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such as the Child and Family Services 

Reviews? 

• Is there data related to safety, 

permanency and well-being that is 

essential to monitoring activities that is 

not collected currently? 

Fostering Connections to Success and 

Increasing Adoptions Act 

Fostering Connections created a 

number of new title IV–E plan 

provisions and provided Federal funds 

for agencies that choose to support older 

youth up to age 21 and children in 

guardianships. 

4. What case level data would support 

the monitoring of compliance by title 

IV–E agencies and outcomes for 

children in relation to the new 

provisions? 

• Fostering Connections requires that 

an agency ensure that children receiving 

title IV–E are enrolled in school or have 

graduated, that an educational stability 

plan is in place for children in foster 

care; and, provides Federal 

reimbursement of some costs to 

transport a child in foster care to his/her 

original school. What data would be 

important to collect with regard to a 

child’s education in relation to these 

provisions? 

• Fostering Connections allows 

agencies to provide extended assistance 

up to age 21 for youth in foster care, and 

certain youth adopted or in 

guardianships when such youth reach 

age 18 if they participate in education 

or employment activities or are unable 

to do so. What data would be important 

to collect with regard to these youth in 

relation to these provisions? 

• Fostering Connections requires 

agencies to notify relatives when a child 

is placed into foster care and offer them 

information on how they can be a 

placement resource for the child and 

also encourages agencies to place 

siblings together or facilitate frequent 

contact, unless doing so is 

inappropriate. What data is important to 

collect with regard to relatives and 

siblings in relation to these provisions? 

Circumstances Prior to Removal 

In the 2008 NPRM, we proposed 

detailed data describing the members of 

the household or the facilities in which 

children resided prior to entering foster 

care. 

5. What data, if any, should be 

collected from child welfare agencies to 

provide insight into from whom, or from 

what environment a child is removed 

for the purposes of foster care and the 

circumstances that surround the child’s 

removal? 

Circumstances During Stay in Foster 

Care 

In the 2008 NPRM, we requested that 

agencies provide us detailed 

information on circumstances, such as 

lack of housing, substance abuse, and 

mental health issues, facing a child and 

family during several points during the 

child’s stay in foster care. 

6. What data, if any, should be 

collected from child welfare agencies to 

provide insight into why a child 

remains in foster care or why a child’s 

permanency plan is selected or 

changed? 

Caseworker Visits 

The title IV–B, subpart 1 child welfare 

services program requires agencies to 

ensure that children are visited by 

caseworkers at least monthly and that 

the majority of those visits occur in the 

child’s residence. 

7. What information, if any, about 

caseworker visits with a child is 

essential to collect? 

Please provide information on any 

additional factors we should consider in 

proposing revisions to AFCARS. ACF 

will analyze the comments and utilize 

them to determine the necessary next 

steps to improve AFCARS. 

Additional Consultation 

Opportunities: In addition to this 

opportunity to inform development of 

the new NPRM, we plan to hold four inperson consultations in ACF Regions VI, 

VII, VIII, and X and two webinars. 

We invite State representatives and 

Tribal leaders and/or their 

representatives of federally recognized 

Tribes to attend the in-person meetings 

or webinars to provide their input on 

the questions raised above. 

Teleconference lines will also be 

available during these in-person 

sessions. Any person who would like to 

attend one of the Regional consultation 

sessions in-person or via phone must 

register at least one week in advance of 

the meeting date by contacting the 

applicable Children’s Bureau (CB) 

Regional Program Manager. Registered 

participants for the consultation session 

may submit written remarks in advance, 

or present them in oral or written form 

at the consultation session. Any person 

who would like to participate in one of 

the webinars should register via the 

website for each webinar below. Persons 

may also provide written comments as 

noted in the ADDRESSES section, 

regardless of their participation in an inperson session or webinar. Finally, 

please note that Federal representatives 

attending the consultation sessions will 

not be able to respond directly during 

the session to the concerns or questions 

raised by participants. The consultation 

sessions and contact information are 

listed below: 

Webinar #1: September 8, 2010 2:30 

EDT. 

Webinar #2: September 15, 2010 2:30 

EDT. 

Register for the webinar of your 

choice by contacting the National 

Resource Center for Data and 

Technology at http://www.nrccwdt.org. 

Region VI—October 5, 2010, 9:30–11:30 

CDT 

1301 Young Street, Room 1119, 

Dallas, TX 75202; Contact: Janis Brown, 

CB Regional Program Manager, phone 

(214) 767–9648 or e-mail 

janis.brown@acf.hhs.gov. 

Region VII—September 17, 2010, 9:30– 

11:30 CDT 

601 E 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 

64106; Contact: Rosalyn Wilson, CB 

Regional Program Manager, phone (816) 

426–3981 or e-mail 

rosalyn.wilson@acf.hhs.gov. 

