83_FR_47136 83 FR 46956 - Proposed Information Collection Activity; Descriptive Study of the Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program (New Collection)

83 FR 46956 - Proposed Information Collection Activity; Descriptive Study of the Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program (New Collection)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 180 (September 17, 2018)

Page Range46956-46957
FR Document2018-20068

The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing data collection activities as part of a project to better understand the range of child welfare services and benefits provided through the Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) Program.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 180 (Monday, September 17, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 180 (Monday, September 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-20068]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Descriptive Study of 
the Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program (New Collection)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; ACF; HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) at the 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing data collection activities 
as part of a project to better understand the range of child welfare 
services and benefits provided through the Unaccompanied Refugee Minors 
(URM) Program.

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, the Administration for Children and Families 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 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. Email address: [email protected]. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collection activities to be 
submitted in the package include:
    1. Survey of State Refugee Coordinators (SRCs) from the 15 states 
with URM programs.
    2. Survey of URM Program Directors from all 22 URM programs.
    3. Survey of Private Custody Child Welfare Agency Administrators 
from nine states with private custody arrangements.
    4. Interviews with URM Program Managers from six URM programs.
    5. Interviews with URM Program Staff (e.g. case managers, data 
managers) from six URM programs.
    6. Interviews with Child Welfare Agency Administrators who have 
contact with six URM programs.
    7. Interviews with Community Partners including leadership and line 
staff from local organizations, such as health care and mental health 
care providers, legal aid organizations, and faith-based groups serving 
the URM population at six URM program sites.
    8. Interviews with Community Partners in the field of education, 
such as school administrators and counselors, and organizations 
providing English language education and support at six URM program 
sites.
    9. Focus Groups for URM Youth from six URM programs.
    10. Focus Groups for URM Foster Families from six URM programs.
    Respondents: State Refugee Coordinators and supporting staff, URM 
Program Directors and supporting staff, Child Welfare Agency 
Administrators and supporting staff, URM program staff (case workers, 
data managers, and other staff), staff from community partner 
organizations (e.g. health and mental health service providers, 
education service providers, faith-based organizations), URM youth, and 
URM foster families.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                   Total/annual      Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                        number of     responses per     hours per     Annual burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Survey of State Refugee Coordinators............            37.5               1            0.67              25
Survey of URM Program Directors.................              55               1               1              55
Survey of Private Custody Child Welfare Agency                21               1            0.67              14
 Administrators.................................
Interviews with URM Program Managers............               9               1             1.5              14
Interviews with URM Program Staff...............              36               1            1.25              45
Interviews with Child Welfare Agency                          26               1               1              26
 Administrators.................................
Interviews with Community Partners [General]....              48               1               1              48
Interviews with Community Partners [Education]..              12               1               1              12
Focus Groups with URM Youth.....................              54               1             1.5              81
Focus Groups with URM Foster Families...........              54               1             1.5              81
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 401.
    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.


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    Authority: Section 1110 of the Social Security Act.

Emily B. Jabbour,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-20068 Filed 9-14-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-07-P

