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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 162 / Wednesday, August 22, 2007 / Notices

State the corrective action sought and
the reasons for the correction with
supporting justification. (These
procedures are in accordance with
Department regulation 45 CFR 5b.7.)
RECORDS SOURCE CATEGORIES:

The data collected and maintained in
this system are retrieved from Medicare
enrollment records, Medicare
beneficiaries or proxies, and medical
providers (such as physicians, medical
facilities, home health care providers)
for a sample of enrollees.
SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF THE ACT:

None.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: National Survey of Child and
Adolescent Well-Being—Second Cohort
(NSCAW II).
OMB No.: 0970–0202.
Description: The Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS)

intends to collect data on a new sample
of children and families for the National
Survey of Child and Adolescent WellBeing (NSCAW). The NSCAW was
authorized under Section 427 of the
Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunities Reconciliation Act of
1996. The original survey began in
November 1999 with a national sample
of 5,501 children, ages 0–14, who had
been the subject of investigation by
Child Protective Services during the
baseline data collection period, which
extended from November 1999 through
April 2000. Direct assessments and
interviews were conducted with the
children themselves, their primary
caregivers, their caseworkers, and, for
school-aged children, their teachers;
agency directors also were interviewed
at baseline. Follow-up data collections
were conducted 12 months, 18 months,
and 36 months post-baseline, and a fifth
data collection is currently under way.
The NSCAW is the only source of
nationally representative, firsthand
information about the functioning and
well-being, service needs, and service
utilization of children and families who
come to the attention of the child
welfare system. Information is collected
about children’s cognitive, social,
emotional, behavioral, and adaptive
functioning, as well as family and
community factors that are likely to
influence their functioning. Family

service needs and service utilization
also are addressed in the data collection.
The current data collection plan calls
for selecting a new cohort of 5,700
children and families and repeating the
data collection procedures used in the
original study. Selection of a new cohort
will allow the comparison of
characteristics of children who are
entering the child welfare system today
with those who entered prior to the
implementation of the Adoption and
Safe Families Act and prior to the
advent of the Child and Family Services
Review process. The data collection will
follow the same format as that used in
previous rounds of data collection, and
will employ, with only modest
revisions, the same instruments that
have been used in previous rounds.
Currently, HHS intends to collect
baseline data and one follow-up 18
months later, with future follow-up
rounds contingent on funding
availability. Data from NSCAW are
made available to the research
community through licensing
arrangements from the National Data
Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect at
Cornell University.
Respondents: 5,700 Children and
their associated permanent or foster
caregivers, caseworkers, and teachers; in
addition, an administrator will be
interviewed in each location from
which children are sampled.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents

Instrument

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Child Interview ...............................................................................................
Permanent Caregiver Interview .....................................................................
Foster Caregiver Interview ............................................................................
Caseworker Interview ....................................................................................
Teacher Questionnaire ..................................................................................
Agency Questionnaire ...................................................................................

Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 25,472.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded 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. E-mail address:

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Number of
responses per
respondent

5,700
3,800
1,990
5,700
3,000
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[email protected]. All requests
should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or

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Average
burden hours
per response

1
1
1
1
1
1

1.2
2.0
1.5
1.0
.75
1.0

Total burden
hours
6,840
7,600
2,985
5,700
2,250
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other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: August 15, 2007.
Brendan C. Kelly,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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