Region VIII—September 22, 2010, 9:30– 

11:30 MDT 

Byron Rogers Federal Building, 1961 

Stout Street, Denver, CO 80294; Contact: 

Marilyn Kennerson, CB Regional 

Program Manager, phone (303) 844– 

3100 or e-mail 

marilyn.kennerson@acf.hhs.gov. 

Region X—September 23, 2010, 9:30– 

11:30 PDT 

2201 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 

98121–1827; Contact: Tina Minor, CB 

Regional Program Manager, phone (206) 

615–2482 or e-mail 

tina.minor@acf.hhs.gov. 

Dated: July 15, 2010. 

Bryan Samuels, 

Commissioner, Administration on Children, 

Youth and Families. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Request for Public Comment 

Concerning the Redesign of Statewide 

Automated Child Welfare Information 

System (SACWIS) Requirements 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Administration for 

Children and Families, Administration 

on Children, Youth and Families, 

Children’s Bureau. 

ACTION: Request for Public Comment 

Concerning the Redesign of Statewide 

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Automated Child Welfare Information 

System (SACWIS) Requirements. 

SUMMARY: Sections 474(a)(3)(C) and (D) 

of the Social Security Act (the Act) 

provide States with the opportunity to 

access additional funding through title 

IV–E to plan, design, develop, 

implement, and operate a Statewide 

Automated Child Welfare Information 

System (SACWIS). The regulations at 45 

CFR 1355.50–1355.57 were established 

in response to this legislation and were 

issued on December 22, 1993. 

Several major legislative initiatives, 

including the Fostering Connections to 

Success and Increasing Adoptions Act 

of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–351), hereafter 

referred to as Fostering Connections, 

have been enacted since SACWIS 

regulations were finalized, and have had 

a significant impact on child welfare 

practice and the Information 

Technology (IT) systems used to support 

these programs. Given the breadth of 

these changes, we believe it is time to 

review and consider whether we should 

amend the current regulations at 45 CFR 

1355.50–1355.57 to ensure that they 

comport with requirements in titles IV– 

B and IV–E of the Act, support title IV– 

E agencies seeking to use new 

technological tools to meet legislative 

requirements, and support 

programmatic initiatives, while 

providing additional flexibility to title 

IV–E agencies as permitted under law. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

October 21, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit written comments by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: DSSComments@acf.hhs.gov. 

Please include ‘‘Comments on SACWIS 

Federal Register Notice’’ in the subject 

line of the message. 

• Mail or Courier Delivery: Terry 

Watt, Director, Division of State 

Systems, Children’s Bureau, 

Administration on Children, Youth and 

Families, Administration for Children 

and Families, 1250 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20024. 

Instructions: Please be aware that mail 

sent to us may take an additional 3–4 

days to process due to changes in mail 

handling resulting from the anthrax 

crisis of October 2001. If you choose to 

use an express, overnight, or other 

special delivery method, please ensure 

first that they are able to deliver to the 

above address during the normal 

workweek. We urge you to submit 

comments electronically to ensure they 

are received in a timely manner. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terry Watt, Director, Division of State 

Systems, Children’s Bureau, 1250 

Maryland Ave, SW., 8th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20024; (202) 690–8177. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

SACWIS Background 

Sections 474(a)(3)(C) and (D) of the 

Act provide Federal funding for the 

planning, development and operation of 

a SACWIS. This funding was prompted 

by a critical need to provide: (1) More 

efficient, economical, and effective 

administration of the programs under 

titles IV–B and IV–E; and (2) support for 

automated systems in a comprehensive 

fashion to improve practices and 

ultimately result in better service 

delivery to children and families served 

by title IV–E agencies. 

Current SACWIS regulations mandate 

that: 

• Title IV–E agencies must build or 

have a comprehensive IT case 

management system with centralized, 

uniform functionality in order to qualify 

for a favorable cost allocation 

methodology and additional Federal 

Financial Participation (FFP). 

• The system must collect and 

maintain the information needed for the 

Adoption and Foster Care Annual 

Reporting System (AFCARS) report. 

• To the extent practicable, the 

system must provide for an interface 

with the title IV–E agency’s child abuse 

and neglect data system and the systems 

used to support the title IV–A, IV–D, 

and XIX programs. 

An Interim Final Rule concerning the 

requirements for States seeking to 

pursue enhanced funding for the 

development and operation of SACWIS 

systems was published in the Federal 

Register on December 22, 1993 (58 FR 

67939). The Final Rule was published 

on May 19, 1995 and codified in Federal 

regulations at 45 CFR 1355.50–1355.57. 