46956 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 180 / Monday, September 17, 2018 / Notices ADDRESSES: Written comments and SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, 3. Survey of Private Custody Child recommendations for the proposed Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) at the Welfare Agency Administrators from information collection should be sent Administration for Children and nine states with private custody directly to the following: Office of Families (ACF), U.S. Department of arrangements. Management and Budget, Paperwork Health and Human Services (HHS) is 4. Interviews with URM Program Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_ proposing data collection activities as Managers from six URM programs. SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn: part of a project to better understand the 5. Interviews with URM Program Staff Desk Officer for the Administration for range of child welfare services and (e.g. case managers, data managers) from Children and Families. benefits provided through the six URM programs. Copies of the proposed collection may Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) 6. Interviews with Child Welfare be obtained by writing to the Program. Agency Administrators who have Administration for Children and DATES: Comments due within 60 days of contact with six URM programs. Families, Office of Planning, Research publication. In compliance with the 7. Interviews with Community and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Partners including leadership and line Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, staff from local organizations, such as Reports Clearance Officer. All requests the Administration for Children and health care and mental health care should be identified by the title of the Families is soliciting public comment providers, legal aid organizations, and information collection. Email address: on the specific aspects of the faith-based groups serving the URM OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. information collection described above. population at six URM program sites. Authority: Sec. 413, Pub. L. 115–31. 8. Interviews with Community ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed Partners in the field of education, such Emily B. Jabbour, collection of information can be as school administrators and counselors, ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. obtained and comments may be and organizations providing English forwarded by writing to the language education and support at six [FR Doc. 2018–20085 Filed 9–14–18; 8:45 am] Administration for Children and URM program sites. BILLING CODE 4184–09–P Families, Office of Planning, Research, 9. Focus Groups for URM Youth from and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, six URM programs. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE 10. Focus Groups for URM Foster HUMAN SERVICES Reports Clearance Officer. Email Families from six URM programs. address: OPREinfocollection@ Respondents: State Refugee Administration for Children and acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be Coordinators and supporting staff, URM Families identified by the title of the information Program Directors and supporting staff, collection. Child Welfare Agency Administrators Proposed Information Collection SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The and supporting staff, URM program staff Activity; Descriptive Study of the information collection activities to be (case workers, data managers, and other Unaccompanied Refugee Minors submitted in the package include: staff), staff from community partner Program (New Collection) 1. Survey of State Refugee organizations (e.g. health and mental AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, Coordinators (SRCs) from the 15 states health service providers, education and Evaluation; ACF; HHS. with URM programs. service providers, faith-based 2. Survey of URM Program Directors organizations), URM youth, and URM ACTION: Request for public comment. from all 22 URM programs. foster families. ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES Total/annual Number of Average Annual burden Instrument number of responses per burden hours hours respondents respondent per response Survey of State Refugee Coordinators ............................................................ 37.5 1 0.67 25 Survey of URM Program Directors .................................................................. 55 1 1 55 Survey of Private Custody Child Welfare Agency Administrators ................... 21 1 0.67 14 Interviews with URM Program Managers ........................................................ 9 1 1.5 14 Interviews with URM Program Staff ................................................................ 36 1 1.25 45 Interviews with Child Welfare Agency Administrators ..................................... 26 1 1 26 Interviews with Community Partners [General] ............................................... 48 1 1 48 Interviews with Community Partners [Education] ............................................ 12 1 1 12 Focus Groups with URM Youth ....................................................................... 54 1 1.5 81 Focus Groups with URM Foster Families ....................................................... 54 1 1.5 81 Estimated Total Annual Burden agency’s estimate of the burden of the Consideration will be given to Hours: 401. proposed collection of information; (c) comments and suggestions submitted the quality, utility, and clarity of the within 60 days of this publication. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES The Department specifically requests comments on (a) whether the proposed information to be collected; and (d) collection of information is necessary ways to minimize the burden of the for the proper performance of the collection of information on functions of the agency, including respondents, including through the use whether the information shall have of automated collection techniques or practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the other forms of information technology. 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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 180 / Monday, September 17, 2018 / Notices 46957 Authority: Section 1110 of the Social Electronic Submissions submission. You should submit two Security Act. copies total. One copy will include the Submit electronic comments in the Emily B. Jabbour, following way: information you claim to be confidential ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: with a heading or cover note that states https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the ‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS [FR Doc. 2018–20068 Filed 9–14–18; 8:45 am] instructions for submitting comments. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.’’ The BILLING CODE 4184–07–P Comments submitted electronically, Agency will review this copy, including including attachments, to https:// the claimed confidential information, in www.regulations.gov will be posted to its consideration of comments. The DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND the docket unchanged. Because your second copy, which will have the HUMAN SERVICES claimed confidential information comment will be made public, you are Food and Drug Administration redacted/blacked out, will be available solely responsible for ensuring that your for public viewing and posted on comment does not include any https://www.regulations.gov. Submit [Docket No. FDA–2018–N–2973] confidential information that you or a both copies to the Dockets Management third party may not wish to be posted, Agency Information Collection Staff. If you do not wish your name and such as medical information, your or Activities; Proposed Collection; contact information to be made publicly anyone else’s Social Security number, or Comment Request; Obtaining available, you can provide this confidential business information, such Information for Evaluating Nominated information on the cover sheet and not as a manufacturing process. Please note Bulk Drug Substances for Use in in the body of your comments and you that if you include your name, contact Compounding Drug Products Under must identify this information as information, or other information that Section 503B of the Federal Food, ‘‘confidential.’’ Any information marked identifies you in the body of your Drug, and Cosmetic Act as ‘‘confidential’’ will not be disclosed comments, that information will be except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 posted on https://www.regulations.gov. AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, and other applicable disclosure law. For • If you want to submit a comment HHS. more information about FDA’s posting with confidential information that you ACTION: Notice. of comments to public dockets, see 80 do not wish to be made available to the FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access public, submit the comment as a SUMMARY: The Food and Drug the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/ written/paper submission and in the Administration (FDA or Agency) is fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015- manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper announcing an opportunity for public 23389.pdf. Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’). Docket: For access to the docket to comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Written/Paper Submissions read background documents or the Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of electronic and written/paper comments Submit written/paper submissions as 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are received, go to https:// follows: required to publish notice in the www.regulations.gov and insert the • Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for Federal Register concerning each docket number, found in brackets in the written/paper submissions): Dockets proposed collection of information and heading of this document, into the Management Staff (HFA–305), Food and to allow 60 days for public comment in ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers response to the notice. This notice and/or go to the Dockets Management Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. solicits comments on information Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, • For written/paper comments collection associated with FDA research Rockville, MD 20852. submitted to the Dockets Management in obtaining information from medical Staff, FDA will post your comment, as FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: specialty groups and/or medical experts well as any attachments, except for Domini Bean, Office of Operations, regarding compounded drug products information submitted, marked and Food and Drug Administration, Three that contain certain bulk drug identified, as confidential, if submitted White Flint North, 10A–12M, 11601 substances to support establishment of a as detailed in ‘‘Instructions.’’ Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD list of bulk drug substances under Instructions: All submissions received 20852, 301–796–5733, PRAStaff@ section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, must include the Docket No. FDA– fda.hhs.gov. and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). 2018–N–2973 for ‘‘Obtaining SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the DATES: Submit either electronic or Information for Evaluating Nominated PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal written comments on the collection of Bulk Drug Substances for Use in Agencies must obtain approval from the information by November 16, 2018. Compounding Drug Products Under Office of Management and Budget ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, (OMB) for each collection of as follows. Please note that late, and Cosmetic Act.’’ Received comments, information they conduct or sponsor. untimely filed comments will not be those filed in a timely manner (see ‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined considered. Electronic comments must ADDRESSES), will be placed in the docket in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR be submitted on or before November 16, and, except for those submitted as 1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests 2018. The https://www.regulations.gov ‘‘Confidential Submissions,’’ publicly or requirements that members of the electronic filing system will accept viewable at https://www.regulations.gov public submit reports, keep records, or comments until midnight Eastern Time or at the Dockets Management Staff provide information to a third party. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES at the end of November 16, 2018. between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 Comments received by mail/hand through Friday. 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ActionRequest for public comment.
DatesComments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described above.
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