Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Routine Customer Feedback”
(OMB Control Number: 0970-0401)
PURPOSE: Child Welfare Information Gateway (Information Gateway) is a service of the Children’s Bureau (CB), a component within the Administration for Children and Families, and is dedicated to the mission of connecting professionals and concerned citizens to information on programs, research, legislation, and statistics regarding the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families. In addition to these main functions, Information Gateway staff also provide support to CB divisions, including providing information services to support CB grantees and disseminating information and lessons learned based on findings from CB grantees. Information Gateway is conducting this survey to gather feedback from CB grantees related to the quality of its grants managements systems.
This is a request for approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), under the Federal Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for data collection activities to be authorized under the Administration for Children and Families’ generic OMB clearance # 0970-0401. Information collection activities include delivering voluntary surveys.
TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check one)
[ ] Customer Comment Card/Complaint Form [X] Customer Satisfaction Survey
[ ] Usability Testing (e.g., Website or Software [ ] Small Discussion Group
[ ] Focus Group [ ] Other: ______________________
I certify the following to be true:
The collection is voluntary.
The collection is low-burden for respondents and low-cost for the Federal Government.
The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies.
The results are not intended to be disseminated to the public.
Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions.
The collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the future.
Name: Matthew McGuire, Child Welfare Program Specialist, ACF Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF)
To assist review, please provide answers to the following question:
Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [] Yes [X] No
If Yes, will any information that is collected be included in records that are subject to the
Privacy Act of 1974? [] Yes [X] No
If Yes, has an up-to-date System of Records Notice (SORN) been published? [] Yes [] No
Is an incentive (e.g., money or reimbursement of expenses, token of appreciation) provided to participants? [ ] Yes [X] No
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Number of Respondents |
Number of Responses per Respondent |
Average Burden Hours per Response |
Total Burden Hours |
Children’s Bureau Grantee Feedback Survey |
140 |
1 |
0.0833 |
12 |
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 12 hours
FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is $3,392.
If you are conducting a focus group, survey, or plan to employ statistical methods, please provide answers to the following questions:
Do you have a customer list or something similar that defines the universe of potential respondents and do you have a sampling plan for selecting from this universe?
[X] Yes [ ] No
If the answer is yes, please provide a description of both below (or attach the sampling plan)? If the answer is no, please provide a description of how you plan to identify your potential group of respondents and how you will select them.
Respondents will include grantees attending an in-person meeting sponsored by CB in August 2019. Seven different grantee clusters will be attending the meeting and each grant cluster will have approximately 15-20 participants. The goal is to solicit feedback from all CB grantee meeting participants which is roughly 140 grantees.
How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)
[] Web-based or other forms of Social Media
[] Telephone
[X] In-person
[] Other, Explain: Live Chat and Email.
Will interviewers or facilitators be used? [ ] Yes [X] No
Instructions
for completing Request for Approval under the “Generic
Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback”
TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Provide the name of the collection that is the subject of the request. (e.g. Comment card for soliciting feedback on xxxx)
PURPOSE:
Provide a brief description of the purpose of this collection
and how it will be used. If this is part of a larger study or
effort, please include this
in your explanation.
DESCRIPTION
OF RESPONDENTS: Provide a brief description of the targeted group
or groups for this collection of information. These groups must have
experience with the program.
TYPE OF COLLECTION: Check one box. If you are requesting approval of other instruments under the generic, you must complete a form for each instrument.
CERTIFICATION: Please read the certification carefully. If you incorrectly certify, the collection will be returned as improperly submitted or it will be disapproved.
Personally Identifiable Information: Provide answers to the questions. Note: Agencies
should only collect PII to the extent necessary, and they should only retain PII for the period of
time that is necessary to achieve a specific objective.
Gifts or Payments: If you answer yes to the question, please describe the incentive and provide a justification for the amount.
BURDEN HOURS:
Category of Respondents: Identify who you expect the respondents to be in terms of the
following categories: (1) Individuals or Households;(2) Private Sector; (3) State, local, or tribal
governments; or (4) Federal Government. Only one type of respondent can be selected per row.
No. of Respondents: Provide an estimate of the Number of respondents.
Participation Time: Provide an estimate of the amount of time required for a respondent to
participate (e.g. fill out a survey or participate in a focus group)
Burden: Provide the Annual burden hours: Multiply the Number of responses and the
participation time and divide by 60.
FEDERAL COST: Provide an estimate of the annual cost to the Federal government.
If you are conducting a focus group, survey, or plan to employ statistical methods, please provide answers to the following questions:
The
selection of your targeted respondents. Please provide a
description of how you plan to identify your potential group of
respondents and how you will select them. If the answer is yes
to the first question, you may provide the sampling plan in an
attachment.
Administration
of the Instrument: Identify how the information will be
collected. More than one box may be checked. Indicate
whether
there will be interviewers (e.g. for surveys) or facilitators (e.g.,
for focus groups) used.
Submit all instruments, instructions, and scripts are submitted with the request.
Required Additional Information
1. Line of Business: (select from lists provided in ROCIS on the edit screen)
2. Subfunction: (select from lists provided in ROCIS on the edit screen)
3. Privacy Act System of Records Notice (SORN): Title: ___________
4. Federal Register citation information: Volume _______ Page No. ______
5. Number of respondents for small entities:
6. Percentage of respondents reporting electronically:
File Type | application/msword |
File Title | DOCUMENTATION FOR THE GENERIC CLEARANCE |
Author | 558022 |
Last Modified By | SYSTEM |
File Modified | 2019-07-30 |
File Created | 2019-07-30 |