[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85642-85643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28786]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Contact After Adoption or 
Guardianship: Child Welfare Agency and Family Interactions (New 
Collection)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration 
for Children and Families; HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks approval for a one-
time study to examine child welfare agency family contact activities. 
The primary objective of this study is to describe how public child 
welfare agencies are in contact with or receive information about the 
well-being of children and youth who have exited the foster care system 
through adoption or guardianship, particularly the experiences of these 
children with instability. A secondary objective is to understand what 
types of information child welfare agencies systematically track about 
these children.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB is required to 
make a decision concerning the collection of information between 30 and 
60 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register. 
Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB 
receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Description: The proposed study would conduct web surveys with 
state child welfare agency adoption program managers. The study will 
also include stakeholder videoconference interviews with selected child 
welfare agency representatives. The web surveys and stakeholder 
interviews are designed to collect information about the types of 
routine contact between agencies and families after adoption or 
guardianship as well as agency procedures to track child instability 
experiences after adoption or guardianship.
    Respondents: Child welfare agency staff.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Total/annual      Number of     Average burden
                   Instrument                       number of     responses per      hours per     Annual burden
                                                   respondents      respondent       response          hours
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Agency Web Survey on Adoption..................              50                1             .33              17
Agency Web Survey on Guardianship..............              45                1             .25              11
Stakeholder Interview Discussion Guide--                     30                1             1.5              45
 Adoption......................................
Stakeholder Interview Discussion Guide--                     12                1             1.5              18
 Guardianship..................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 91.

    Authority: Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption 
Reform Act of 1978

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-28786 Filed 12-28-20; 8:45 am]
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