[Federal Register: January 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 17)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System
(SACWIS) Assessment Review Guide (SARGE).
OMB No.: 0970-0159.
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services cannot
fulfill its obligation to effectively serve the nation's adoption and
foster care populations, nor report meaningful and reliable information
to Congress about the extent of problems facing these children or the
effectiveness of assistance provided to this population, without access
to timely and accurate information. Currently, SACWIS supports State
efforts to meet the following Federal reporting requirements: The
Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)
required by section 479(b)(2) of the Social Security Act; the National
Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS); Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Act (CAPTA); and the Chafee Independent Living Program.
These systems also support state efforts to provide the information to
conduct the Child and Family Service Reviews. Currently, forty-five
States and the District of Columbia have developed, or are developing,
a SACWIS with Federal financial participation. The purpose of these
reviews is to ensure that all aspects of the project, as described in
the approved Advance Planning Document, have been adequately completed,
and conform to applicable regulations and policies.
To initiate a review, states will submit the completed SACWIS
Assessment Review Guide (SARGE) and other documentation at the point
that they have completed system development and the system is
operational statewide. The additional documents submitted as part of
this process should all be readily available to the state as a result
of good project management practices.
The information collected in the SACWIS Assessment Review Guide
will allow State and Federal officials to determine if the State's
SACWIS meets the requirements for title IV-E Federal Financial
Participation (FFP) defined at 45 CFR 1355.50. Additionally, other
States will be able to use the documentation provided as part of this
review process in their own system development efforts.
Respondents: State Title IV-E Agencies.
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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Review...................................... 3 1 250 750
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 750.
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. 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
Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail address:
grjohnson@acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be identified by the title
of the information collection.
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.
Dated: January 21, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-1521 Filed 1-26-05; 8:45 am]
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