[Federal Register: January 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 10)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
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 427 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 or
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 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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No. of Average
Instrument No. of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Child Interview................................. 1,497 1 1.2 1,796
Permanent Caregiver Interview................... 1,122 1 2.0 2,244
Foster Caregiver Interview...................... 375 1 1.5 563
Caseworker Interview............................ 375 1 1.0 375
Teacher Questionnaire........................... 1,497 1 .75 1,123
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........ 6,101
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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 collections 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
Administration, 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
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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 10, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance, Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-826 Filed 1-13-05; 8:45 am]
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