OMB is filing comment on this ICR which is part of a proposed rule. Approval is not granted at this time. ACF should resubmit this ICR in conjunction with the final proposed rule. Previous terms of clearance remain in effect.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
08/31/2008
36 Months From Approved
08/31/2008
2
0
2
309,077
0
309,077
0
0
0
The existing regulation at 45 CFR 1355.40 sets forth the requirements of section 479 of the Social Security Act for the collection of uniform, reliable information on children who are under the responsibility of the State title IV-B/IV-E agency for placement, care, and adoption. The proposed rule expands upon the existing data collection requirements and institutes new penalties consistent with section 474(f) of the law. Specifically, the data collection system is to provide comprehensive national information on the demographic characteristics of adopted and foster children and their parents; the status of the foster care population; the number and characteristics of children placed in or removed from foster care; children adopted or with respect to whom adoptions have been terminated, and children placed in foster care outside the State which has placement and care responsibility; and the extent and nature of assistance provided by government adoption and foster care programs and the characteristics of the children to whom such assistance is provided. The respondents are the State child welfare agencies, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The purpose of the data collected is to inform State/Federal policy decisions, program management, respond to Congressional and Departmental inquiries. Specifically, the data is used for short/long-term budget projections, trend analysis, and to target areas for improved technical assistance. The data will provide information about foster care placements, adoptive parents, length of time in care, delays in termination of parental rights and placement for adoption.
The burden hours focus on data collection for children in care at the start of the year, those who entered and those children who exited care. The estimated number of burden hours has increased from previous year estimates due to more children that will be included in the reporting population, and due to an increase in the amount of information being requested in the proposed regulation. The proposed regulation includes the addition of new information that may not be currently included in a State's information system. While States may collect the information in some format for their own purposes, the proposed regulation will require the automated collection and reporting of this information to the Federal government for the first time. The increase in hour burden reflects additional State time spent in recording this new information.
The change in the costs to States is primarily related to information technology staff time for programming the extraction program code to meet the proposed requirements in the rule. There also will be system modifications required in some States for the collection of some of the new information. Most of the costs will be one-time start-up expenses.
The change in the total number of responses is due to changes in the way of calculating the number of responses. The previous information collection only indicated 2 responses, which represents the number of times per year the AFCARS data are required to be submitted. The 104 responses now being used is arrived at by multiplying the number of respondents (52) by the number of times per year that the respondents submit the data (2).
$26,616,400
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Robert Sargis 2026907275
Reginfo record details
No
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.
Adoption Assistance & Subsidery Data File