Limitations of Current SACWIS 

Regulations 

Federal child welfare laws have 

changed considerably since the SACWIS 

regulations were issued fifteen years ago 

due to the enactment of several major 

child welfare legislative initiatives. For 

example, the Fostering Connections 

legislation made a number of changes to 

the title IV–E program including an 

option for Tribes to directly operate 

their own title IV–E programs. The 

resulting changes in statutes and policy 

have significantly influenced child 

welfare practices and the supporting 

automated systems. Title IV–E agency 

practice models have also changed, with 

some agencies using a mix of public and 

private agencies to provide services to 

children and families. 

In addition to the legislative changes 

previously noted, information 

technology (IT) has grown more flexible. 

IT strategies, such as data 

standardization, Enterprise Architecture 

and Service Oriented Architecture have 

the potential to help title IV–E agencies 

integrate data and functions from 

disparate systems to meet program 

goals. However, current SACWIS 

regulations, as written, may limit IT 

options for meeting program needs of 

State and Tribal title IV–E agencies. 

Opportunity to Comment 

The Children’s Bureau is committed 

to providing title IV–E agencies with 

additional flexibility to implement 

technological options they need to build 

economical, efficient, and effective 

information systems that support child 

welfare policy and practice. We are 

beginning the process of reviewing 

SACWIS regulations to consider 

providing title IV–E agencies with 

increased flexibility to design 

information systems to support child 

welfare policy and practice. Therefore 

we are soliciting comments from 

interested parties. Please comment on 

any aspects of SACWIS that you wish. 

We are particularly interested in 

obtaining input on: 

1. What requirements in current 

SACWIS regulations inhibit or support 

the development of efficient, effective, 

and economical case management 

systems? 

2. How can States and Tribes 

maintain the consistency of data that is 

defined, collected, and maintained in 

multiple systems to ensure a common 

understanding of the families’ history 

and circumstances across the different 

systems, including the system(s) used to 

submit Federal reports? 

3. What data do States and Tribes 

consider critical to their business 

practice model? Are there data needs for 

managing the title IV–E program that are 

not easily met by SACWIS systems and 

how are those data needs currently 

being addressed? 

4. How can the systems used by States 

or Tribes be designed to support the 

seamless management of data across 

multiple systems over time? (e.g., when 

systems are replaced; when provider 

contracts expire or are terminated; or 

when families move from one provider 

to a different provider using a different 

system.) 

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5. How can the SACWIS regulations 

be modified to encourage flexibility and 

support different practice models while 

ensuring standardized data is available 

as needed? 

ACF will consider the comments after 

the comment period closes to further 

assess SACWIS regulations. 

Dated: July 15, 2010. 

Bryan Samuels, 

Commissioner, Administration on Children, 

Youth and Families. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority 

Part C (Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention) of the Statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated 

October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 

69296, October 20, 1980, as amended 

most recently at 75 FR 34465, dated 

June 9, 2010) is amended to reflect the 

substructure of the National Center for 

Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 

Diseases, Office of Infectious Diseases, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

Section C–B, Organization and 

Functions, is hereby amended as 

follows: 

After the title and functional statements for 

the National Center for Immunization and 

Respiratory Diseases (CVG), insert the 

following: 

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic 

Infectious Diseases (CVL). The National 

Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 

Diseases (NCEZID) works to prevent and 

control a broad range of infectious diseases 

through public leadership, partnerships, 

science, and systems. In carrying out these 

activities, NCEZID: (1) Works collaboratively 

across CDC and with external partners to 

conduct, coordinate, support, and evaluate 

public health efforts to prevent and minimize 

morbidity and mortality due to infectious 

diseases, promoting a One Health approach 

involving the interface of animal, human, 

and environmental factors; (2) develops, 

evaluates, and advances science, programs, 

management, and operations toward meeting 

the agency’s infectious disease related 

mission and goals; (3) conducts 

epidemiologic and laboratory science and 

applied research aimed at identifying risk 

factors and disease burdens and developing 

and implementing public health programs, 

practices, and policies for infectious disease 

prevention and control; (4) works with 

domestic and global partners to provide 

technical and subject matter expertise in 

responding to outbreaks and in establishing, 

maintaining, and evaluating disease control 

and prevention programs; (5) supports a 

broad range of cross-cutting and collaborative 

programs aimed at enhancing public health 

capacity at the local, State, and national 

levels; (6) works to improve the quality and 

safety of healthcare through efforts to reduce 

healthcare associated infections and 

antimicrobial resistance and to ensure the 

safety of medical products, including 

vaccines; (7) conducts activities to improve 

the safety of food and water and reduce 

related enteric illnesses; (8) administers a 

national quarantine program to prevent U.S. 

importation and spread of infectious 

diseases; (9) works with CDC colleagues and 

external partners to improve public health 

preparedness at the local, State, and national 

levels; and (10) works to increase public 

health prevention efforts for populations at 

increased risk for infectious diseases. 

