CB Evaluation: Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) National Cross-Site Evaluation and Evaluation Technical Assistance [Implementation/descriptive study and Outcomes/Impact analyses]
ICR 202202-0970-006
OMB: 0970-0527
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CB Evaluation: Regional
Partnership Grants (RPG) National Cross-Site Evaluation and
Evaluation Technical Assistance [Implementation/descriptive study
and Outcomes/Impact analyses]
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
02/18/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2022
175,836
501,548
15,625
40,613
0
0
The Children’s Bureau (CB) within the
HHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF) seeks approval
to continue to collect information for the Regional Partnership
Grants to Increase the Well-being of and to Improve Permanency
Outcomes for Children Affected by Substance Abuse (known as the
Regional Partnership Grants Program or “RPG”) Cross-Site Evaluation
and Evaluation-Related Technical Assistance project. The Child and
Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (Pub. L. 109-288)
includes a targeted grants program (section 437(f) of the Social
Security Act) that directs the Secretary of HHS to reserve a
specified portion of the appropriation for these RPGs, to be used
to improve the well-being of children affected by substance abuse.
Under four prior rounds of RPG, CB has issued 91 grants to
organizations such as child welfare or substance abuse treatment
providers or family court systems to develop interagency
collaborations and integration of programs, activities, and
services designed to increase well-being, improve permanency, and
enhance the safety of children who are in an out-of-home placement
or at risk of being placed in out-of-home care as a result of a
parent’s or caretaker’s substance abuse. In 2018 CB awarded 10
grants to a fifth cohort and in 2019 CB awarded 8 grants to a sixth
cohort. The current information collection request (ICR) is for
continued data collection activities associated with these 18
grantees. The first three cohorts were included in previous ICRs
(OMB Control Numbers 0970-0353 and 0970-0444) and data collection
for the fourth cohort were covered in the previous three-year
clearance under this OMB number (0970-0527). The ongoing RPG
cross-site evaluation will extend our understanding of the types of
programs and services grantees provided to participants, how
grantees leveraged their partnerships to coordinate services for
children and families, and the outcomes for children and families
enrolled in RPG programs. First, the cross-site evaluation will
assess the coordination of partners’ service systems to better
understand how partners’ collaborative effort affected the services
offered to families. The cross-site evaluation will also focus on
the partnership between the child welfare and SUD treatment
agencies, to add to the research base about how these agencies can
collaborate to address the needs of children and families affected
by SUD. Second, the evaluation will describe the characteristics of
participants served by RPG programs, the types of services provided
to families, the dosage of each type of service received by
families, and the level of participant engagement with the services
provided. Finally, the evaluation will assess the outcomes of
children and adults served through the RPG program, such as child
behavioral problems, adult depressive symptoms, or adult substance
use issues. This ICR is to continue the previously approved data
collection activities that are currently ongoing and add a
sustainability survey as a new data collection activity. Approval
of this request will allow CB to complete data collection, as
needed, through the sixth cohort of RPG grantees. These data
collection activities include the following: (1) site visits with
grantees, (2) a web-based survey about grantee partnerships, (3) a
web-based survey about sustainability planning, (4) semiannual
progress reports, (5) enrollment and services data provided by
grantees, and (6) outcomes and impacts data provided by
grantees.
PL:
Pub.L. 112 - 34 436(b) Name of Law: The Child and Family
Services Improvement and Innovation Act (Pub. L. 112-34)
This request is to continue
data collection under OMB #0970-0527 using the previously approved
instruments and to add one new survey of grantee sustainability
efforts. No changes are proposed to previously approved
instruments, but we have updated Appendix labeling and expiration
date information within the documents.
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.
Appendix L_Sustainability Survey FAQ_CLEAN.docx
Appendix A_Copy of authorizing legislation.pdf
Site visit and key informant data collection: Sustainability survey (Appendix D)