Notice2022-20546
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Evaluation of Resources To Support the Identification and Care of Children With Prenatal Substance or Alcohol Exposure in the Child Welfare System (New Collection)
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Published
September 22, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to collect data for an evaluation of a set of resources that are being developed to support the identification and care of children with prenatal substance or alcohol exposure in the child welfare system.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 183 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57902-57903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20546]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Evaluation of Resources
To Support the Identification and Care of Children With Prenatal
Substance or Alcohol Exposure in the Child Welfare System (New
Collection)
AGENCY: Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families,
Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is
proposing to collect data for an evaluation of a set of resources that
are being developed to support the identification and care of children
with prenatal substance or alcohol exposure in the child welfare
system.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
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ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6f060109000c0003030a0c1b0600012f0e0c094107071c41080019"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d64636b626e626161686e796462634d6c6e6b2365657e236a627b">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The proposed information collection effort will gather
data from end users of a toolkit of resources sponsored by the
Children's Bureau in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention under an interagency agreement. The toolkit is intended
to support child welfare agency staff in the identification and support
of children living with prenatal exposure to alcohol and other
substances. The data collected will be used in a formative evaluation
of the toolkit, which will be guided by three research questions: (1)
To what degree do agency staff find toolkit resource to be relevant and
applicable to their work? (2) To what degree do toolkit resources
change agency staff attitudes and increase staff knowledge? (3) What
implementation approaches and organizational supports facilitate
toolkit use by child welfare agencies? Proposed data sources for this
effort include five surveys: (1) a survey to measure users' reactions
to the toolkit; (2) a survey of users' attitudes toward Prenatal
Alcohol Exposure (PAE)-related issues; (3) a survey of users' knowledge
about PAE-related issues; and (4 and 5) two versions of a survey of
transfer potential and perceived competence, which measures users'
sense of competence in PAE-related knowledge and skills and the extent
to which users believe they will transfer knowledge/skills to their
work. One version of this instrument contains the full survey and will
be administered after users have been exposed to the full toolkit and
its resources. The second version contains a smaller selection of key
items from the survey, tailored to collect information from users after
their exposure to each of five key modules of the toolkit. All data
will be collected over the course of 6-9 months in 2023.
Respondents: Child welfare professionals, including state and/or
county-level directors of child welfare agencies; supervisors; program
staff (e.g., investigation/intake, case management, foster care/
adoption/permanency, etc.); staff working in specialist roles that
align with toolkit resources (e.g., data/quality improvement
specialists); local or state agency managers involved in determining
agency strategic plans and practice guidance (e.g., substance-exposed
newborn program manager); training system lead staff. All data will be
collected over the course of 6-9 months in 2023.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Total number Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses hours per Total/annual
of respondents per respondent response burden hours
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Survey of reactions to the toolkit.............. 32 1 .05 2
Survey of attitudes............................. 32 2 .17 11
Survey of PAE-related knowledge................. 32 3 .27 26
Survey of transfer potential and perceived 32 1 .09 3
competency.....................................
Module-specific transfer potential and perceived 32 5 .03 5
competency items...............................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 47.
Comments: 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.
Authority: Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Reauthorization
Act, 42 U.S.C. 5105, (2010).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-20546 Filed 9-21-22; 8:45 am]
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