Notice2022-05635
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: Advancing Health Equity in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, 0906-XXXX, New
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Published
March 17, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15254-15255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05635]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request; The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home
Visiting Program: Advancing Health Equity in Response to the COVID-19
Public Health Emergency, 0906-XXXX, New
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the
ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than May 16,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0c7c6d7c697e7b637e674c647e7f6d226b637a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96e6f7e6f3e4e1f9e4fdd6fee4e5f7b8f1f9e0">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, 14N136B, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
draft instruments, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#88f8e9f8edfaffe7fae3c8e0fafbe9a6efe7fe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f88899889d8a8f978a93b8908a8b99d69f978e">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
the acting HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-
9094.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: The Maternal, Infant, and
Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program: Advancing Health Equity
in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency OMB No. 0906-XXXX,
NEW
Abstract: The MIECHV Program is authorized by Social Security Act,
Title V, Sec. 511 (42 U.S.C. 711) and Congress made available
supplemental appropriations to carry out the program through the
American Rescue Plan Act (Pub. L. 117-2). American Rescue Plan Act
funds are being used to support the MIECHV: Advancing Health Equity in
Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency project. The project
includes five case studies to be conducted in communities across the
United States. Communities will be selected based on a county level
assessment of available data on social and structural determinants of
health, the variation in COVID-19 patterns including disparities in key
COVID-19 indicators, and the existence of MIECHV-funded local
implementing agencies. The five communities will represent a mix of
urban and rural counties and Tribal communities with measurable health
disparities by race and ethnicity. The case studies will lead to a
deeper understanding of the ways in which COVID-19 has shaped families'
experiences, and the role home visiting plays (and could play) in
addressing the inequities that continue to accrue from the pandemic
within a community. Information gained from these case studies can
inform the development of more responsive home visiting systems and
more equitable health and family support systems more broadly. Data
collection activities include key informant interviews, focus groups,
and online surveys. All necessary human subject protections will be
adhered to, including seeking Institutional Review Board approval of
data collection and analysis plans prior to commencing any data
collection activities.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA is seeking
additional information about the strategies and partners home visiting
programs have used to advance health equity in communities
disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency.
HRSA intends to use this information to provide technical assistance
and disseminate best practices to MIECHV awardees, publish findings for
lay and research audiences to advance the field's knowledge of home
visiting's role in COVID-19 response, and to prepare state and local
home visiting programs to address disparities in access to care and
outcomes, including during future public health emergencies.
Likely Respondents: States, territories, and, where applicable,
nonprofit organizations receiving MIECHV funding to provide home
visiting services within states; state and local representatives from
home visiting, public health, health care, and other human service
agencies in the early childhood system; community organizers, Tribal
elders, religious
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leaders; families (including families participating in MIECHV-funded
home visiting services and those with shared experiences); community
members, including community-based program administrators and community
service providers, including home visitors.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours \1\
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Community Interview Protocol.... 60 1 60 1.50 90
Family and Community Focus Group 240 1 240 2.00 480
Guide..........................
Community and Home Visitor 500 1 500 0.75 375
Survey Instrument..............
Program Data.................... 15 1 15 2.00 30
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Total....................... 815 .............. 815 .............. 975
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\1\ There may be variation in the number of study participants and home visiting programs in each community
(e.g., some selected communities may have fewer home visitors). The total burden hours presented here provide
information assuming the maximum number of respondents in each community.
HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper
performance of the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected, and (4) the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2022-05635 Filed 3-16-22; 8:45 am]
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