Office of the Director (CVL1). (1) Provides 

leadership in developing, prioritizing, 

advancing, and evaluating the center’s 

science, programs, management, and 

operations toward meeting agency mission 

and goals; (2) advises the CDC Director and 

Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases on 

priority issues affecting the center; (3) 

identifies and facilitates synergies within 

NCEZID, across CDC, and with external 

partners for addressing emerging and 

zoonotic infectious diseases domestically and 

globally; (4) enhances collaborations and 

partnerships across multiple disciplines, 

including human and animal health; (5) 

ensures scientific quality and ethical and 

regulatory compliance of center activities; (6) 

provides leadership, guidance, and technical 

assistance on policy and communication 

issues affecting the center; (7) serves as 

liaison with CDC counterparts, CDC/OD, 

other government agencies, and external 

partners on policy, program, legislative, 

communication, and budgetary issues related 

to NCEZID; (8) recruits and supports a strong 

center-wide workforce and builds leadership 

at the division and branch levels; (9) ensures 

that programmatic goals are achieved with 

measurable impact; and (10) ensures effective 

administrative services for NCEZID as well as 

effective cross-cutting scientific and program 

services for all CDC’s infectious disease 

national centers. 

Food Safety Office (CVL12). (1) Provides 

leadership in preventing and controlling 

foodborne illness by coordinating related 

activities within CDC and with other local, 

State, Federal, and international 

organizations; (2) directs the activities related 

to development of long-term NCEZID, OID, 

and CDC strategies, policies, and budgets for 

foodborne disease prevention activities; (3) 

allocates and tracks interagency resources 

within CDC for foodborne disease 

surveillance, outbreak response, applied 

research, education and training; (4) 

administers and tracks resources for 

foodborne disease prevention and control 

activities of State and local health 

departments and other organizations; (5) 

represents NCEZID and CDC programs and 

prevention policies in meetings with 

governmental, non-governmental, private, 

and international organizations; (6) reviews, 

prepares, and coordinates congressional 

testimony and briefing documents related to 

foodborne diseases, and analyzes 

programmatic and policy implications of 

legislative proposals; and (7) provides 

direction and administrative support to the 

World Health Organization (WHO) 

Collaborating Center for Foodborne Disease 

Surveillance. 

Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and 

Environmental Diseases (CVLB). The mission 

of the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, 

and Environmental Diseases (DFWED) is to 

improve public health nationally and 

internationally through the prevention and 

control of disease, disability, and death 

caused by foodborne, waterborne, and 

environmentally-transmitted infections. In 

carrying out its mission, DFWED: (1) 

Conducts surveillance, investigations, and 

studies of foodborne bacterial diseases, 

waterborne bacterial and parasitic diseases, 

and mycotic diseases to define disease 

etiology and develop effective methods for 

diagnosis, prevention, and control; (2) 

conducts or participates in clinical, field, and 

laboratory research to develop, evaluate, and 

improve laboratory methodologies, materials, 

and therapeutic practices used for 

environmental detection, diagnosis, 

treatment, investigation, and control of 

foodborne bacterial diseases, waterborne 

bacterial and parasitic diseases, and mycotic 

diseases; (3) fosters and coordinates 

environmental microbiology research 

activities at CDC through the Environmental 

Microbiology Workgroup, partnerships, and 

advocacy activities to promote research on 

preventing infectious disease transmission 

from the environment to humans; (4) 

provides epidemic aid and epidemiologic 

consultation, upon request, to State and local 

health departments, other Federal agencies, 

and national and international health 

organizations; (5) provides reference/ 

diagnostic services for foodborne bacterial 

diseases, waterborne bacterial and parasitic 

diseases, and mycotic diseases to State and 

local health departments, other Federal 

agencies, and national and international 

health organizations; (6) provides scientific 

and technical assistance to other CDC 

components when the work requires unique 

expertise or specialized equipment not 

available in other components; (7) provides 

intramural and extramural technical 

expertise and assistance in professional 

training and proficiency testing activities; (8) 

serves as appropriately designated national 

and international reference centers for 

various foodborne bacterial diseases, 

waterborne bacterial and parasitic diseases, 

and mycotic diseases and disease groups; and 

(9) develops clear health promotion 

strategies, campaigns, and messages to 

promote prevention. 

Office of the Director (CVLB1). (1) Directs 

and manages the programs and activities of 

DFWED; (2) provides leadership and 

guidance on policy, program planning and 

development, program management, and 

operations; (3) coordinates or assures 

coordination with the appropriate CDC and 

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