The Evaluation of the Child Welfare
Capacity Building Collaborative: Part Two is sponsored by the
Children’s Bureau (CB) in the Administration on Children, Youth and
Families (ACYF), Administration for Youth and Families (ACF), U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) which seeks approval
for the data collection instruments and procedures described
herein. The proposed information collection is necessary to
facilitate, track, monitor, and evaluate the activities of the
Capacity Building Collaborative which includes three Federally
funded centers (Center for States, Center for Tribes, and Center
for Courts) that deliver national child welfare expertise and
evidence-informed training and technical assistance services to
State, Tribal, and Territorial public child welfare agencies and
Court Improvement Programs (CIPs). The CB-funded Centers’
collective goal is to build the capacities of State, local, Tribal
child welfare systems to successfully undertake practice,
organizational, and systemic reforms necessary to implement federal
policies, meet federal standards, and achieve better outcomes for
the children, youth and families they serve. This new data
collection is the second part of a larger data collection effort
being conducted for the evaluation of the Child Welfare Capacity
Building Collaborative. The first group of instruments has already
been submitted for this evaluation. Legislative Background and
Purpose Agencies that receive formula funding through the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) and titles IV-B and IV-E
of the Social Security Act are eligible for technical assistance
from the Children’s Bureau to support implementation of these
programs, compliance with federal requirements, and improvement of
outcomes. The proposed information collection is necessary to
perform routine evaluation of quality and effectiveness and to
inform future planning and decision making about the provision and
improvement of technical assistance services authorized under
multiple sections of CAPTA and title IV of the Social Security Act.
This information collection also complies with the statutory
requirement for training projects authorized by Section 5106 of
CAPTA to be evaluated for their effectiveness.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.