Notice2022-24375
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Home Visiting Budget Assistance Tool
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Published
November 8, 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 215 (Tuesday, November 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67481-67482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24375]
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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: Maternal,
Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Home Visiting Budget
Assistance Tool
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 January 9,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0a7a6b7a6f787d6578614a6278796b246d657c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6f1f0e1f0a1d18001d042f071d1c0e41080019">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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#a4d4c5d4c1d6d3cbd6cfe4ccd6d7c58ac3cbd2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="146475647166637b667f547c6667753a737b62">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
the acting HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-
9094.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Maternal, Infant, and Early
Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Home Visiting Budget
Assistance Tool, OMB No. 0906-0025-Revision.
Abstract: HRSA is requesting continued approval and revision to the
Home Visiting Budget Assistance Tool (HV-BAT). The tool collects
information on standardized cost metrics from programs that deliver
home visiting services, as outlined in the HV-BAT. Entities receiving
MIECHV formula funds that are states, jurisdictions, and nonprofit
awardees are required to submit cost data using the HV-BAT to HRSA once
every 3 years to be reviewed for accuracy and quality control and to
collect data to estimate national program costs.
The MIECHV Program, authorized by section 511 of the Social
Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 711, and administered by HRSA in partnership
with the Administration for Children and Families, supports voluntary,
evidence-based home visiting services during pregnancy and for parents
with young children up to kindergarten entry. States, Tribal entities,
and certain nonprofit organizations are eligible to receive funding
from the MIECHV Program and have the flexibility to tailor the program
to serve the specific needs of their communities. Funding recipients
may subaward grant funds to local implementing agencies (LIA) in order
to provide services to eligible families in at-risk communities. HRSA
is making the following changes to the HV-BAT:
<bullet> Updating the burden estimate for completing the HV-BAT
based on recently gathered information, and
<bullet> Translating the HV-BAT data collection instrument into
Spanish to expand accessibility.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA uses HV-BAT data to
collect comprehensive home visiting cost data. Awardees submit
aggregated data from their individual LIA, which provides HRSA with
information needed to produce state and national cost estimates and
support procurement activities and subrecipient monitoring. Requiring
data submission also allows HRSA to ensure the tool is being accurately
and appropriately used. Because the use of a standardized tool of this
kind is novel to the field of home visiting, HRSA requires that states
submit data collected using the HV-BAT to HRSA for the purposes of
quality control reviews and accuracy checks. Submission will allow HRSA
to estimate national-level costs for use in conducting research and
analysis of home visiting costs, understanding cost variation, and
assessing how comprehensive program cost data can inform other policy
priorities, such as innovative financing strategies. HRSA is seeking to
revise burden estimates to ensure accuracy and inform awardee planning
for this activity. In addition, HRSA is translating the HV-BAT data
collection instrument into Spanish in response to awardee feedback and
to increase accessibility for LIA sites that primarily operate in
Spanish.
Likely Respondents: One-third of MIECHV Program awardees (n=19,
annually) that are states, jurisdictions, and, nonprofit organizations
receiving MIECHV funding to provide home visiting services within
states.
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
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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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Home Visiting Budget Assistance 19 13 247 24 5,928
Tool (HV-BAT)..................
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Total....................... 19 13 247 24 5,928
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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.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2022-24375 Filed 11-7-22; 8:45 am]
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