[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 60249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29469]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Collection of Child Welfare data under the Voluntary 
Cooperative Information System (VCIS).
    OMB No.: 0970-0129.
    Description: The objective of VCIS is to provide current data on 
the characteristics of children in, and the flow of children through, 
State foster care and adoption systems. These data also are utilized to 
identify State and national trends for the types of children in care, 
the settings in which children receive care, and the outcomes of 
substitute care episodes.
    The VCIS data are used to respond to requests for current data on 
children in foster care as well as those awaiting adoption and recently 
adopted. These data are also used for preparing Congressional testimony 
and reports, proposing policy and legislative changes, determining 
foster care and adoption trends and projections, and making budget 
forecasts. In addition, the VCIS data are made available to researchers 
and evaluators as well as the media. These data also appeared in the 
1996 Green Book, which contains background material and data on 
programs within the jurisdiction of the Congressional Committee on Ways 
and Means.
    Respondents: State Governments, Guam, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico 
and District of Columbia.

                         Annual burden estimates                        
Instrument:                                                             
  VCIS Survey:                                                          
      Number of Respondents........................................   54
      Number of Responses per Respondent...........................    1
      Average Burden Hours per Response............................    3
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          Total Burden Hours.......................................  162
                                                                        
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 162.                               

    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained by writing to The Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Information Services, Division of Information Resource 
Management Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, 
Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
    OMB Comment: 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. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Ms. Wendy Taylor.

    Dated: November 3, 1997.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-29469 Filed 11-6-97; 8:45 am]
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