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 Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families
 AGENCY: Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, HHS.
 ACTION: Request for public comment.
 SUMMARY: The Children's Bureau (CB), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to establish a generic clearance to collect information to assess regulatory requirements of title IV-E agencies' Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) and ensure that the CCWIS is utilized for purposes consistent with the efficient, economical, and effective administration of the title IV-B and IV-E plans. The information collected is intended to be used for review and technical assistance processes.
 DATES: *Comments due within 30 days of publication.*
                         OMB must make a decision about 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:*
                     This initial request is to establish an overarching generic for CCWIS Review and Technical Assistance (TA) information collections and includes six initial TA tools for title IV-E agencies to self-assess their conformity to CCWIS project and design requirements at 45 CFR 1355.52-3. The initial six TA tools include intake, investigation, case management, adoption, foster care and service provider management, and administration. In the future, ACF will submit under this generic clearance mechanism additional TA tools for title IV-E agencies to self-assess design, data quality, usability, reporting, data exchanges, external systems, eligibility, finance, Child Welfare Contributing Agencies, and other tools, as needed, to assess new child welfare programs and modern system architecture. The CCWIS requirements at 45 CFR 1355.55 require the review, assessment, and inspection of the planning, design, development, installation, operation, and maintenance of each CCWIS project on a continuing basis. The Advance Planning Document regulations at 45 CFR 95.621 require periodic reviews of state and local agency methods and practices to insure that information systems, including CCWIS, are utilized for purposes consistent with proper and efficient administration. *Respondents:*
                     Title IV-E agencies under the Social Security Act. Annual Burden Estimates
Instrument
Total 
                             number of  
                             respondents
Total 
                             number of  
                             responses per  
                             respondent
Average 
                             burden  
                             hours per  
                             response
Total burden 
                             hoursCCWIS Self-Assessment—Intake
55
1
10
550CCWIS Self-Assessment—Investigation
55
1
10
550CCWIS Self-Assessment—Case Management
55
1
10
550CCWIS Self-Assessment—Adoption
55
1
10
550CCWIS Self-Assessment—Foster Care and Service Provider Management
55
1
10
550CCWIS Self-Assessment—Administration
55
1
10
550Future Tools to be Developed
55
10
12
6,600
 
 
 *Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:*
                     9,900. Authority:
                    5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 470, 620 
                        *et seq.,*
                         622(b), 629b(a), 652(b), 654A, 670 
                        *et seq.,*
                         671(a), 1302, and 1396a(a). Mary B. Jones, ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.


[FR Doc. 2020-28925 Filed 12-30-20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184-25-P