Notice2022-15082
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request Information Collection Request Title: 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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July 14, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
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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). OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30 day comment period for this Notice has closed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42183-42184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15082]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request Information Collection Request Title: 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). OMB will accept further comments from the public during the
review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30
day comment period for this Notice has closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than August 15,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c6b6a7b6a3b4b1a9b4ad86aeb4b5a7e8a1a9b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d8a8b9a8bdaaafb7aab398b0aaabb9f6bfb7ae">[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 a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Samantha Miller, the acting
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0a7a6b7a6f787d6578614a6278796b246d657c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2757465742555048554c674f55544609404851">[email protected]</span></a> or
call (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 MIECHV
Program: Advancing Health Equity in Response to the COVID-19 Public
Health Emergency project aims to understand how health equity can be
advanced during the COVID-19 public health emergency in communities
with MIECHV-funded home visiting programs. 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 from
the County Response Index to Support Equity in Home Visiting (County
RISE-HV), the variation in COVID-19 patterns including indicating
disproportionality in experiences of COVID-19, and the presence of
MIECHV-funded local implementing agencies. The five communities will
represent a mix of urban and rural counties, will include a Tribal
community, and will include communities with existing 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, in general. Data
collection activities include key informant interviews, focus groups,
and online surveys. The data collection activities have been revised
based on the public comments received during the 60-day comment period.
The purpose of these changes is to address concerns with the burden
estimate and to modify items for clarity. To address the burden
estimates, the number of items on each of the data collection
instruments has been reduced. To reduce items, the project team
identified item content where there was unnecessary overlap across
instruments and identified items that were extraneous to addressing
research questions. The burden estimate was only increased for the
completion of the program data tool. All specific recommendations for
revisions to item wording and instructions for participants to improve
clarity have been incorporated into the revised data collection
instruments. All necessary human subjects protections will be adhered
to, including seeking Institutional Review Board approval of data
collection and analysis plans prior to commencing any data collection
activities.
A 60-day notice for public comments on the proposed data collection
activities required by Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 was published in the Federal Register on March 17, 2022,
(Document Number 2022-05635; document citation 87 FR 15254, pages
15254-15255). Public comments were requested by May 16, 2022. There
were public comments from three organizations.
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 for future public health emergencies.
Likely Respondents: MIECHV Program awardees that are 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 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
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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.
Compared to the versions submitted for the 60-day approval process in
March, estimated burden hours have increased as a result of
implementing the feedback provided in public comments during the 60-day
comment period and pre-testing data collection protocols. 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 10.00 150
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Total....................... 815 .............. 815 .............. 1095
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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.
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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.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2022-15082 Filed 7-13-22; 8:45 am]
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