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OMB Control No: 0970-0527	ICR Reference No: 202105-0970-009
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202002-0970-011
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: ACYF-CB
Title: CB Evaluation: Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) National Cross-Site Evaluation and Evaluation Technical Assistance [Implementation/descriptive study and Outcomes/Impact analyses]
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: 05/20/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 05/17/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2022	05/31/2022	05/31/2022
Responses	501,548	0	501,548
Time Burden (Hours)	40,613	0	40,613
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Between 2017 and 2019, under RPG, the Children’s Bureau has issued 35 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 are at risk of being placed in out-of-home care as a result of a parent’s or caretaker’s substance abuse. In February 2020, OMB approved a non-substantive change request which included changing the data collection mode of the partner survey from web-based to paper and pencil. The change request was made because, at the time, we did not have the resources to acquire an Authority to Operate (ATO) needed for the web survey data collection system. Since that time, we have learned that we will not need a full ATO for the data collection system so it is now feasible for us to use the web as the primary mode of data collection for the survey. This is the preferred mode of data collection for this survey, particularly due to the limitations created by the COVID-19 pandemic. This nonsubstantive change request is to change the administration mode of the partner survey (Appendix C) to web-based administration from paper and pencil. We made the following changes to the partner survey: (1) reformatted the instrument into a web-administered questionnaire, (2) made wording changes to the introductory text of the survey to better align with web administration, (3) added text to help the respondent navigate the web survey (items A4, B2, B3, B3a, B4, B5, and C2), and (4) added introductory text to the beginning of section C. These minor edits to individual items and the change in administration mode will not change the burden estimates for this data collection activity.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,481,965

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

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