NEW Cross-Site Administrative Data Study Research Matrix_updated June 2014

ATTACHMENT D1: PII CROSS-SITE ADMINISTRATIVE DATA STUDY RESEARCH MATRIX

Cross-Site Administrative Data Study Research MATRIX
Instrument	Instrument Description	Frequency	Target Population	Annual Number of Respondents	Annual Burden Hours	Research Question
AFCARS	Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System	4	Children in state foster care during 12-month reporting period	3 (with added fields), 2 (with no added fields)	14	Do the grantee interventions improve permanency outcomes (e.g., increase rates of permanency, or decrease time to permanency) for children in the foster-care system?
NCANDS	National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System		Children in alleged maltreatment cases disposed during the 12-month reporting period
SACWIS	Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System		Children alleged maltreated or in state foster care

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