[Federal Register: June 17, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 116)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Follow-up to the National Survey of Child and Adolescent
Well-Being.
OMB No.: 0970-0202.
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services intends to
collect data on a subset of children and families who have participated
in the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW). The
NSCAW was authorized under Section 429 of the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. The survey began in
November 1999 with a national sample of 5,501 children ages 0-14 who
had been the subject of investigation by Child Protective Services
(CPS) during the baseline data collection period, which extended from
November 1999 through April 2000. Direct assessments and interviews
were conducted with the children themselves, their primary caregivers,
their caseworkers, and, for school-aged children, their teachers.
Follow-up data collections were conducted 12 months, 18 months and
36 months post-baseline. The current data collection plan involves only
a subset of 1,497 children from the original sample, that is, children
who were ages 0-12 months during the baseline period. The original
sample design for NSCAW was stratified to include an over-sample of
infants; thus, the subset that is the subject of this data collection
is a representative sample of infants who were the targets of CPS
investigations during the survey's baseline data collection period.
This group will be at the beginning of their formal schooling as the
next data collection begins, and will allow for the identification of
early risk and protective factors, as well as the influence of services
and service systems, on their functioning as they enter this critical
transition period.
The NSCAW is unique in that it is the only source of nationally
representative, firsthand information about the functioning and well-
being, service needs and service utilization of children and families
who come to the attention of the child welfare system. Information is
collected about children's cognitive, social, emotional, behavioral and
adaptive functioning, as well as family and community factors that are
likely to influence their functioning. Family service needs and service
utilization also are addressed in the data collection. The data
collection for the follow-up will follow the same format as that used
in previous rounds of data collection, and will employ the same
instruments that have been used with 5- to 7-year-olds in previous
rounds. Data from NSCAW are made available to the research community
through licensing arrangements from the National Data Archive on Child
Abuse and Neglect, housed at Cornell University.
Respondents: Children, who are clients of the child welfare system,
their primary caregivers, caseworkers, and teachers.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Child Interview................................. 1,017 1 1.10 1,119
Caregiver Interview............................. 1,017 1 1.40 1,424
Caseworker Interview............................ 299 1 .75 224
Teacher Questionnaire........................... 790 1 .75 592
Salivary cortisol collection.................... 299 1 1.25 374
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,733.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant
Promnade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the
information collection. E-mail address: grjohnson@acf.hhs.gov.
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, Attn: Desk
Officer for ACF, E-mail address: Katherine--T.-- Astrich@omb.eo.gov.
Dated: June 13, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-11969 Filed 6-16-05; 8:45 am]
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