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OMB Control No: 0970-0555	ICR Reference No: 202103-0970-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202006-0970-012
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OPRE
Title: OPRE Study: Survey of National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) Adopted Youth, Young Adults, Adults and Adoptive Parents [Descriptive Study]
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/16/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/10/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2021	09/30/2021	09/30/2021
Responses	1,142	0	1,142
Time Burden (Hours)	571	0	571
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services seeks approval for a one-time study to examine familial outcomes 8 or more years after a child’s adoption from the child welfare system. The primary objective of this study design is to understand the extent of post adoption instability events that occur in families who have adopted children who have exited the foster care system. Post adoption instability refers to situations in which children who exit foster care to adoptive homes no longer reside with their adoptive parents and includes formal events, such as a child’s reentry into the foster care system, or informal events, such as a child going to live with a grandparent or running away. A second objective is to understand risk and protective factors associated with post adoption instability. The study will conduct web or telephone surveys with adopted youth, young adults, and adults as well as their adoptive parents who were participants in the first or second cohort of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW I, II; OMB #0970-0202). Since initial approval, the project team pre-tested the surveys and programmed them. Through pretesting, areas were identified in both instruments where terms could be clarified or defined, item language re-worded to increase respondent comprehension, and response options that needed to be consolidated or expanded to better represent respondent experiences. Pretest results also indicated that the surveys were too long and could benefit from eliminating low priority items to reduce respondent burden. Programming the instruments for web and telephone administration identified areas where item wording or response options should be changed to support a telephone administration mode and areas where routing logic could be more clearly specified. As a result of pretesting and programming, we request nonsubstantive changes to the SAY (Instrument 1) and the SAP (Instrument 2).

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 5101–5116i Name of Law: Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 17582	03/30/2020
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 38899	06/29/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	1,142	1,142
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	571	571
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,214,398

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Molly Buck 202 205-4724 mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov

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