[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33241]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being--Second
Cohort (NSCAW II).
OMB No.: 0970-0202.
Billing Accounting Code (BAC): 418422 (G994426).
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
intends to collect follow-up data on a sample of children and families
for the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Wellbeing (NSCAW). The
NSCAW was authorized under Section 427 of the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act of 1996. The NSCAW 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.
Selection of the current NSCAW sample and baseline data collection
began in 2007 with a final sample size of 5,873 children. The proposed
data collection will allow for follow-up of this sample 36 months post-
baseline, will follow the same format as that used in the baseline
round and the 18-month follow-up, and will employ, with only modest
revisions, the same instruments that were used in the 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 at Cornell University.
Respondents: Children and their associated permanent or foster
caregivers, caseworkers, and teachers.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Child Interview................................. 1,424 1 1.33 1,894
Caregiver Interview............................. 1,424 1 1.9 2,704
Caseworker Interview............................ 285 3 1 855
Teacher Questionnaire........................... 855 1 .50 428
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5, 882
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
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: [email protected]. 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: December 29, 2010.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-33241 Filed 1-5-11; 8:45 am]
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