2022-18327. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Building Capacity To Evaluate Child Welfare Community Collaborations To Strengthen and Preserve Families (CWCC) Cross-Site Process Evaluation (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0541)

AGENCY:

Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE); Administration for Children and Families (ACF); U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION:

Request for public comments.

SUMMARY:

The Administration for Children and Families at HHS is requesting an extension to continue data collection for an evaluation of the initiative, Community Collaborations to Strengthen and Preserve Families (also referred to as Child Welfare Community Collaborations [CWCC]). The cross-site process evaluation will provide insight to ACF about the various factors that promote or impede the implementation of child welfare community collaborations.

DATES:

Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with the requirements 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 [e-mail]. Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description: The evaluation involves seven data collection activities. Initial interviews with Project Directors and leaders from partner organizations and initial interviews with staff from lead and partner organizations have been completed. This request includes the remaining five activities:

• Survey Invitee Template: This template requests the Project Director of each CWCC grant to fill out a Survey Invitee Template to gather contact information for leaders and staff from lead and partner organizations who the evaluation team will invite to complete the Collaboration Survey (see below).

• Collaboration Survey: This electronic survey documents perceptions that leaders and staff from the CWCC lead and partner organizations have regarding their organizational/group processes, implementation activities, and progress towards goals. This survey is administered to staff at all grantee and partner organizations on an annual basis during each cohort's grant period.

• Site Visit Planning Template: Each project director (or their designee) will complete a Site Visit Planning Template to schedule site visit activities prior to each annual site visit.

• Two Site Visit Discussion Guides: To systematically document the approaches and strategies used by the first two cohorts of CWCC grantees (fiscal year (FY) 18 and FY 19 awardees), the evaluation team will conduct follow-up interviews with: (1) Project Directors from lead grantee organizations and leaders from partner organizations, and (2) Staff from the lead and partner organizations. These interviews will take place during site visits. Each grantee will participate in four site visits in total. As noted above, the first two have already been completed.

Respondents: Leadership and staff from CWCC lead (grantee) organizations and from partner organizations.

Annual Burden Estimates

Instrument	Total number of respondents (over request period)	Number of responses per respondent (total over request period)	Average burden hours per response (in hours)	Total burden (in hours)	Annual burden (in hours)
Cohort 1 Data Collection for FY 18 grantees
Site Visit Discussion Guide for Project Directors and Leaders from Partner Organizations—Follow-Up Interviews	12	1	1.5	18	9
Site Visit Discussion Guide for Staff from Lead and Partner Organizations—Follow-Up Interviews	36	1	1	36	18
Survey Invitee Template	4	1	1	4	2
Annual Collaboration Survey	268	1	.5	134	67
Site Visit Planning Template	4	1	2	8	4
Cohort 2 Data Collection for FY19 grantees
Site Visit Discussion Guide for Project Directors and Leaders from Partner Organizations—Follow-Up Interviews	27	2	1.5	81	41
Site Visit Discussion Guide for Staff from Lead and Partner Organizations—Follow-Up Interviews	81	2	1	162	81
Survey Invitee Template	9	2	1	18	9
Annual Collaboration Survey	990	2	.5	990	495
Site Visit Planning Template	9	2	2	36	18

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 744.

Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a) whether the proposed continued 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: Section 105(b)(5) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5106(b)(5)), as amended by the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-320).

Mary B. Jones,

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.