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OMB Control No: 0970-0527	ICR Reference No: 202202-0970-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202105-0970-009
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: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/01/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/18/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2025	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2022
Responses	175,836	0	501,548
Time Burden (Hours)	15,625	0	40,613
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: 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.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 112 - 34 436(b) Name of Law: The Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (Pub. L. 112-34)

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:
	86 FR 70844	12/13/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 9363	02/18/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	175,836	501,548	-325,712
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	15,625	40,613	-24,988
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: 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.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $132,360

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

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