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), the Evaluation of the Child
Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative seeks approval for the
information collection to track, monitor, and evaluate the
activities of the Capacity Building Collaborative. The
Collaborative 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 information collection request is for
approval to extend use of previously approved data collection
instruments for the second part of data collection for the
evaluation of the Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative.
The instruments under this information collection for which we seek
approval were submitted and approved under OMB #0970-0494 in March
2017. Under this supporting statement for approval, three
instruments were removed from the original approval (PL 113-183 Key
Informant Survey, PL 113-183 Key Informant Interview, and the
Capacity Survey). For the PL 113-183 instruments, no additional
data collection is needed because the time line for implementation
of the law has passed. Approval for the Capacity Survey will be
sought later, after the instrument has been reviewed and vetted by
stakeholders of the Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative.
Most instruments remain the same. There are a few minor changes to
the Webinar and online learning registration forms, which are
intended to more accurately capture information on the
characteristics of users.
PL:
Pub.L. 111 - 320 5106 Name of Law: Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act Reauthorization Act of 2010
The Center for States
Innovation Survey has been added because the Center for States
plans to use this instrument to pilot new service strategies or
innovative techniques and receive feedback on those strategies. The
Capacity Survey is not included in this extension request but will
be submitted for OMB approval at a later date, after the instrument
has been reviewed for continued applicability and vetted by
stakeholders of the Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative.
The previously approved P.L. 113-183 Survey and Interview are being
removed because the timeline for implementation of the law has
passed, and no further data are needed. Minor changes, which did
not impact respondent burden, were made to the Webinar and CapLEARN
registration forms to more accurately capture information on the
characteristics of users.
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.
Form 1 P.L. 113-183 Key Informant Interview
Appendix C Outreach Materials_FINAL2 10-21-19.docx
Center for States: Innovation Survey