Notice2023-15730
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 (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0608)
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Published
July 25, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Children's Bureau (CB), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 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 88, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47883-47884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15730]
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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 (Office of
Management and Budget #0970-0608)
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 (CB), Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 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 Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects
of the information collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#147d7a727b777b78787177607d7b7a547577723a7c7c673a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f29b9c949d919d9e9e9791869b9d9cb2939194dc9a9a81dc959d84">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Materials to begin this information collection effort
were initially approved in April 2023. The study is gathering data from
end users of a toolkit of resources sponsored by the CB 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 3 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? Data sources for this effort include 5 surveys that
have been approved for use: (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
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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. Newly proposed
data collection will include (6) one focus group to assess user
perspectives on changes to practice as a result of implementation and
fit of the toolkit with the agency's diversity, equity, and inclusion
efforts. All data will be collected in 2024 over the course of a 6 to
9-month period.
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.
Annual Burden Estimates
There are no updates to burden estimates for previously approved
instruments. This request adds the burden for the one new focus group
protocol on implementation.
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Total
Total number of Average Annual
Instrument number of responses burden burden
respondents per hours per hours
respondent response
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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 competency....... 32 1 .09 3
Module-specific transfer potential and perceived competency 32 5 .03 5
items......................................................
Focus group protocol on implementation...................... 28 1 1.5 42
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 89.
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: This information collection is related to and funded by
CB, is authorized by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
Reauthorization Act, 42 U.S.C. 5105, (2010), and is being conducted by
CB. This information collection complies with the statutory requirement
to carry out research designed to provide information needed to improve
the well-being of victims of child abuse or neglect. Specifically, this
information collection complies with the requirement for evaluation of
practices and programs to improve activities such as identification,
screening, medical diagnosis, forensic diagnosis, health evaluations,
and services, including activities that promote collaboration between
(1) the child protective service system; and (2)(i) the medical
community, including providers of mental health and developmental
disability services; and (ii) providers of early childhood intervention
services and special education for children who have been victims of
child abuse or neglect.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-15730 Filed 7-24-23; 8:45 am]
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