Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Federal Register: March 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 56)
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System
(SACWIS) Assessment Review Guide (SARGE).
OMB No.: 0970-0159.
Description: HHS cannot fulfill its obligation to effectively serve the nation's Adoption and Foster Care populations, nor report meaningful and reliable information to Congress about the extent of problems facing these children or the effectiveness of assistance provided to this population, without access to timely and accurate information. Currently, SACWIS
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support State efforts to meet the following Federal reporting requirements: The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting
System (AFCARS) required by section 479(b)(2) of the Social Security
Act; the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS); Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA); and the Chafee Independent
Living Program. These systems also support State efforts to provide the information to conduct the Child and Family Service Reviews. Currently, forty-two States and the District of Columbia have developed, or are developing, a SACWIS with Federal financial participation. The purpose of these reviews is to ensure that all aspects of the project, as described in the approved Advance Planning Document, have been adequately completed, and conform to applicable regulations and policies.
To initiate a review, States will submit the completed SACWIS
Assessment Review Guide (SARGE) and other documentation at the point that they have completed system development and the system is operational statewide. The additional documents submitted as part of this process should all be readily available to the State as a result of good project management practices.
The information collected in the SACWIS Assessment Review Guide will allow State and Federal officials to determine if the State's
SACWIS meets the requirements for title IV-E Federal Financial
Participation (FFP) defined at 45 CFR 1355.50. Additionally, other
States will be able to use the documentation provided as part of this review process in their own system development efforts.
Respondents:
Annual Burden Estimates
Number of
Average
Instrument
Number of
responses per burden hours
Total burden respondents
respondent
per response
hours
Review..........................................
3
1
250
250
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 750.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection. E-mail address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
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, Fax: 202-395- 6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and
Families.
Dated: March 14, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
FR Doc. E8-5653 Filed 3-20-08; 8:45 am
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