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 Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families
 AGENCY: Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, United States Department of Health and Human Services.
 ACTION: Request for public comments.
 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 a new descriptive study, Judicial, Court, and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCAMP): Feedback and Implementation. This expands on earlier work around technical assistance, as approved under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0593.
 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. You can also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by emailing 
                        *infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.*
                         Identify all emailed requests by the title of the information collection.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  *Description:*
                     This study will expand on a collection from field testing sites that informed the development of a suite of measures and tools, which became the JCAMP (OMB #0970-0593 [1]
                    
                    ). The information collection proposed here will further those efforts now that the suite of documents has been released. Specifically, this effort will (1) collect information from JCAMP implementation teams to understand their experiences with JCAMP implementation support, and (2) collect information from parents and children with child welfare cases, foster/kinship caregivers, judges, case workers, parent attorneys, children's attorneys, and child welfare agency attorneys to gather information for JCAMP measures selected for use by jurisdictions (jurisdictions will collect only the data elements relevant to them). This will be accomplished using eleven instruments: *JCAMP Feedback Survey:*
                     Members of JCAMP implementation teams will answer questions about their experiences with JCAMP written materials, technical assistance, and the eJCAMP online platform. *Parent Experience Survey:*
                     A brief survey that collects data post-hearing about parent experiences in court including, strategies used by judges to engage families, satisfaction with their legal representation, and collects demographic information. *Parent Court Experience Question Bank:*
                     This question bank includes options for items to include on a survey of parents with child welfare cases. Sites will select items that align with their chosen JCAMP measures. It is expected that surveys created from this bank will include up to 30 questions. *Parent Focus Group Guide:*
                     This focus group guide includes questions for parents with child welfare cases about their experiences with the child welfare court process. *Youth Post-Hearing Short Survey:*
                     This brief survey asks youth about their experiences immediately following hearings and collects demographic information (for example to allow assessment of equity aspects of judicial and legal practice and differences among age groups). *Youth Experience Survey:*
                     This survey collects information from youth with child welfare cases about their experiences with the child welfare court process and collects demographic information (for example to allow assessment of equity aspects of judicial and legal practice and differences among age groups). *Youth Court Experience Question Bank:*
                     This question bank includes options for items to include on a survey of youth with child welfare cases. Sites will select items that align with their chosen JCAMP measures. It is expected that surveys created from this bank will include up to 30 questions. *Youth Focus Group Guide:*
                     This focus group guide includes questions for youth with child welfare cases about their experiences with the child welfare court process. *Caregiver Survey:*
                     This survey collects information from adults caring for children with child welfare cases about their experiences with the child welfare court process and demographic information. *Stakeholder Survey:*
                     This survey collects data regarding judges' and attorneys' experiences in court including, persons present at hearings, judicial engagement strategies used with parents, children, and caregivers, the practices of parent, child, and agency attorneys during hearings, typical timelines to permanency, and case processing activities. *Stakeholder Focus Group Guide:*
                     This focus group guide asks judges, parent attorneys, children's attorneys, and child welfare agency attorneys their perceptions of the child welfare court system, including how families are engaged, how families receive due process, the quality of legal representation, safety decision-making, and permanency decision-making. *Respondents:*
                     Respondents consist of Court Improvement Program administrators and staff, parents, youth, adults caregivers, judges, case workers, parent attorneys, children's attorneys, and agency attorneys. Annual Burden Estimates
Instrument
Annual
                             number of 
                             respondents
Annual
                             number of 
                             responses per 
                             respondent
Average
                             burden hours 
                             per response
Annual
                             burden hoursJCAMP Feedback Survey
100
1
0.25
25Parent Experience Survey
250
1
0.17
42.5Parent Court Experience Question Bank
250
1
0.17
42.5Parent Focus Group Guide
80
1
1
80Youth Post-Hearing Survey Short
250
1
0.08
20Youth Experience Survey
250
1
0.17
42.5Youth Court Experience Question Bank
250
1
0.17
42.5Youth Focus Group Guide
80
1
1
80Caregiver Survey
250
1
0.08
20Stakeholder Survey
1,500
1
0.17
255Stakeholder Focus Group Guide
400
1
1
400
 
 
 *Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:*
                     1,050. *Authority:*
                     Sec. 5106, Public Law 111-320, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Reauthorization Act of 2010, and titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act. Mary B. Jones, ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.


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