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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND in title IV–B, section 438 of the Social collect information from the States
HUMAN SERVICES Security Act. The highest State court in about their work under these grants
a State with an approved title IV–E plan (applications, program reports) by way
Administration for Children and is eligible to apply for either or both of of a Program Instruction, which will be
Families the new grants. The new grants are for issued by June 1, 2006. This Program
the purposes of: (1) Ensuring that the Instruction will describe the
Proposed Information Collection needs of children are met in a timely programmatic and fiscal provisions and
Activity; Comment Request and complete manner through improved reporting requirements for each of the
Proposed Projects case tracking and analysis of child grants, specify the application submittal
welfare cases and (2) training judges, and approval procedures for the grants
Title: Court Improvement Program attorneys, and other legal personnel in for fiscal years 2006 through 2010, and
New Grants. child welfare cases and conducting identify technical resources for use by
OMB No.: New Collection. cross-training with child welfare agency State courts during the course of the
Description: The President signed the staff and contractors. grants. The agency will use the
Deficit Reduction act of 2005, Public The statute requires separate information received to ensure
Law 109–171, into law on February 8, applications for these two new grants. compliance with the statute and provide
2006. The law authorizes and The annual burden estimates below training and technical assistance to the
appropriates funds for two new grants describe the estimated burden for each grantees.
under the Court Improvement Program one of the new grants. ACF proposes to Respondents: State Courts.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Number of re- Average bur-
Number of re- Total burden
Instrument sponses per den hours per
spondents hours
respondent response

Application ....................................................................................................... 52 1 40 2,080

Annual Program Report ................................................................................... 52 1 36 1,872

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours ..................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 3,952

In compliance with the requirements comments and suggestions submitted April 2000. Direct assessments and
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the within 60 days of this publication. interviews were conducted with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Dated: April 6, 2006. children themselves, their primary
Administration for Children and Robert Sargis, caregivers, their caseworkers, and, for
Families is soliciting public comment Reports Clearance Officer.
school-aged children, their teachers.
on the specific aspects of the Follow-up data collections were
[FR Doc. 06–3521 Filed 4–12–06; 8:45 am]
information collection described above. conducted 12 months, 18 months, and
BILLING CODE 4184–01–M
Copies of the proposed collection of 36 months post-baseline. The current
information can be obtained and data collection plan involves a subset of
comments may be forwarded by writing DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 950 children from the original sample
to the Administration for Children and HUMAN SERVICES who were ages 12 and older at baseline
Families, Office of Administration, and who will be ages 18 and older at
Office of Information Services, 370 Administration for Children and follow-up. This group will be in early
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, Families adulthood, and this follow-up will
DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance allow for assessing the functioning and
Submission for OMB Review; service utilization for this age group as
Officer. E-mail address:
Comment Request they enter independent living
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests
should be identified by the title of the Title: Follow-up to the National situations. The youths will be
Survey of Child and Adolescent Well- interviewed with questions covering
information collection.
Being. social, emotional and behavioral
The Department specifically requests adjustment, living arrangements,
OMB No.: 0970–0202.
comments on: (a) Whether the proposed Description: The Department of employment, service needs, and service
collection of information is necessary Health and Human Services intends to utilization.
for the proper performance of the collect data on a subset of children and The data collection for the follow-up
functions of the agency, including families who have participated in the will follow the same format as that used
whether the information shall have National Survey of Child and in previous rounds of data collection
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW). The and will employ similar instruments to
agency’s estimate of the burden of the NSCAW was authorized under section those used for adolescents who had
proposed collection of information; (c) 427 of the Personal Responsibility and moved into independent living status in
the quality, utility, and clarity of the Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of previous rounds. Data from NSCAW are
information to be collected; and (d) 1996. The survey began in November made available to the research
HSRObinson on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES

ways to minimize the burden of the 1999 with a national sample of 5,501 community through licensing
collection of information on children ages 0–14 who had been the arrangements from the National Data
respondents, including through the use subject of investigation by child Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect,
of automated collection techniques or Protective Services (CPS) during the housed at Cornell University.
other forms of information technology. baseline data collection period, which Respondents: 950 youths ages 18 and
Consideration will be given to extended from November 1999 through older.

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