Section 471(e) of the Social Security Act (the Act) (42 U.S.C. 671) as amended by Public Law 115-123 allows state and tribal child welfare agencies to receive reimbursement for some of the costs of providing prevention services to certain children and their parents or kin caregivers. The Act requires state and tribal child welfare agencies that provide such services to collect and report to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) information on children receiving the prevention and family services and programs.
States and tribes must report :
⢠The specific services or programs provided,
⢠The total expenditures for each of the services or programs provided,
⢠The duration of the services or programs provided, and
⢠If the child was identified in a prevention plan as a candidate for foster care:
o the child's placement status at the beginning, and at the end, of the 12-month period that begins on the date the child was identified as a candidate for foster care in a prevention plan; and
o whether the child entered foster care during the initial 12-month period and during the subsequent 12-month period; and
⢠Basic demographic information (e.g., age, sex, race/Hispanic Latino ethnicity).
During the first information collection period the Childrenâs Bureau (CB) had 48 state and tribal jurisdictions opt into the voluntary Title IV-E Prevention Services Program which included opting in to Prevention Services data collection effort. These states and tribes are in various stages of preparing for data collection and submitting data to the CB. Data submission for these states will continue into future reporting periods. During the next reporting period, CB anticipates that approximately five more states and tribes will opt into the voluntary Title IV-E Prevention Services Program, and as a result, will opt into this information collection effort. These states will then begin preparing for and submitting data to the CB. However, since this program is voluntary, this number could fluctuate depending on the individual priorities of child welfare jurisdictions.
US Code:
42 USC 671
Name of Law: Social Security Act
This request is to continue data collection that is currently approved under OMB # 0970-0529 as required by the Title IV-E Prevention Services legislation. There are no changes to the information collection since the last OMB approval. The number of respondents has been updated to reflect current estimates and the hours per response have been reframed, as described in A12 and A13.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form 1 PSDC Elements
Supporting Statement A - Prevention Services Data_0970-0529_ FIN.docx
Prevention Services Data Collection