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 first 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 #0970-0484 in August
2016. Under this supporting statement for approval, four
instruments were removed from the original approval (Tribal
Organizational Assessment Interviews: Caseworker Interview;
Community Provider Interview; Community Member/Elder Interview;
Family Interview) because these instruments are not required
collections by the federal government. No changes were made to the
other instruments for which we seek approval to continue
use.
No significant changes were
made to the Cross-Center or Center-specific instruments for which
we seek an extension of approval. Four instruments were removed
from the original approval (Tribal Organizational Assessment
Interviews: Caseworker Interview; Community Provider Interview;
Community Member/Elder Interview; Family Interview). The number of
respondents to a few instruments was updated to reflect the
estimate for the next three years, and the number of responses per
respondent was corrected for a few instruments. These changes
impacted the overall change in burden.
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 Tribal Organizational Assessment Family Interview
Appendix C Outreach Material revised 08102019.docx
Annual Collaboration Survey