[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79334-79335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28068]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Child
Welfare Study To Enhance Equity With Data (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration
for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) within
the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing a new
information collection for the Child Welfare Study to Enhance Equity
with Data (CW-SEED). The project aims to understand how and to what
extent data are used to explore equity in service delivery and child
and family outcomes, to identify barriers or problematic data
practices, and to explore efforts by child welfare agencies and their
partners to use data to reduce barriers across the continuum of child
welfare services.
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: CW-SEED will conduct
qualitative case studies to describe the experiences of up to six
state, local, and/or tribal child welfare agencies and their partners
collecting and using data to advance equity in service delivery and
child and family outcomes. The case studies will document promising
data practices and the potential challenges to implementing them. Each
case study will include two components (1) collection and review of
site-specific documents and other relevant information, and (2) in-
person site visits to collect detailed qualitative data and any
additional documentation the sites can provide. This information
collection aims to present an internally valid description of the
experiences of the sites, not to promote statistical generalization to
different sites.
Respondents: Child welfare agency leaders, managers or supervisors
of direct service workers, direct service workers, and staff who work
with the agency's data systems and/or conduct research; partner agency
and community organization leaders, managers or supervisors of direct
service workers, direct service workers, and staff who work with the
organization's data systems and/or conduct research; and, members of
advisory groups that work with child welfare agencies, partner
agencies, or community organizations.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Avg. burden Total burden Annual burden
Instrument (total over (total over per response (in hours) (in hours)
request request (in hours)
period) period)
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Instrument 1: Interview topic 180 1 2 360 180
guide..........................
Instrument 2: Child welfare 42 1 1.5 63 32
agency advisory focus group
guide..........................
Instrument 3: Partner agency and 18 1 1.5 27 14
community organization advisory
focus group guide..............
Instrument 4: Demonstration 12 1 1 12 6
guide..........................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 232.
Authority: Social Security Act 426 [42 U.S.C. 626]
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-28068 Filed 12-23-22; 8:45 am]
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