Evaluation of Resources to Support the Identification and Care of Children with Prenatal Substance or Alcohol Exposure in the Child Welfare System
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
Approved without change
04/24/2023
01/11/2023
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2026
36 Months From Approved
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The Childrenâs Bureau (CB) in the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is partnering with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support child welfare agency staff in the identification and support of children in the child welfare system living with prenatal substance exposure (PSE), including prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). To this end, we are developing a toolkit of resources that child welfare agencies can use to:
⢠Increase awareness, understanding, and knowledge of PAE/PSE; and
⢠Plan and implement internal and cross-system processes, in partnership with key stakeholders, that help identify, assess/evaluate/screen, share information about, and provide care and support to children with prenatal exposure and their families.
The CB is undertaking a multi-stage evaluation designed to understand the extent to which the toolkit is achieving these intended outcomes. The following activities will contribute to the evaluation: (1) usability testing; (2) a formative evaluation; and (3) an efficacy evaluation. Each stage of the evaluation builds on the previous stage. Usability testing of the toolkit is being implemented November 2022-March 2023 (under Formative Generic for Program Support OMB #0970-0531, exp 9/30/25) to gather feedback from child welfare staff in the field to determine the usability of toolkit modules before the toolkit is finalized. This current information collection request is related to the formative evaluation and is a key component of the multi-stage evaluation. A future information collection request will be submitted specific to the efficacy evaluation.
This information collection is authorized by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Reauthorization Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5105 (2010). This information collection complies with the statutory requirement to carry out research designed to provide information needed to improve the well-being of victims of child abuse or neglect. Specifically, this information collection complies with the requirement for evaluation of practices and programs to improve activities such as identification, screening, medical diagnosis, forensic diagnosis, health evaluations, and services, including activities that promote collaboration between (1) the child protective service system; and (2) (i) the medical community, including providers of mental health and developmental disability services; and (ii) providers of early childhood intervention services and special education for children who have been victims of child abuse or neglect.
US Code:
42 USC 5105
Name of Law: Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Reauthorization Act
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 B.docx
Instrument 5: Module-specific transfer potential and perceived competency items