Study. The respondents to the Practice and Systems-Level Change telephone survey will be a purposive sample of 60 respondents identified from 14 waiver jurisdictions who are knowledgeable about practice, policy, and organizational changes in their respective waiver jurisdictions. The respondents will be identified by the 14 jurisdiction demonstration project leaders using the Practice- and Systems-Level Change Survey Sampling Form. The Practice- and Systems- Level Change Survey Sampling Form and the Practice and Systems-Level Change telephone survey will be administered once during the National Study. Annual Burden Estimates ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Average burden Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden respondents respondent response hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web-Based Survey Sampling Form.................. 25 1 0.33 8.25 Web-Based Survey................................ 250 1 0.33 82.5 Measuring Well-Being Telephone Survey........... 23 1 1 23 Practice- and Systems-Level Change Survey 14 1 0.25 3.5 Sampling Form.................................. Practice- and Systems-Level Change Telephone 60 1 1 60 Survey......................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 177.25. Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201. Attention Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection. Email address: [email protected]. 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, Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the [[Page 78599]] Administration for Children and Families. Robert Sargis, Reports Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2016-26939 Filed 11-7-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184-01-P
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Administration for Children and and Family Services Plan (CFSP). The capacities throughout the five-year plan
Families. CFSP lays the groundwork for a system period. The CFS–101 has three parts.
of coordinated, integrated, and Part I is an annual budget request for the
Robert Sargis,
culturally relevant family services for upcoming fiscal year. Part II includes a
Reports Clearance Officer.
the subsequent five years (45 CFR summary of planned expenditures by
[FR Doc. 2016–26939 Filed 11–7–16; 8:45 am] 1357.15(a)(1)). The CFSP outlines program area for the upcoming fiscal
BILLING CODE 4184–01–P initiatives and activities the State, Tribe year, the estimated number of
or territory will carry out in individuals or families to be served, and
administering programs and services to the geographical service area. Part III
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND promote the safety, permanency, and
HUMAN SERVICES includes actual expenditures by
well-being of children and families, program area, numbers of families and
Administration for Children and including, as applicable, those activities individuals served by program area, and
Families conducted under the John H. Chafee the geographic areas served for the last
Foster Care Independence Program complete fiscal year.
Proposed Information Collection (Section 477 of the Act) and the State
grant authorized by the Child Abuse Respondents: States, Territories, and
Activity; Comment Request
Prevention and Treatment Act. By June Tribes must complete the CFSP, APSR,
Proposed Projects 30 of each year, States, Territories, and and CFS–101. Tribes and territories are
Title: Child and Family Services Plan Tribes are also required to submit an exempted from the monthly caseworker
(CFSP), Annual Progress and Services Annual Progress and Services Report visits reporting requirement of the
Review (APSR), and Annual Budget (APSR) and a financial report called the CFSP/APSR. There are approximately
Expenses Request and Estimated CFS–101. The APSR is a yearly report 189 Tribal entities that currently receive
Expenditures (CFS–101) that discusses progress made by a State, IV–B funding. There are 53 States
OMB No.: 0970–0426 Territory or Tribe in accomplishing the (including Puerto Rico, the District of
Description: Under title IV–B, goals and objectives cited in its CFSP Columbia, and the Virgin Islands) that
subparts 1 and 2, of the Social Security (45 CFR 1357.16(a)). The APSR contains must complete the CFSP, APSR, and
Act (the Act), States, Territories, and new and updated information about CFS–101. There are a total of 242
Tribes are required to submit a Child service needs and organizational possible respondents.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of Average
Number of Total burden
Instrument responses per burden hours
respondents hours
respondent per response
APSR ............................................................................................................... 242 1 80 19,360
CFSP ............................................................................................................... 242 1 120.25 29,100.50
CFS–101, Parts I, II, and III ............................................................................ 242 1 5 1,210
Caseworker Visits ............................................................................................ 53 1 99.33 5,264.49
Estimated Total Annual Burden proposed collection of information; (c) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
Hours: 54,934.99 the quality, utility, and clarity of the HUMAN SERVICES
In compliance with the requirements information to be collected; and (d)
of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork ways to minimize the burden Administration for Community Living
Reduction Act of 1995, the information to be collected; and (d)
Agency Information Collection
Administration for Children and ways to minimize the burden of the
Activities; Proposed Collection; Public
Families is soliciting public comment collection of information on
Comment Request; Senior Medicare
on the specific aspects of the respondents, including through the use Patrol (SMP) Program National
information collection described above. of automated collection techniques or Beneficiary Survey
Copies of the proposed collection of other forms of information technology.
information can be obtained and Consideration will be given to AGENCY: Administration for Community
comments may be forwarded by writing comments and suggestions submitted Living, HHS.
to the Administration for Children and within 60 days of this publication. ACTION: Notice.
Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW.; Robert Sargis, SUMMARY: The Administration for
Washington, DC 20202; Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Community Living (ACL) is announcing
Reports Clearance Officer. Email [FR Doc. 2016–26917 Filed 11–7–16; 8:45 am] that the proposed collection of
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All BILLING CODE 4184–01–P
information listed above has been
requests should be identified by the title submitted to the Office of Management
of the information collection. and Budget (OMB) for review and
The Department specifically requests clearance under the Paperwork
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comments on: (a) Whether the proposed Reduction Act of 1995.
collection of information is necessary DATES: Submit written comments on the
for the proper performance of the collection of information by December
functions of the agency, including 8, 2016.
whether the information shall have ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the on the collection of information by fax
agency’s estimate of the burden of the 202–395–5806 or by email to
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