Federal Register #0970-0618

Information Collection for Chafee Strengthening Outcomes for Transition to Adulthood Project

The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and its Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), is seeking approval to continue and revise information collection activities for the Chafee Strengthening Outcomes for Transition to Adulthood Project. - Government Buyer: - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Administration for Children and Families (ACF) - Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) - Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) - Products/Services Requested: - Data collection services including interviews, focus groups, and surveys with youth and young adults transitioning out of foster care - 200 youth discussions and focus groups - 1,200 youth surveys - Renewal and revision of the Tribal Budget and Narrative Justification Template for tribal child support programs - Unique/Notable Requirements: - Focus on rapid-cycle evaluations to inform and improve programming for youth transitioning out of foster care - Activities are designed to build evidence about effective practices and improve service delivery - No products, OEMs, or commercial vendors are being procured; this is solely for information collection and program evaluation - Locations: - Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services (federal office) - Activities may also involve tribes and tribal organizations for the Tribal Budget template

Description

The Administration for Children and Families' Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation requests Office of Management and Budget approval of a revision of a previously approved overarching generic clearance to collect data on programs serving youth transitioning out of foster care as part of the Chafee Strengthening Outcomes for Transition to Adulthood Project. This generic mechanism allows rapid-cycle evaluations that would not be feasible under the Paperwork Reduction Act timelines. The data collections aim to inform programming by building evidence about effective practices to improve outcomes for youth transitioning out of foster care and to identify innovative learning methods addressing evaluation challenges. The revisions focus the generic clearance on a subset of originally proposed request types.

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