This collection
is statistical in nature and needs a supporting statement part
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Inventory as of this Action
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36 Months From Approved
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Children whose parents abuse alcohol
or drugs are three times more likely to be verbally, physically, or
sexually abused, and four times more likely to be neglected.
Approximately 9.2 million children live in a home where a parent or
other adult uses illicit drugs, resulting in 9.2 million
drug-endangered children. Whenever law enforcement responds to a
call, there is no universal method for identifying these children
exposed to drugs, violence, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and even
commercial sexual exploitation. The Colorado Drug Endangered
Children, Inc. (CODEC) Drug Endangered Children Tracking System
(DECSYS) ensures quick identification of drug-endangered children,
that appropriate agencies are involved, and that fewer
drug-endangered children go unnoticed. The project purpose is to
increase the ability of law enforcement and child welfare agencies
to respond to drug endangered children. Ongoing evaluation of
DECSYS is a necessary component of the system implementation and
expansion efforts.
PL:
Pub.L. 103 - 322 Title I Name of Law: Public Safety Partnership
and Community Policing Act of 1994
As this is a new ICR, there is
an increase in burden hours due to the implementation of this
survey. As part of an effort to evaluate the implementation process
for DECSYS on improving cooperative efforts between law enforcement
agencies and child welfare agencies, this survey will gather
feedback from DECSYS users (both law enforcement and child welfare)
to assess outcomes including: how reliably sites are using DECSYS
and why or why not, whether users feel DECSYS provides a valuable
service, whether sites have a system in place for ongoing use of
DECSYS, and impacts on relationships between law enforcement and
child welfare. The survey will also gather information about best
practices and lessons learned from the implementation of
DECSYS.
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.
Colorado Alliance for Drug Endangered Children Survey Instrument
DECSYS Supporting Statement Part A 2_6_2014.docx
Colorado Alliance for Drug Endangered Children Survey Instrument